A 30-year controversy over the Shanghai East China Electric Power Building:the creation and conservation of late 20th century Chinese architectural heritage  

作　　者：Jiawei Liu Xiahong Hua 

机构地区：[1]College of Architecture and Urban Planning,Tongji University,1239 Siping Road,Yangpu District,Shanghai 200092,China

出　　处：《Built Heritage》2021年第3期1-17,共17页建成遗产（英文）

基　　金：National Natural Science Foundation of China:Study on Design Strategies of Ordinary Building Renewal Based on the Everyday Efficiency of Urban Space(No.51778419).

摘　　要：The Shanghai East China Electric Power Building,which was completed in 1988,is widely accepted as one of the first postmodern high-rise buildings in Shanghai.Based on articles published in mass media and professional magazines,interviews with relevant stakeholders and social media debates,this paper focuses on two controversies regarding the building’s peculiar architectural form.The first occurred between 1988 and 1992,when the building’s postmodern appearance aroused heated debates among architectural professionals.The second happened between 2015 and 2018,when the building’s postmodern appearance was planned to be replaced with a slated Art Deco surface during its renovation into a boutique hotel.This paper reveals how a thirst for‘form innovation’emerged in the specific social and professional environment shortly after China’s opening-up,and how professional and public awareness of the value of late 20th century architectural heritage was stimulated in the early 21st century in the search for an alternative representation of urban identity other than the widely accepted Art Deco style.This paper emphasises the public meaning of architectural forms in arguing for institutional co-operation in systematic evaluation and conservation legislation for late twentieth century Chinese architectural heritage sites to maintain the historical diversity of the cityscape during urban regeneration.

关 键 词：Architectural form Architectural conservation Postmodernism in China Urban identity 20th century Chinese architectural heritage 

分 类 号：TU-87[艺术—艺术设计]