Research on Resilience Regeneration of Old Community in the Post COVID-19 Era—A Case Study of Factory Community in Harbin

The epidemic era has affected and changed the residents’ lifestyles, especially in China, where strict epidemic control policies have confined the majority of activities in the community. As a result, there is a growing demand for community space, and the existing spatial environment needs to be revised, especially in older communities. In the face of the impact of severe global public health events, the ability of community resilience becomes particularly important. This paper selects a typical old community named factory community in Harbin, which not only faces infrastructural problems due to its construction age but also has a more urgent need for resilient adaptation due to the aging population living there. This paper first constructs a research framework for community resilience and then explores the problematic aspects of spatial vulnerability from the residents’ perspective. Besides, we draw on the Eisenhower matrix model to determine the highest priority resilience issues: activity space, parking facilities, and living facilities. We also propose some resilience enhancement strategies to deal with these critical issues by doing traffic diversion, public space creation, aging design, and barrier-free vertical transportation, which could provide a reference for other older communities of a similar type.