Germany street, Qingdao

As one of the key projects of Shibei District of Qingdao in 2009, the construction of Qingdao German style street is an important measure taken by the Party committee and the government of Shibei District in accordance with the overall framework of Qingdao's old city reconstruction, focusing on improving the cultural connotation of the old city, and realizing the win-win interaction of economic and social effects.

Qingdao German style street is located in Guantao Road, Shibei District, Qingdao city. It starts from Tangyi road in the South and ends at Enxian road in the north. It intersects Shanghai Road, Ningbo Road and Guangdong Road vertically, with a total length of more than 1000 meters.

There are 25 historical buildings in Guantao Road, accounting for 71% of the total buildings. Among them, there are 14 German style and Japanese style historical excellent buildings, about 200000 square meters.

Qingdao German style street

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Qingdao German street generally refers to Qingdao German style street

As one of the key projects of Shibei District of Qingdao in 2009, the construction of Qingdao German style street is an important measure taken by the Party committee and the government of Shibei District according to the overall framework of the old city reconstruction of Qingdao, focusing on improving the cultural connotation of the old city and realizing the win-win interaction of economic and social effects.

geographical position

Qingdao German style street is located in Guantao Road, Shibei District, Qingdao city. It starts from Tangyi road in the South and ends at Enxian road in the north. It intersects Shanghai Road, Ningbo Road and Guangdong Road vertically, with a total length of more than 1000 meters.

Block history

Germany and Qingdao have long-term friendly exchanges. Since the reform and opening up, Qingdao has established extensive ties with Germany in various fields, such as friendly city, economic and technological cooperation, and cultural resources exchange

In particular, on November 15, 1995, German Prime Minister Kohl visited Qingdao, opening a new chapter of exchanges and cooperation between Germany and Qingdao. Over the past century, the exchanges and integration between Germany and Qingdao in the fields of architecture, culture and art have jointly shaped the unique urban style and cultural landscape of Qingdao.

The dialogue and integration between Germany and Qingdao has become a thick history, forever engraved on the city base.

Guantao road was first built in 1899. Because it is close to Jiaotong customs, Houhai wharf and Dagang railway station, the German municipal authorities in Jiaotong planned it as a "foreign company zone", and many organizations in Qingdao from various countries set foot here first. At the beginning of the 20th century, Guantao Road, an extension of the north section of Zhongshan Road, was built as a "street of foreign firms".

Trade Development

In the first decade of the 20th century, with the rapid development of import and export trade, many branches of foreign banks came here to set up.

In the 1930s, Guantao road has become the financial and economic center of Qingdao, known as "Qingdao's Wall Street", affecting the economy of the whole East China region and the export and re export trade of coastal areas. According to historical records, there are more than 50 foreign firms on Guantao Road, most of which are branches of large companies in Germany, Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Denmark, Belgium and Portugal.

The status quo of the block

There are 25 historical buildings in Guantao Road, accounting for 71% of the total buildings. Among them, there are 14 German style and Japanese style historical excellent buildings, about 200000 square meters.

Construction background

In view of the historical position of Guantao road in Qingdao and the influence of the existing excellent historical buildings, according to the deployment of Qingdao municipal government to promote the construction of the old city, in line with the principle of "accumulating history" According to the principle of "renovating the old as before, renovating the old as new", we should correctly handle the overall style of the old and new buildings, and reasonably position the old city; highlight the German architectural elements, restore the style of historical buildings, and create a new city image; highlight the integration of Chinese and foreign cultures, introduce German national culture, and gather German characteristic industries, so as to promote the development of the city Economic development promotes the transformation of the old city, stimulates the vitality and vitality of the old city, and drives the construction and development of the surrounding areas.

Function orientation

The overall function of Qingdao German style street is located in a comprehensive block integrating finance and commerce, characteristic tourism, film and television culture, and leisure and entertainment.

① Finance and Commerce

Taking advantage of the favorable opportunity of opening up the financial industry after China's accession to the world trade organization, according to the deployment of Qingdao's development of financial headquarters economy, and according to the history of Guantao Road, more financial institutions are attracted to set up branches in this street, so as to restore the business atmosphere of "Qingdao Wall Street". Give full play to Qingdao's advantages of concentrated export-oriented economy, developed foreign trade logistics industry, Guantao Road adjacent to Qingdao port, the largest port in the north, attract German companies engaged in import and export trade to settle in, and form a good situation of financial and trade prosperity and prosperous business formats.

② Film and television culture

According to statistics, more than 80 film and television troupes shoot in Qingdao every year. Taking the good momentum of development of today's film and television industry, Qingdao German style street draws on the successful experience of Shanghai Xintiandi, Harbin Gogol street and Tianjin key buildings protection and renovation. Taking the old urban renewal as an opportunity, it protects the historical architectural style, builds a film and television base featuring the German style architectural style along the coast, and introduces the new German fashion, such as modern music, painting, and street. Art. Promote the deepening development of cultural industry with film and television culture, and constantly lead the development trend of fashion culture.

③ Characteristic tourism

Guantao road is close to the "Victoria Bay of Qingdao" under construction, the xiaogangwan leisure tourism area built by Li Jiacheng's Hutchison Whampoa company. It is adjacent to Qingdao railway station and Qingdao Zhanqiao scenic area. The surrounding Zhongshan Road business circle and Jimo Road business circle are very popular. Relying on the natural scenery of Qianhai and tapping the potential of its historical excellent buildings, we can give full play to the cultural resources of the old city, and create cultural tourism brand around the film and television industry tourism and characteristic architectural tourism.

④ Leisure and entertainment

Focusing on the development of film and television culture industry and characteristic tourism industry, gather popularity, and create an integrated industrial chain of bar, coffee, catering, entertainment and business services with film and television and tourism as the core.

Design ideas

① Starting from urban design, building a brand block with architectural style

At the junction of Zhongshan Road and Guantao Road, theme sculptures are set to guide people's sight;

The repair shop of Jiaoyun group, located at the intersection of Lingxian Road, added German style towers and gatehouses as the signs of the whole block;

The original texture of the road is used to form a curvilinear tourist route to create a relatively independent and complete street sight and space.

② Starting from the function improvement, build the German style characteristic block

Guantao road will be transformed into a pedestrian street, the space in front of shops will be widened, and flower beds, seats and antique street lighting facilities will be added;

Integrate all kinds of elements in the block: building facade, roof, commercial door, billboard, doorplate, street lamp, rest seat, ground pavement, etc. to achieve coordination and unity and highlight German style;

Increase tourism viewing and film shooting elements;

Some streets, combined with squares and protected buildings, can completely restore the historical style, and some of the ground is paved with "boluoyouzi" with Qingdao characteristics.

③ Starting from environmental transformation to build excellent historical and Cultural District

The overall environmental transformation adheres to people-oriented, pays attention to history, bases itself on the environment, highlights characteristics, and emphasizes various service facilities, sketch design and space forms. At the same time, it emphasizes the historical and cultural taste, pays attention to the coordination with the architectural transformation style, and maintains the historical continuity of urban design. Through the theme sculpture, European style waterscape, outdoor pavement, seats, coffee seats, green flower bowls, iron railings and other elaborate layout, create a comfortable and pleasant environment.

In the near future, the completed German style street in Qingdao, relying on its rich historical heritage, carries the rich modern flavor of Finance and commerce, film and television culture, characteristic tourism and leisure entertainment, and realizes the best combination of Chinese characteristics and German style. It will stimulate the unlimited vitality of the old city and vigorously promote the cooperation and exchange between Qingdao and Germany!

Traffic information

Take bus No.6 in the city and get off at Jinan Road, Dayaogou. Take bus No.20, 211, 221 and 222 to Lingxian branch road. 366, 412 to Dayaogou Jinan road. Tunnel 1, tunnel 5 to Dayaogou station.

Get off at No.214 Guantao Road station.

Address: Guantao Road, North District, Qingdao, Shandong Province

Longitude: 120.321294

Latitude: 36.07954

Tel: 0532-82888111

Traffic information: take No.6, No.20, No.211, No.221, No.222, No.366, No.1 Tunnel, No.5 tunnel to Dayaogou station.

Get off at No.214 Guantao Road station.

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