Digital Application of Typo-morphology in the Conservation and Renewal of Historic Areas
In Proceedings of the 28th CAADRIA Conference - Volume 1, Ahmedabad, 21 March - 23 March 2023, pages 545–554
Citation
SONG Z, TANG P, SONG Y. Digital Application of Typo-morphology in the Conservation and Renewal of Historic Areas[C].HUMAN-CENTRIC - Proceedings of the 28th CAADRIA Conference, Ahmedabad, 2023:545-554.
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Abstract
The conservation and renewal of historic areas are facing many complex and scattered problems, which are not suitable to be completed by a unified method. Designers tried to use the typo-morphology to analyse the morphology of each micro unit to carry out targeted conservation and renewal actions. However, any adjustment of spatial structure in the process of these works may affect the morphological characteristics of the whole block and each micro unit, designers need an efficient method to control the dynamic changes of the block in real-time. Based on the hierarchical structure of typo-morphology, a digital model of the historic areas was built by Java programming. This model can be perfected as a morphological analysis tool and analyse the block’s spatial morphological evolution during its conservation and renewal process. In the renewal design work of Hehuatang historical and cultural block in Nanjing, this method helps designers test each strategy’s rationality and find a more scientific planning and design scheme to guide the further detailed design. The involvement of digital methods enables typo-morphology to assist design work more accurately and promote the working mode to gradually change from “experience-based artificial induction” to “data-based pattern extraction”.
Keywords
Historic Area; Conservation and Renewal; Typo-morphology; Hierarchical Structure; Digital Model
