Research on the Indicators of Sustainable Campus Renewal and Reconstruction in Pursuit of Continuous Historical and Regional Context

Abstract

As cities transition from incremental development to stock development, university campuses in suburban areas are progressively becoming urban university campuses. The stability of the boundary between urban university campuses and the city, along with the fact that the campus’s overall spatial capacity is reaching its maximum, makes it impossible for urban university campuses to have future spatial expansions. This article focused on the stock development, renewal, and transformation of urban campuses. From the perspective of urban university campus block morphology hierarchy and using the Wushan Campus of South China University of Technology in Guangzhou as an example, this study utilized urban morphology theory, data mining technology, big data collection, and visualization techniques to measure campus block morphology. Then, K-means clustering was utilized to classify the block form, and historical background research was employed to study the many forms of typical block form. Finally, the campus renewal and transformation guiding principles were introduced, and the control index of block form renewal and transformation was formed, evolving into the university campus block form renewal and transformation design technique. This strategy was used to investigate the general revitalization of college campuses.

The “Modern” Campus: Case Study in (Un)Sustainable Urbanism

“…The present study extends our previous suggestions for human-centric campus planning [24,25]. The rubric in planning university campuses is more manageable than the entire city since it sets limits of function and region [26,27]. It is the paradigmatic example of a pedestrian environment, except when the institution is situated in a city center.…”

Research on the psychologically restorative effects of campus common spaces from the perspective of health

“…Previous The research also shows that historical buildings in campus common spaces can facilitate the free activities of college students, such as walking, playing and picture-taking, and have a positive impact on emotions and restoration from stress. This is consistent with the research results of Weber, Masullo, Reece and Guo, which revealed that architectural environments with a strong historical and cultural atmosphere are conducive to enhancing people's spatial experiences and promoting psychological restoration (22)(23)(24)(25).…”

“…Based on machine learning simulation, Xiang et al concluded that the shape and layout of building enclosures in common spaces are significantly related to people's emotions (20). Lindal, Weber and Masullo et al believed that the number of turns in architectural outlines and historical elements in the architectural environment, and rich changes in building facades, can arouse people's interest and divert their attention from their daily needs and spiritual content and help them to achieve psychological restoration (21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26). In addition, there is ample evidence that increases in the quantity, type and color of vegetation in campus landscape spaces and sports fields is significantly related to enhanced psychological restoration (27)(28)(29).…”

Spatial accessibility analysis of green space from a health-benefit perspective: Implications for healthy urban development

“…Fifth, we considered only the environmental characteristics of UPGS, and certain external environmental characteristics can also seriously affect UPGS quality. Further research should integrate key external environmental features and further revise the Huff-2SFCA model (Guo et al, 2022;Zhao et al, 2022).…”