Total number of households: 160

Parking spaces: 124

Greening rate: 47

Floor area ratio: 1.09

Total construction area: 26,000 square meters

To date, Jing'an Villa is still the largest new-style residential complex in Shanghai. It belongs to the Nanjing West Road Historical and Cultural Features Protection Area approved by the Shanghai Municipal People's Government in 2005. Protected buildings and protected core areas. Except for one building in the area that is a general historical building, the rest are all outstanding historical protected buildings. Jing'an Villa can be said to be a microcosm of Shanghai's residential buildings and has a certain representativeness.

In the 1930s, the family of Zhang Jingjiang, Chiang Kai-shek’s teacher, built Jing’an Villa in Shangzhijiao. At that time, the rent was ridiculously expensive and had to be paid with gold bars. Therefore, most of the first residents worked in Shanghai Banking Bank. senior white-collar workers. The "Indian Jewelry Shop", "Sibilia Leather Shop" and "Kesling Cafe" written by Zhang Ailing in her novel "Lust, Caution" are located along the street in Lane 1025, Nanjing West Road. There are dozens of "Kesling" It has not moved anywhere in the past few years. Ang Lee shot the scenes of "Lust, Caution" here. Today, Jing'an Villa is the largest preserved new-style lane residential complex in Shanghai. More than 900 households live in 183 old-fashioned red brick houses, and the property rights of the houses exceed 80,000 yuan/square meter.

In the 1930s and 1940s, many famous families and celebrities lived here. Cai Yuanpei once lived at No. 52 Jing'an Villa, where he began his revolutionary work and education. Yu Youren once lived in Jing'an Villa, where he studied and edited works such as "The Compilation of Two Crude Wooden Tubes" and "Standard Cursive Script". Kong Xiangxi even purchased most of the Jing'an villa property in 1942, and later entrusted American Business China Operations Company to lease it.

As a representative of the new-style lane residences in old Shanghai, even as we age, its unique charm and unique style still attract the filming of many film and television works. Even the movie "Lust | Caution" was filmed in Jing'an Villa .

The largest new-style lane residence in Shanghai, "Jing'an Villa", and the largest existing Shikumen community, "Zhangjia Garden", are about to get a new look. The reporter learned yesterday that the two model houses of Jing'an Villa were renovated at the end of this month. The exterior facades adopted a new method of "repairing the old with the old", using red bricks from the same era to repair the walls and retaining the original style of the old buildings. , this protective approach has also been affirmed by experts.

In addition, drawing on the practices of Hollywood's "Avenue of Stars", Weihai Road Culture and Media Avenue will start laying 160 logo bricks next week. Relevant parties hope that the cultural imprint of this street can be reflected in a unique way. highlighted in a way.

Adopting the method of "repairing the old with the old"

The reporter saw in the west section of Weihai Road yesterday that a very few red wall bricks from the Jing'an Villa that were obviously corroded by time and weather were being chipped out , the construction unit will remove slices of red bricks from the same era in Dazhongli and then repair them. According to the construction company, the original red brick walls of Jing'an Villa have been cleaned and partially repaired, and have been coated with waterproof protective agent. The renovation party also deliberately restored the khaki square wall decorations on the exterior wall of the villa to its original state by comparing it with old photos found in the city archives.

Not only the exterior walls, but also the public kitchen and bathroom in Jing'an Villa are also being renovated. The reporter saw in a public kitchen that had been renovated that the floor, wall tiles and chandeliers had been re-installed. It is reported that the bathtubs, buckets and other facilities that have been damaged for a long time in public bathrooms will also be replaced with new ones.

Jing'an Villa was built in 1932 and is still the largest new-style residential complex in Shanghai. Even though we are getting older, judging from this renovation, the new appearance of Jing'an Villa will still retain the unique charm and unique style of old Shanghai. After the interior and exterior renovation of two model houses were completed at the end of this month, six will be completed in November, and the renovation of all 26 old houses will be completed by the end of March next year.

Zhangjia Garden is the largest existing Shikumen community in Shanghai. This renovation will focus on repairing the blue bricks and red tiles on the exterior facades of the houses, and will be completed before the end of this year.

The Sun Apartment, originally owned by Sun Chunsheng, known as the "real estate tycoon" in the 1920s and 1930s, will also undergo cleaning of the facade and repainting of the wrought iron decorations. Weihai Road:

Laying 160 logo pavement bricks

While the old buildings are being renovated, Weihai Road itself is also changing. The reporter saw yesterday that in order to match the style of the old buildings on both sides of the road, the old buildings along Weihai Road were renovated into red brick walls. The shop signs of various small shops on the street were also replaced with black backgrounds and LED backlit shop names. The style is close to Nanjing West Road. The original rolling shutter doors are gone, and it is said that the anti-theft method will be changed to "installing infrared surveillance probes in each store." At the same time, the small shop formats along Weihai Road are also being replaced. The former auto parts street has now been replaced by creative shops and handmade custom shops. Before the end of this month, the reconstruction of the section from Shaanxi Road to Maoming Road on Weihai Road will be completed, and the reconstruction of the entire Weihai Road with a total length of 1,350 meters will be completed before the end of the year.

According to a source from the Weihai Road Renovation Project Team, on the sidewalk of Weihai Road, a pavement brick will be laid every 15 meters, with a total of 160 bricks laid. Yesterday, the reporter saw that one brick had been produced in advance The completed pavement bricks, 60×60 cm square blue-gray granite pavement bricks, have the Chinese and English logo of "Weihai Road International Culture Media Avenue" and the "ripple" logo with the symbolic meaning of "communication". Next week, the first road brick will be laid on Weihai Road, and all paving will be completed in early November.

In this regard, Zheng Zuan, a researcher at the Institute of History of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, said that laying bricks on the sidewalk can highlight the theme image and characteristics of the street and enhance the personality of the street. It is also used abroad. He has not heard of similar practices on other roads in this city.