Cuandixia Historic Town. A shared approach to the Conservation and Sustainable Urban Historical Regeneration

This paper, presents integrated models to favour the adaptation and rebirth of historical centres, open to an inclusive and inter-cultural dimension of the city. A vision where an historical city--from a place of history--can find new life and implement the transformation of new communities, establish a network of innovation, create cooperation, locate financing and launch start-ups. The case study, in cooperation with the Peking University, concerns the historical village of Cuandixia, about 90 km from Beijing. The research proceeds through an inventory of the urban landscape, qualities to be preserved, analysis of the vulnerability of social-economic pressures to indicate an urban strategy that indicates the priorities for their conservation and a sustainable development together with a framework of planned management.