On a winter afternoon, walking through the neighborhood, there is always something different to discover. In Runan Street, Jumen Road, Wuliqiao Street, as one of the highlights of the street's "One Street and One Road", "Little Orange Lane" has become a heart-warming existence. Through the renewal of the neighborhood and the empowerment of culture, Runan Street has become a childlike "back alley", and many residents like to visit here after tea and dinner to find the traces of their childhood.
It is reported that the origin of the name "Little Orange Lane" on Runan Street contains many meanings, "Orange" is not only the Jumen Road and the Manufacturing Bureau Road connecting the road, but also the meaning of the block to create a 15-minute "resident" life circle here, and also integrates the "ju" of the former site of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau. The word "orange" itself contains color, between red and yellow, less enthusiastic than red, and more eye-catching and energetic than yellow, it is a warm and comfortable color in the warm color system, implying a positive attitude towards life and the temperature and fireworks in life.
In the construction of "one street and one road", "Little Orange Lane" in the form of creative updates, giving the block new functions and vitality, providing a place for the surrounding children and parents to rest and stay, the art design will combine practicality and ornamentality, with orange cats, oranges and other "orange" elements as the theme of art design, the "orange" culture into the daily life of the citizens, art design to provide leisure functions for the public, beautify the street landscape at the same time, to create a "small orange lane" cultural atmosphere, create an orange-flavored slow-moving street landscape, and improve the quality of life in the block.
The area around Runan Street, Jumen Road, is a place where restaurants gather, and the shops along the street on both sides of the road are mainly restaurants, and it is also the entrance to the No. 8 Bridge Art Park. In order to meet the actual needs of employees in the surrounding parks for work and rest, smoking devices are added in the design of the road section, so that cigarette butts can be placed in an orderly manner to meet the smoking and other use needs of citizens in various behaviors (sitting or standing).
The staff of Wuliqiao Street told reporters that "Little Orange Lane" is mainly divided into five parts, namely "Tong Yi, Tong Chuang, Tong Painting, Tong Chuan, and Tong Xing". In the process of "Children's Discussion" and "Children's Creation" activities, the relevant departments of the street actively cooperated with the child-friendly organizations in the street, and jointly discussed the "Little Orange Alley" renovation plan with the young members of the Children's Council, and designed a new IP image of the unique Little Orange Alley - the Orange Cat Family based on the orange cat living in the local area.
The IP image of the "orange cat family" in the street enriches the public space of the block in the form of mural graffiti, the substation box of the cat "lying on its stomach", the manhole cover with the cat ears "growing", and even the discovery of a "cat tail" on the telephone pole, and the cute and childlike graffiti illustrations set off the child-friendly atmosphere in the block.
The staff told reporters that the renovation of Little Orange Lane integrates the orange cat IP into a vivid and interesting story, highlighting the concept of child-friendliness. For example, at the entrance of Shanghai Kangde Bilingual Experimental School, the street uses the low wall of the hollow wall of the opposite community as a support, and a small part of the extension is set up with seats, providing a small station for the children waiting for school and parents who come to pick up and drop off.
After the upgrade is completed, Little Orange Lane will become the first child-friendly neighborhood in Shanghai. By including the children in the neighborhood renovation plan, their ideas are turned into important and special elements of the neighborhood.
Author: Shanghai Huangpu.
Editor: Zhou Chen Responsible Editor: Zhu Yue.
*: Shanghai Huangpu.