Three Paths of Urban Renewal: Reconstruction, Renovation, and Maintenance

Three different approaches to urban renewal juxtaposed on one street. The leftmost building is completely demolished and rebuilt, becoming a brand new high-rise; the middle building retains its structure but undergoes renovation: exterior walls are re-treated, an elevator is installed, pipelines are reorganized, and balcony iron grilles are removed; the rightmost building only undergoes maintenance: roof waterproofing, exterior wall cleaning, and signboard tidying, with its volume and facade almost unchanged. The costs and impact on residents vary greatly among the three. Avoid: depicting all renewals as demolition and reconstruction, making the renovated building look brand new, neglecting maintenance as the minimal intervention, making the differences among the three indistinguishable.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一條街上三種處理方式並置。最左邊那棟被完全拆除重建,是一棟全新的高樓;中間那棟保留結構但做了整建:外牆重新處理、加裝電梯、管線重整、陽台鐵窗拆除;最右邊那棟只做維護:屋頂防水、外牆清洗、招牌整理,量體與立面幾乎沒變。三者的造價與居民影響差距極大。避免:把所有更新都畫成拆除重建、讓整建後的建築看起來像新蓋的、忽略維護這種最低度的介入、讓三者的差異看不出來。