Progress of Rebuilding the South Manchuria Railway Company Workers' Housing Complex in Shenyang and the Residents' Evaluation on Present Living Environment

South Manchuria Railway

中国建筑工业出版社

中国城市住宅研讨会可持续住宅建设产业化论坛·合肥·2009论文集

China Urban Housing Conference – Special Forum on Sustainability and Housing Industrialization. 11-12 September 2009. Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China.

XiaoXeZai residential area is located in the city centre of Shenyang. This residential area was the workers' housing complex of Huanggu locomotive factory built by the South Manchuria Railway Company. This survey is aimed at understanding current status of living environment after renewed. Via survey on reconstruction process, changes in living environment and comments on living environments from residents, it was cleared that the reconstructed living environment had brought changes to residents’ lifestyle and community. Although renewing and reconstructing had made improvement to physical environment of residential area, many problems, which unexpected in reconstructing period, were showed up. How to resolve these problems in reality and realize the sustainable development of the residential area is the current key topic.