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Historic street block conservation presents a new milestone to the past single building conservation. As keeping buildings in a historic block intact is no longer the sole consideration factor, what is more important is the continuity of the cultural background and social linage. It constitutes so-called “Live” preservation mode. While there is more other factor that exists to influence the conservation results more than the building itself, it is the “People”. Consequently, the human’s living behavior and adaptation method directly impact what the conservation work presents to the society of a most straightforward perspective.
The study attempts to discern, by focusing on Taipei Dihua Street restoration and refurnishing petition cases as the study subject, why the “Taipei Dadaocheng Historic Zone” project, since its initial launching to this date, has failed to avert the general public’s negative views that Dihua Street remains outdated, chaotic and inconvenient. The question beckons what would an ideal historic block be, and what protective changes can be made to today’s Dihua Street, which will contribute to a successful progress in historic street block conservation.
The study, by broaching from two major focuses of the overall street block environment and modernizing the storefronts, has concluded that public utility pipework and parking issues are the main concerns in the overall environment, and that the issue of blending modern living facilities and equipment needed for modern living to the old spatial configuration has been the concern in the storefront structure per se. The study attempts to examine probable solution by focusing on the existing circumstances derived from the occupancy behaviors in an attempt to provide a reference point in the development and design of refurbishment and new development in the future. It serves to bridge the gaps between unplanned refurnishing plans to the actual occupancy needs, and to facilitate in truly restoring and creating a historic block and storefront configuration offering traditional street block legacy but meeting the modern living needs.
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