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The 2022 "Saving Traditional Villages" Workshop Successfully 

Held in Gaoping, Shanxi

The 2022 "Saving Traditional Villages" workshop held its opening on August 2. Compared with previous years, the backgrounds of the members participating in this event are more diverse. The students are no longer limited to architecture-related majors, but also from product design, marketing, public administration, tourism planning, and computer science. Students are working collaboratively in four groups focus on different contents: publicity, restoration, cultural creation, and planning.

The activity  implement the repair and renewal plan of traditional buildings, also consider the operation plan of the repaired building and the development planning of the village. The students can discover the characteristics of the village, extract the highlights of the village, design the cultural and creative brand, and create the cultural IP belonging to the good household village, and plan the industrial plan for the development of the exclusive good household. Live video and tweets were followed up during the event, and the public participation and interactivity of the entire workflow were significantly improved compared to previous years. It further raises a part of the renovation funds through crowdfunding to enhance the public's participation and awareness of social responsibility.

On the first day of the event, the opening of the 2022 "Save Traditional Villages" workshop and the signing ceremony of the "Gengdudi" adoption were launched in the courtyard of the Shilang Fu in Lianghu Village, Gaoping City, presided over by Zhao Jing, director of the Gaoping Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism. Chen Yun, secretary of Yuanxiang village and township party committee; Wang Xiaofen, deputy director of the Resources Department of the Shanxi Provincial Bureau of Cultural Relics, Cao Yongkang, director of the International Research Center for Architectural Cultural Heritage of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Lu Yi, president of the Shanxi Provincial Ancient Construction Institute, and Jiao Biqi, mayor of Gaoping Municipal Government, were invited and delivered speeches. Director Cao Yongkang proposed that students should not only intervene in the protection and repair of ancient buildings in the village but also think about how the villagers can carry out follow-up maintenance and sustainable hematopoietic development on their own. He also expressed the hope that the workshop will become a sustainable and excellent project that can be realised and truly leave feasible solutions to help the local government transform history and culture into a resource advantage that can be used.

Maintenance and Practice

From August 2 to 8, the team completed site survey, program planning, design, and on-site repair and construction based on the 2021 design of "Dough Modelling Atelier".

"Gengdudi" is a one-entry courtyard house located in the central area of Lianghu Village. After our site survey, it was found that the overall damage to the houses was more serious, and the leakage and collapse of each building to varying degrees, the damage to the walls were decadent, and the floor of the courtyard was also covered with a thick layer of mud, making the drainage system in a state of paralysis. To reactivate the cultivation of the first, we repaired and rebuilt some of the walls and roofs based on preserving their original form. Add new service functions such as facial plastic experience, tour display, cultural and creative sales, etc., and create interactive bars, reading corners, agricultural courtyard, and other diverse spaces, to achieve the integration of history and modernity. At the same time, during the offline activities, the students came to the construction site and participated in the work of supporting the roof beam frame, demolishing the waste wall, and demolishing the roof and rafters.

Lectures and Seminars

In this work camp, four experts and professors came to Lianghu Village and pointed out professional guidance for the student's research and practical work from an academic perspective in the form of offline teaching.

Professor Cao Yongkang made a summary and prospect of previous activities on the theme of "Xiu Cai Entering the Village". Researcher Wang Chunbo put forward technical suggestions and principle requirements from a more specific perspective such as "reversibility and experimental verification" for the students' repair work. Taking the Japanese concept of "community building" as the entrance, Professor Xu Maoyan made a detailed comparison of the work cases of social protection in traditional villages in China and Japan, opening up new ideas and expanding students creative thinking. Finally, Professor He Yong expounded the lack of "human" elements in modern urban society with the unique idea of "disrespectful and seeking wilderness," and on the basis of case analysis, he highlighted the meaning of going into the countryside to explore traditional humanities.

Plans and Outcome

On August 8, 2022, each group made an interim report including advices for improvement were given by the juries accordingly.

The publicity team mainly completed the whole process of tracking, recording and collecting materials for the three groups: renovating, planning and cultural creation. At the same time, they summarize the work and research of each group, the opening record and two work records from August 3 to August 5, a total of three WeChat public account tweets, and continue to report the work process. They share records on daily live broadcasts on online platforms such as Tik Tok to increase exposure. A total of 8 original videos recording the practical content of the workshop were released on the Tik Tok platform to increase the publicity of the workshop.

The repair team completed the structural and material surveying, mapping records and disease analysis of each part of the "Gengdudi". They put forward the overall scheme design and modeling for the specific repair of the "Gengdudi". Finally, the preliminary conception and operation strategy design of the use method after the reconstruction of "Gengdudi" were completed, and it was planned to build a cultivation and reading experience hall.

The planning team conducted an analysis of the cultural heritage resources of Lianghu Village and its surrounding areas and an analysis of the industrial structure and market of Lianghu Village. On this basis, the current problems of Lianghu Village are summarized, the advantages of development and the village tourism development strategy (format implantation, route planning, theme activities, etc.) is formed by immersive research. Finally, the prospect and preliminary concept of the online publicity platform for the village are proposed.

The Cultural and Creative Group completed the questionnaire survey and statistical analysis of the original cultural and creative brands in Lianghu Village. Carried out the logo, IP image design, and connotation exploration and collation of the original brand of "Lianghu Cultural Creation" to create a visual business card. They also completed the preview renderings of the design and application effects of cultural and creative goods and the separate logo design of each venue in Liangdo Village.

Crowdfunding

Under the authorization of the China Cultural Relics Conservation Foundation, the International Research Center for the Conservation of Architectural Cultural Heritage of Shanghai Jiao Tong University is now proposing to launch a crowdfunding plan to raise funds for the repairing and revitalization of the ancient houses in Lianghu. This plan intends to drive connotation and profound understandings of China's traditional agricultural culture in the current increasingly modern and virtual life. It is hoped that more people will have the opportunity to participate in and experience the long-standing cultural public welfare activities in China' traditions, contribute to the protection of ancient buildings, enhance the sense of participation and honor in the process of protecting human culture, and obtain the spiritual nourishment of cultural heritage. Protect traditional buildings, inherit the culture of farming and reading, and look forward to everyone's participation.

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The final report of this workshop will be held online on August 13, 2022. Please stay tuned!The 2022 "Saving TraditionalVillages" workshop held its opening on August 2. Compared with previousyears, the backgrounds of the members participating in this event are morediverse. The students are no longer limited to architecture-related majors, butalso from product design, marketing, public administration, tourism planning,and computer science. Students are working collaboratively in four groups focuson different contents: publicity, restoration, cultural creation, and planning.

The activity  implement the repair and renewal plan oftraditional buildings, also consider the operation plan of the repairedbuilding and the development planning of the village. The students can discoverthe characteristics of the village, extract the highlights of the village,design the cultural and creative brand, and create the cultural IP belonging tothe good household village, and plan the industrial plan for the development ofthe exclusive good household. Live video and tweets were followed up during theevent, and the public participation and interactivity of the entire workflowwere significantly improved compared to previous years. It further raises apart of the renovation funds through crowdfunding to enhance the public'sparticipation and awareness of social responsibility.

On the first day of the event, theopening of the 2022 "Save Traditional Villages" workshop and thesigning ceremony of the "Gengdudi" adoption were launched in thecourtyard of the Shilang Fu in Lianghu Village, Gaoping City, presided over byZhao Jing, director of the Gaoping Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism.Chen Yun, secretary of Yuanxiang village and township party committee; WangXiaofen, deputy director of the Resources Department of the Shanxi ProvincialBureau of Cultural Relics, Cao Yongkang, director of the International ResearchCenter for Architectural Cultural Heritage of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, LuYi, president of the Shanxi Provincial Ancient Construction Institute, and JiaoBiqi, mayor of Gaoping Municipal Government, were invited and deliveredspeeches. Director Cao Yongkang proposed that students should not onlyintervene in the protection and repair of ancient buildings in the village butalso think about how the villagers can carry out follow-up maintenance andsustainable hematopoietic development on their own. He also expressed the hopethat the workshop will become a sustainable and excellent project that can berealised and truly leave feasible solutions to help the local governmenttransform history and culture into a resource advantage that can be used.

Maintenance and Practice

From August 2 to 8, the teamcompleted site survey, program planning, design, and on-site repair andconstruction based on the 2021 design of "Dough Modelling Atelier".

"Gengdudi" is a one-entrycourtyard house located in the central area of Lianghu Village. After our sitesurvey, it was found that the overall damage to the houses was more serious,and the leakage and collapse of each building to varying degrees, the damage tothe walls were decadent, and the floor of the courtyard was also covered with athick layer of mud, making the drainage system in a state of paralysis. Toreactivate the cultivation of the first, we repaired and rebuilt some of thewalls and roofs based on preserving their original form. Add new servicefunctions such as facial plastic experience, tour display, cultural andcreative sales, etc., and create interactive bars, reading corners,agricultural courtyard, and other diverse spaces, to achieve the integration ofhistory and modernity. At the same time, during the offline activities, thestudents came to the construction site and participated in the work ofsupporting the roof beam frame, demolishing the waste wall, and demolishing theroof and rafters.

Lectures and Seminars

In this work camp, four experts andprofessors came to Lianghu Village and pointed out professional guidance forthe student's research and practical work from an academic perspective in theform of offline teaching.

Professor Cao Yongkang made a summaryand prospect of previous activities on the theme of "Xiu Cai Entering theVillage". Researcher Wang Chunbo put forward technical suggestions andprinciple requirements from a more specific perspective such as"reversibility and experimental verification" for the students'repair work. Taking the Japanese concept of "community building" asthe entrance, Professor Xu Maoyan made a detailed comparison of the work casesof social protection in traditional villages in China and Japan, opening up newideas and expanding students creative thinking. Finally, Professor He Yongexpounded the lack of "human" elements in modern urban society withthe unique idea of "disrespectful and seeking wilderness," and on thebasis of case analysis, he highlighted the meaning of going into thecountryside to explore traditional humanities.

Plans and Outcome

On August 8, 2022, each group made aninterim report including advices for improvement were given by the juriesaccordingly.

The publicity team mainly completed the whole process of tracking,recording and collecting materials for the three groups: renovating, planning and cultural creation. At the same time, they summarize the work and researchof each group, the opening record and two work records from August 3 to August5, a total of three WeChat public account tweets, and continue to report thework process. They share records on daily live broadcasts on online platformssuch as Tik Tok to increase exposure. A total of 8 original videos recordingthe practical content of the workshop were released on the Tik Tok platform to increasethe publicity of the workshop.

The repair team completed the structuraland material surveying, mapping records and disease analysis of each part ofthe "Gengdudi". They put forward the overall scheme design andmodeling for the specific repair of the "Gengdudi". Finally, thepreliminary conception and operation strategy design of the use method afterthe reconstruction of "Gengdudi" were completed, and it was plannedto build a cultivation and reading experience hall.

The planning team conducted ananalysis of the cultural heritage resources of Lianghu Village and itssurrounding areas and an analysis of the industrial structure and market ofLianghu Village. On this basis, the current problems of Lianghu Village aresummarized, the advantages of development and the village tourism developmentstrategy (format implantation, route planning, theme activities, etc.) isformed by immersive research. Finally, the prospect and preliminary concept ofthe online publicity platform for the village are proposed.

The Cultural and Creative Groupcompleted the questionnaire survey and statistical analysis of the originalcultural and creative brands in Lianghu Village. Carried out the logo, IP imagedesign, and connotation exploration and collation of the original brand of"Lianghu Cultural Creation" to create a visual business card. Theyalso completed the preview renderings of the design and application effects ofcultural and creative goods and the separate logo design of each venue inLiangdo Village.

Crowdfunding

Under the authorization of the ChinaCultural Relics Conservation Foundation, the International Research Center forthe Conservation of Architectural Cultural Heritage of Shanghai Jiao TongUniversity is now proposing to launch a crowdfunding plan to raise funds forthe repairing and revitalization of the ancient houses in Lianghu. This plan intendsto drive connotation and profound understandings of China's traditionalagricultural culture in the current increasingly modern and virtual life. It ishoped that more people will have the opportunity to participate in andexperience the long-standing cultural public welfare activities in China'traditions, contribute to the protection of ancient buildings, enhance thesense of participation and honor in the process of protecting human culture,and obtain the spiritual nourishment of cultural heritage. Protect traditionalbuildings, inherit the culture of farming and reading, and look forward toeveryone's participation.

More News

The final report of this workshopwill be held online on August 13, 2022. Please stay tuned! 

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