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<p>The old district of Guangzhou was taken as an example to explore new approaches – the perspective of space syntax – to study the urban structure based on the Geographic Information Centre (GIS) space statistics. Results show that the old district of Guangzhou has significant spatial heterogeneity; the historic regions, as the urban core, have a deep effect on the city and own a ‘double interface’ for both the visitors and indigenous inhabitants. Unique space logic has been formed in the long history of the city, but the grid structure of the old district is unbalanced and incomplete, and some regions have problems in accessibility. Given this, the paper, based on the distribution of the historical buildings, proposed to create contextual urban axes, optimise the public service and improve the space structure, to provide a reference to the preservation and utilisation of historic buildings.</p>
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The old district of Guangzhou was taken as an example to explore new approaches – the perspective of space syntax – to study the urban structure based on the Geographic Information Centre (GIS) space statistics. Results show that the old district of Guangzhou has significant spatial heterogeneity; the historic regions, as the urban core, have a deep effect on the city and own a ‘double interface’ for both the visitors and indigenous inhabitants. Unique space logic has been formed in the long history of the city, but the grid structure of the old district is unbalanced and incomplete, and some regions have problems in accessibility. Given this, the paper, based on the distribution of the historical buildings, proposed to create contextual urban axes, optimise the public service and improve the space structure, to provide a reference to the preservation and utilisation of historic buildings.

Preservation and utilisation of historic buildings in old district of Guangzhou from the perspective of space syntax

Guangdong University of Finance and Economics

Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences

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The old district of Guangzhou was taken as an example to explore new approaches – the perspective of space syntax – to study the urban structure based on the...

Preservation and utilisation of historic buildings in old district of Guangzhou from the perspective of space syntax

Published Online: Sep 05, 2022

Page range: 931 - 956

Received: Sep 07, 2021

Accepted: May 15, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amns.2021.2.00208

Keywords
space syntax, space statistics, urban structure, historic buildings

© 2022 Shang Jin et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Preservation and utilisation of historic buildings in old district of Guangzhou from the perspective of space syntax

Published Online: Sep 05, 2022

Page range: 931 - 956

Received: Sep 07, 2021

Accepted: May 15, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/amns.2021.2.00208

Keywordsspace syntax, space statistics, urban structure, historic buildings

© 2022 Shang Jin et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
space syntax, space statistics, urban structure, historic buildings