Capturing the Realities through Digital Preservation and Scanning Techniques: The case of ZouMaTang Ancient Village, China

Cheshmehzangi, A; Adkins, Deborah; Ch�ng, E

Abstract

In China, many villages are facing severe decline and deprivation and some are even replaced or reallocated over time. In recent years, the effects from rapid pace of urbanisation on rural areas has been so significant and at such large scale that rural communities are now facing new economic, social and environmental challenges. This interdisciplinary research aims to study a particular case of Chinese Ancient Village in the region of Zhejiang Province, East China. This study includes techniques for recording and preserving the particular case of a declining village in the Yinzhou District of Ningbo. Out of the many villages of the region, ZouMaTang is selected as the historical site as it is in major decline. This study discusses the application of various recording techniques and explores how such applications can support a holistic approach for recording and documenting spatial qualities, livelihoods and environmental configuration of this particular community. In this study, we present ways of capturing the realities and argue that our approach is essential to the understanding of heritage, its living patterns and the many architectural features and qualities of an ancient site. In this paper, the authors point out potentials and possibilities for the transition from the digital preservation to the local government's actual plan for the purpose of future regeneration and redevelopment of the village.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: REHAB2015, 2nd International Conference on Preservation, Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Historic Buildings and Structures
• Start Date: Jul 22, 2015
• Acceptance Date: Jul 22, 2015
• Publication Date: Jul 22, 2015
• Deposit Date: Oct 9, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 1, 2022
• Keywords: Preservation, Scanning, ZouMaTang Village, China, Heritage .
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/3612711
• Additional Information: Cheshmehzangi, A., Ch’ng, E. and Adkins, D. A. (2015) Capturing the Realities through Digital Preservation and Scanning Techniques: The case of ZouMaTang Ancient Village, China. In: REHAB2015, At Porto, Portugal