A Dual Strategy in the Adaptive Reuse of Industrial Heritage Buildings: The Shanghai West Bund Waterfront Refurbishment

Waterfront intervention, as one of the post-industrial reuse paradigms, has flourished around world and been studied a global phenomenon. This paper investigates application dual adaptive strategy to industrial heritage waterfront buildings explores its social significance. The case study is West Bund, renovation in Shanghai, China. Insights are drawn from qualitative research approach triangulation, with evidence derived document sources, archival records, direct participants semi-structured interviews. examines series galleries landscapes created former facilities along Huangpu River. It concludes that Bund exemplifies reuse: art-led landscape-led building reuse. can be viewed an endeavour balance urban gentrification publicness megalopolis. also argued, however, unsustainable within framework entrepreneurial state, significantly so post-epidemic era when economic growth pressure increases. contributes our understanding complex nature rapidly shifting landscape contemporary