The Fusion of Local Creation and Professional Practice: Green transformation in traditional communities in Beijing

Hutong is a kind of traditional narrow streets in Beijing. Now many hutong are designated as cultural protection areas. Hutong has the tradition of greening public space in ancient times, but the contemporary hutong pattern has changed greatly. Compared with other parts of the city, residents in Hutong enjoy few open Spaces and green Spaces. This paper focuses on the cooperation method of professional practice and local creation in green renewal in traditional communities such as hutong. One kind of methods is introduced through a series of practical projects from 2018 to the present based on the summary and analysis of the forms of residents’ participation in greening, the planting space model of hutong greening and the plant species preference of each space model. Finally, with specific cases, it discusses the ways of realizing green transformation in hutong in terms of spatial pattern, function, participation and publicity, and summarizes the green space transformation experience.

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978-1-944214-31-9