Author(s)

Gu Xingkai

Corresponding Author

Gu Xingkai

Abstract

With the development of the city and the upgrading of the industrial structure, a large number of industrial buildings are left idle due to the loss of productive functions or abandonment. In the past, the Chinese government simply took all demolition and reconstruction measures to deal with such buildings, resulting in waste of resources and environmental pollution, which is also helpless to inherit the urban context and solve social problems. In the western developed countries, the transformation and reuse of old industrial buildings have entered into a fairly mature stage, while China is lagged behind because of many factors such as late start time, humanity, historical context breaking and no-standardized policy guidelines. Based on the analysis of the relevant development process both at home and abroad, this paper summarizes the advantages, constraints, general principles and design methods of transformation and re-use of industrial buildings. In the light of the reform and reutilization of a large number of old industrial buildings in the process of urban renewal in China, a typical case of the transformation and reuse of the old industrial building in Suzhou industrial park is analyzed, to provide the pertinent suggestions and measures for inheritance and innovation of China’s industrial buildings.

Keywords

Industrial Building, Building Inheritance and Innovation, Sustainable Development.