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Journal of Chinese
Architecture and Urbanism Architectural complex of Yiyang Garden

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Figure 3. The approximate layout plan of Yiyang Garden in the (A) 1929 and (B) 2024 complete map of Guangzhou city streets. Source: (A) redraw from
Guangzhou historical map essence; (B) drawing by the authors.

ridges. This fusion created Guangzhou’s earliest medical
and nursing care complex with distinct characteristics
of its time. The architectural style in Yiyang Garden is a
unique blend of Eastern and Western elements, creating a
distinctive Sino-Western integrated design. Buildings such
as residential villas, gatehouses, and dining halls extensively
incorporate traditional Chinese design elements such
as hip roofs, green glazed tiles, stone lions, screens, and
Figure 4. The current status of Conghua hot springs sanatorium. Source:
Photos by the authors (2023). wooden doors, windows, and staircases. These structures
typically follow a linear layout, with symmetry from left to
right and alignment from front to back.
3. Architectural types within Yiyang Garden
In contrast, the medical buildings predominantly adopt
Yiyang Garden primarily consists of a combination an eclectic style, incorporating decorative symbols from
of Chinese- and Western-style villas that serve as the both Eastern and Western traditions. Unlike residential
main accommodations for patients, complemented by villas, the façades of the medical buildings are simpler,
various medical buildings such as outpatient clinics, focusing primarily on the design of the entrance space.
surgical buildings, a pharmacy, dining halls, and doctors’ These structures blend traditional Chinese pitched
residences. Together, these structures form a functionally roofs with Western colonnade architectural styles. The
complete medical and nursing care complex. The decoration and layout seamlessly integrate elements
architectural designs blend traditional Chinese styles with of both Eastern and Western lifestyles. For instance,
Western influences, while also taking into account the classical columns in Doric or Tuscan styles might adorn
environmental conditions specific to the South of the five the entrances, whereas balconies feature Roman column

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