从“桐芳巷”到“新天地”——谈苏州历史街区保护对策

苏州“桐芳巷”所代表的“新建街区、风貌延续”是苏州古城更新的主要模式,上海“新天地”里弄改造则是保留传统形式、改变原有功能的代表性实例,二者均对历史街区保护与更新进行了积极的探索与实践,成功与失误并存。历史街区的保护与发展已不仅仅是物质环境的更新改造问题,它涉及到社会、文化甚至是时空等诸多因素。在借鉴前人或他人成功经验的同时,苏州历史街区的保护必须探索适合自身特点的发展对策和实施道路:建立多元化的保护机制;全面保护,更新利用;正确处理各种利益关系。

Measures Taken for the Preservation of Suzhou Historical Street Blocks

The Tongfang Alley in Suzhou, representing the idea of a newly-built street block with extended style and features, is the mainmode for renewal of the ancient city of Suzhou. In contrast, the renovation of the New world lane in Shanghai is a representative example ofpreservation of traditional style while changing the original functions. Active study and practice on the protection and renewal of historicalstreets have been performed in both cases, with success as well as failure. The protection and development of historical streets are not onlya matter of improvement and renewal of material environment, it has also become a matter largely associated with such factors as society,culture and even time and space. While making use of the successful experience of others and our predecessors in the protection of Suzhouhistorical street blocks, we should work out our own development measures and the way to implement them that agree with the characteristicsof the historical streets. In another word, we should set up a pluralistic protection mechanism and adhere to the concept of overall protectionwith renewal and utilization in planning and design and tacle well with all kinds of relationships.