An Analysis of Historical Urban Area's Renovation in Shantou

Abstract

After visiting the historical urban area of Shantou and exploring customs of local residents for a long time, We absorbed people's memory of Shantou. Combining document's research, we have got the developmental traces of this land. Then we intend to do some renovation of architecture and landscape. By reactivating such trace of memory, giving the residential sites new functions, and many others designs to express our tribute to history. The city has somewhere to stay, and the author has something to pursue. What the author pursuing is that returned history to our city through a series of small changes, to reserve the memories of local residents' life.