Revitalizing the Chinese Rural-Urban Continuum. Introduction to an architectural and urban design research for the enhancement of Hakka Settlements in Huiyang (Huizhou).

The project presented here originates from a consultancy on the problem of large-scale enhancement of the historical landscape heritage Hakk in Huiyang (Huizhou prefecture, Guangdong Province, PRC) carried out by the School of Civil Architecture of the Politecnico di Milano based on a cooperation agreement with the Office of Rural and Urban Planning of Huizhou Prefecture stipulated in 2010 and lasted until 2013, with a queue in 2015. The reason why we decided to publish this project only now (which was presented in 2011 to the authorities of Huizhou and in two exhibitions in Milan in 2012 and 2013) is that its methodological structure is still relevant for the feedback it had in the update of the Huiyang Master Plan published in 2021 with respect to the instances of the enhancement of the historical landscape heritage Hakka.