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

• Autores: Zhang Jinhai, Hou Ye, Wang Shaobin, Ali Sedki
• Localización: Applied Mathematics and Nonlinear Sciences, ISSN-e 2444-8656, Vol. 7, Nº. 2, 2022, págs. 931-956
• Idioma: inglés
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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 olddistrict of Guangzhou has significant spatial heterogeneity; the historic regions, as the urban core, have a deep effect onthe city and own a ‘double interface’ for both the visitors and indigenous inhabitants. Unique space logic has been formedin the long history of the city, but the grid structure of the old district is unbalanced and incomplete, and some regionshave problems in accessibility. Given this, the paper, based on the distribution of the historical buildings, proposed tocreate contextual urban axes, optimise the public service and improve the space structure, to provide a reference to thepreservation and utilisation of historic buildings.