How can old communities be renewed to give them a new lease of life? Is it a new house or a demolition? The answers may not be complete.
This weekend, Jiulong Yiku, located at No. 38 Keyuan 2nd Road, Jiulongpo District, will usher in a unique exhibition, where a young painter will hold a solo exhibition, which has attracted the attention of many young painters and children due to his unique innovative ideas and delicate brushwork. This weekend, the exhibition is expected to usher in a peak of visitors.
The predecessor of Kowloon Yiku is the warehouse building of a storage and transportation company in Chongqing, and in December 2019, China Merchants Shekou signed a cooperation agreement with Jiulongpo District to use the entire warehouse as a warehouse for construction. On September 26, 2021, the Kowloon E-Library was officially opened.
On November 4, 2021, the General Office of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development issued the Notice on Carrying Out the First Batch of Urban Renewal Pilot Work (hereinafter referred to as the Notice), and Chongqing Yuzhong District and Jiulongpo District entered the large list of 21 cities (districts) and began the first batch of urban renewal pilot work.
The Kowloon Yiku has also become the city's first cultural and creative park to create community neighborhood services and promote the sustainable development of urban micro-renewal, which means that this once old building, through the skillful hand of artistic innovation, will be rejuvenated with new vitality and vitality in the original place.
▲The update of Kowloon Yiku is eye-catching
Ask for it and don't want it
At the beginning of the opening of the Kowloon Yiku Park, Tian Jinli, director of operations, said that he encountered some embarrassing things.
"At the beginning, we wanted to invite the surrounding residents to see some exhibitions, but when we went out to hand out leaflets, everyone was more resistant, unwilling to come, and felt that they didn't have to look at the head and didn't want to come to the scene." Tian Jinli said, but the situation quickly got better, and for a month or so, the surrounding residents would even take the initiative to ask, "Is there any recent exhibition?" ”
▲Cultural creations can be seen everywhere
"Because I have seen it and like it, I will naturally want to see it from the bottom of my heart." Tian Jinli said that the change of art to people is tremendous.
This weekend, Kowloon Yiku will also hold a painting exhibition, and the upcoming exhibition, when it is still in the exhibition, has attracted the attention of many surrounding residents, "everyone has gradually integrated into the atmosphere of our Eku." ”
▲ "Long" artistic creation in the old community
The old and the new complement each other
Walking into the Kowloon Yiku, you can actually feel the historical and cultural sense of the architecture here.
The predecessor of Kowloon Yiku is the warehouse of a company, and the historical imprint of red bricks and high-rise buildings makes people know that there was a story here at a glance.
Because of this, the height of the inner space of these buildings is very high. Tao Xibao, head of planning at Kowloon Yiku, told reporters that such buildings should be protected, and for the embodiment of art, these venues are very suitable for doing various exhibitions.
▲ What was once an old-fashioned warehouse is now more flavorful
At present, the artistic atmosphere that Eku has formed is continuing to support the improvement of the artistic atmosphere of the project and the surrounding areas, and at the same time, it continues to empower the art industry in the park to achieve free growth in the park, in addition, the value of industrial cultural IP to produce benign external output, and the improvement of city-level influence of the art industry atmosphere.
Tao Xibao said that with The Kowloon Yiku as the carrier, through a reasonable industrial layout, while forming an industrial agglomeration effect, it also forms a gathering effect of industrial consumers with rich and diversified theme activities, so as to continue to promote the development of the cultural and creative industry, and ultimately achieve regional industrial upgrading and organic renewal.
▲The corner encounters a surprise
Bring in fresh blood
To bring old communities back to life, it is essential to have fresh blood injected.
In this Library, the groundbreaking launch of the apartment project, this apartment project with young people as the main audience, supporting complete accommodation space, including beds, bedside tables, wardrobes, bookcases, chairs, washing machines, sofas, coffee tables, refrigerators and other equipment, young people as long as they carry suitcases, spend 1100-1800 yuan, you can live here for a month.
It is understood that due to the strong artistic atmosphere of Kowloon Yiku, coupled with the particularly prominent traffic advantages, at present, once the apartment is launched, more than 10 young people have signed a long-term rental agreement here, on the one hand, it is convenient for them to go out to work, on the other hand, it is also conducive to their leisure time, and the same people in the same way to engage in artistic creation.
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The next three quarters
Go to Kowloon Yiku to feel the charm of art
Each quarter has its own characteristics, and each quarter has wonderful programs that continue to appear on the stage.
In the second quarter of 2022, Kowloon Yiku will hold a community culture and art festival, which will link up with major communities and streets in Jiulongpo District, initiate community building plans, community curator plans, hold community children's art competitions, public art intervention in community transformation actions, community city taste selection and other series of activities, so that the taste of art will spread to every community.
▲The combination of ichijing and art
The theme of the third quarter of the event is the Urban Culture Sharing Month, which will link up with the government, art universities, creative institutions, relevant industry guests, industry associations, cultural and creative parks, etc., to hold theme activities and create city-level IP awards.
The theme of the fourth quarter event is the 15-minute social life circle - the neighborhood good life festival. At that time, the kowloon e-store will be launched to hold a series of theme activities of the Neighborhood Good Life Festival in the major communities and street merchants around kowloon e-bank, as well as the merchants settled in Kowloon e-ku.
Upstream journalist Wang Yufeng