Background

Location: Qingdao, Shandong, China

Dates: 2000-2001

Partners: Zhongshan Real Estate Development Corporation, Commonwealth Historic Resource Management Ltd, Ramsay Worden Architects, Habitat Design + Consulting Ltd, and Archemy Consulting Ltd.

Key Issues: Energy Efficiency, Climate Change, Urban Development

Funders: Natural Resources Canada Technology Early Action Measures (TEAM)

Description

ICSC and Commonwealth Historic Resource Management Ltd., prepared a neighbourhood plan for a run–down historic district of Qingdao. The Zhongshan Neighbourhood Rehabilitation Plan comprehensively covered the rehabilitation of residential buildings, balancing historic preservation with the needs of contemporary residents. This was one of the first times that public consultation had been used in city planning in Qingdao. ICSC was later invited by the city to assist the Zhongshan Real Estate Development Co. to design demonstration housing on one block on Pingdu Road, implementing the principles of the neighbourhood plan.

Final Reports/Publications

1. Zhongshan Road Neighbourhood Rehabilitation Project

Zhongshan Report (19.68 MB)

2. TEAM demonstration projects, including Zhongshan Neighbourhood

Photo story (Shandong legacy website)

Shandong TEAM Technical Report (1.02 MB)