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TABLE OF CONTENTS - The Professional Green Building Council

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<strong>The</strong>me B: Creating a livable, healthy and environmentally viable citiesextensive re-laying of all gas / power supply and water / drainage servicesunderground, while sensitively re-paving all streets and tidying up all streetscapeswith traditional materials.However the most critical factor is to device a way to allow residence to carry outtheir own improvement or development works without diminishing the heritageenvironment. <strong>The</strong> Hong Kong University assisted in producing comprehensiveguidelines for residents, ranging from how to add air-conditioners on thetraditional façade in least obtrusive manner facing the canal and how to build amodern kitchen within a traditional timber framed courtyard house withoutdestroying the historic fabric, to how to open up a new restaurant on the marketstreet with designs compatible with the historic street-scene. This approach isproved to be effective, comprehensive and innovative.This project successfully demonstrates the viability of the historic town as a livingand vibrant showcase of heritage in China. It proves that this model of combinationof government infrastructural improvement and well-guided private individualcollaborations is the way forward for a sustainable heritage-rich environmentChina. This project won the Awards of Distinction in 2003 UNESCO Asia PacificCultural Heritage Award.1.3 Qiangang Village in Conghua, Guangzhou 廣 州 從 化 市 錢 崗 村 andGuangyu Ancestral Hall, Conghua, Guangdong 廣 東 省 從 化 市 錢 崗 村 廣 裕 祠 堂 :A seemingly ordinary farming village in the less prosperous far corner mountainareas of Guangzhou belies its honorable history. Chased by the overwhelming583

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