Abstract
ABSTRACT To strengthen its power and resist aggression, the Qing-dynasty government of China began building military-industrial bases after the Opium Wars and to learn advanced Western science and technology. Through nearly 150 years’ development, the former site of Jinling Arsenal has become the largest and most representative architectural group of modern military industrial heritage buildings in China. This paper analyzes the history and heritage characteristics of the site. It is found that under the exchanges and conflicts between Chinese and Western civilizations, the military architectural heritages reflect remarkable characteristics of pioneering and integration of Chinese and Western architectural styles, spatial forms and construction technologies, as well as the intrinsic traits of mixing and transition of structure, based on guiding ideology of “Chinese essence and Western utility”. These heritages not only show the influence and restriction of political goal on construction technologies, but also become the identity representation of the country, city and proprietors, thus having unique meaning and value. In addition, the corresponding methods and strategies, repair techniques and existing problems are discussed through the critical analysis of the conservation and adaptive reuse of typical heritage buildings, so as to provide basis and beneficial reference for related research and practice.
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