Ancient salination

Ancient salination: A generator for a sustainable development of the salt villages in Danzhou

Yan, Ran (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)

Bobbink, I. (mentor)
Bouma, T. (mentor)
de Jong, P. (graduation committee)

Delft University of Technology

Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Landscape Architecture

2021-06-30

Like many traditional water systems, salt fields in the coastal region of Danzhou are now facing unprecedented challenges from social development and climate change. In an era of rapid urbanization and tourism development, the project aims to provide a landscape approach that balances historical preservation with the development of local public life and tourism. By exploring the potential of the landscape narrative, the project uses landscape elements such as heritage structure, local material, local plants, buildings and roads to make salt heritage, a valuable cultural heritage, a driving force for the development of traditional salt villages. When the historic, economic and ecological value of salt fields is revalued, these traditional water systems can be revived and provide more opportunities for a coastal area to develop into a resilient system.

Value of heritage
Rural community regeneration
Landscape Narratives
Nature – based solution
Salt harvest
Volcanic coast
Intertidal zone
Traditional water system

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Student theses

master thesis

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