The work aims to explore the design dilemma required to be critcized in the present retficationo model of old urban industrial residential blocks, such as passive ' demolition'”, negative‘'disposal", and unordered‘"replacement" and the new rectifcation design of artistic cultural activating approach. Through the upgrading of painting and cultural creation in Shjingpo block, a residential arca of Chongqing Special Steel Group Co, Ltd, the renewal and revival from eavironment to system has been promoted, showing that the top- down govemment organization renewal model can activate the block renewal factor and shape the unique time and space environment characteristics of old industrial large residential buildigs. The rctification of artistic cultural activating approach can solve a series of dilemma, such a wrban culture fracture, low quality blocks, loss of subjecivity in residential environment protection, so as to bring a new value of urban landscape block and make a good use of cultural resource to satisfy the residential demand of the residents and stimulate them to actively participate in the construction and maintenance of culural values.