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Journal of Chinese
Architecture and Urbanism Suzhou heritage building reuse

as occupancy, scale, complexity, location, project year, (ii) Heritage that witnessed the construction of the country:
representativeness, and social visibility were considered to Two types of heritage were selected for this category.
ensure a balanced selection (Genovese & Varriale, 2023). The One is the revolutionary legacy, including Wusa Road
recommendations of governmental heritage organizations and Jiangkang East Road; the other is the residence
and private architectural conservation enterprises were heritage of celebrities whose owners made significant
also taken into account. Ultimately, 16 cases were chosen contributions to serving the country, including Wang
for this study, collectively exemplifying Suzhou’s value- Ganchang’s Residence and Pan Zuyin’s Residence.
building characteristics from four distinct perspectives (iii) Heritage that incubated the regional industry: This
(Figure 2): category comprises industrial heritage, including
(i) Heritage that celebrated the highest forms of humanity: Wansheng Rice Company, Caocangzhou Ci,
Two types of heritage were selected for this category. Pingwang-Sihe Jinghang Daji, and Sulun Fang.
One is the Classical Gardens of Suzhou, including the (iv) Heritage that shaped the appearance of the city: This
Humble Administrator’s Garden and Chang Garden; category comprises waterfront residential heritage,
the other is educational heritage, including the Temple including Pan’s Residence in front of Weidao Guan,
of Literature and Tieqin Tongjian Building. Pan Yifen’s Residence, Aiqing Tang, and Zhiren Li.

Figure 1. The reuse pathway of heritage buildings in Suzhou. Source: Drawings by Qinyi Shi

Figure 2. Map of the Suzhou heritage reuse cases. Source: Drawings by Qinyi Shi

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