Table 2 Memory interpretation strategies of Shanghai waterfront industrial heritage reused as museums
Urban memory elements of industrial heritage | Memory interpretation strategies | Definition | Application | Order of typical cases | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Memory information | Production skills, Historical information (Historical references; Important events; Important persons), Daily lifestyle | Translate memory information | Information narrative | Display relevant images, videos, technological products, or paintings and sculptures | Rich and varied historical references and high commemorative value | 4, etc | ||
Space narrative | Space restoration | Create a particular space atmosphere or metaphor | Few historical references but well-preserved space, or poorly preserved space but its original state can be researched scientifically | 4, etc | ||||
Space innovation | Less historical references, poorly preserved space, and its original state cannot be researched scientifically | 1, 11, etc | ||||||
Memory carriers | Environmental elements, Architectural elements (Spatial form; Main structure; Architectural surface; Secondary components), Production elements, Other elements | Renovate memory carriers | Reproduction | Space reproduction | External modelling reproduction | Keep the original shape | Unique and well-preserved form or shape | 1, 6, etc |
Internal space reproduction | Preserve the special internal space | Unique form, particular scale, or complicated space pattern | 4, 9, etc | |||||
Structure reproduction | External structure reproduction | Partially or overall expose the original structure | Well-preserved main structure, special structure, or seriously damaged surface | 8, 9, etc | ||||
Internal structure reproduction | Various stations | 6, 10, etc | ||||||
Surface reproduction | Preserve or restore a particular period's facade or roof | Well-preserved surface or poorly preserved surface, but its original state can be researched scientifically | 4, 10, etc | |||||
Facility reproduction | Preserve the original facilities | Remaining facilities | 1, 5, etc | |||||
Other reproduction | Material reproduction | Retain or reproduce the original material and colour | Various stations | 4, 8, 10, etc | ||||
Colour reproduction | Various stations | 1, etc | ||||||
Collage | Space collage | External space reproduction | Add new building blocks | Closed and cramped single buildings or scattered group of buildings | 3, 10, etc | |||
Internal space reproduction | Embed box spaces inside | Ample space or old structure with poor stability | 5, 7, etc | |||||
Structure collage | Add new structures based on the old structures | Stable old structure | 1, 2, 5, etc | |||||
Surface collage | Surface juxtaposition | Juxtapose the new and old surfaces | Damaged surface or surface with two or more overlapping forms | 2, etc | ||||
Surface overlaying | Adopt new and old double-layer surfaces | Damaged surface, poor thermal performance, or sun shading | 8, etc | |||||
Facility collage | Reorganise the abandoned facilities | Many small remaining facilities | 8, 11, etc | |||||
Other collages | Material collage | Collage similar or different materials and colours | Style restoration or comparison of new and old | 3, etc | ||||
Colour collage | Specific themes | 11, etc | ||||||
Reconstruction | Space reconstruction | Space division | Add partitions or floors horizontally and vertically | Small exhibits or lack of exhibition space | 1, 7, etc | |||
Space combination | Remove horizontal or vertical divisions | Large exhibits or for lighting and transportation | 1, etc | |||||
Structure reconstruction | Add new separate structure | Old structure with poor stability, rebuilt or added to | 2, 3, etc | |||||
Surface reconstruction | Reshape the exterior facade or roof | Damaged surface with an original state that cannot be researched scientifically, or addition | 5, etc | |||||
Facility reconstruction | Transform existing industrial equipment or structures | Large remaining facilities | 1, etc | |||||
Landscape reconstruction | Create new public landscapes | Various stations | 5, 7, etc | |||||
Other reconstructions | Material reconstruction | Use modern materials | Comparison of new and old, or addition | 5, 9, etc | ||||
Colour reconstruction | Change the original colour | Highlighting exhibits, comparison of new and old, or expression of specific themes | 10, etc | |||||
Memory clues | Time clues, Space clues, Specific cultural clues | Relate memory clues | Narrative lines | Extract time or space lines and interpret them | Remained temporal or spatial clues | 1, 5, 11, etc | ||
Cultural corridors | Connect industrial heritage groups through specific linear spaces such as greenways or rivers | Industrial heritage groups | 2, 3, 9, etc | |||||