Yue Ma
China’s urban development has now entered a new era of stock renewal. With a vast number of old residential communities existing, the traditional top-down community development model can no longer meet the demands of current and future urban renewal. Existing designs are often confined to the physical spatial level, while public participation remains superficial and infrequent. Therefore, there is an urgent need to explore new models of community development. Based on community empowerment theory, this paper selects the Lunan Community in Chengdu as a research sample. Through methods such as observation and semi-structured interviews, it conducts an inductive analysis of community issues. Guided by community empowerment principles, the study constructs a multi-stakeholder collaborative organisational model. It views the community as a complex collaborative system, examining the roles and interactions among government, neighbourhood committees, residents, and designers within the empowerment process. This approach fosters effective cooperation among diverse actors and stimulates residents’ proactive engagement. The findings are ultimately demonstrated through concrete design practices. The research aims to enhance the regenerative capacity of old residential community spaces, achieve sustainable community renewal, and thereby explore new paradigms and implementation models for the systematic revitalisation of old residential communities.
KEYWORDS: Community Empowerment, Participatory Design, Old residential communities, Agricultural Landscapes, Multi-stakeholder Collaboration