With the rapid advancement of technology, accurate and reliable architectural heritage information is increasingly in demand in the fields of cultural heritage and architectural conservation. This study aimed to establish a positive and harmonious relationship between architectural heritage and urban renewal in China’s sustainable urbanization process by documenting and conserving Chinese architectural heritage information. This work focuses on integrating architectural heritage information into multilevel and multi-dimensional information using scientific and standardized classification methods for documenting and conserving Chinese architectural heritage. The former site of the provisional Senate of the Nanjing National Government was studied and documented for this purpose. A precise 3D modeling for the components of architectural heritage and building information modeling (BIM) technology based on the two-dimensional (2D) drawings and component information were studied, analyzed, and used for restoration. Finally, a component “family” library was created using the common components of existing historical buildings. The results showed that the proposed method could provide both 3D and 2D drawings directly in the digital protection of historical buildings to monitor, repair, and protect architectural heritage, particularly historical buildings, throughout their life cycle. Overall, this work highlights the importance of protecting architectural heritage in sustainable urbanization and proposes an effective method for achieving this goal.

Industrial heritage is among the products of modern urban development, and the influencing factors of its regeneration and development are often complex. Due to different national conditions, the research progress and approaches in industrial heritage reuse in China are different from other countries. While industrial heritage sites in Europe have become part of urban redevelopment in several regions, China still focuses mostly on single objects, lacking systematic analysis, especially at the urban scale. Regarding the city of Nanjing, an operational approach to complex urban dynamics is proposed based on a simplified analysis of official statistics, maps and GIS technology. The influence mechanisms of Nanjing’s urban planning on industrial heritage regeneration and development after 1990 are analyzed. The results show that urban growth boundaries, traffic accessibility, eco-environmental policies, population distribution, industrial renovation investment and natural resource change all have a significant impact on the abandonment and regeneration of Nanjing industrial heritage. This study expands the research perspective of industrial heritage reuse in China and proposes a clearer systematic planning strategy for the future of industrial heritage in cities.

The pst-industrial era witnesses the gradual decline or transformation of China’s traditional industrial industry. Meanwhile, the original facade design of most of the existing industrial architectural heritage can no longer keep up with the pace of the times, which left a lot of issues that need to be considered and studied urgently in the renovation of industrial architectural heritage. In this article, the adaptive facade renovation design of industrial architectural heritage was studied and effective design strategies were summarized. Firstly, the research background of adaptive renovation of industrial architectural heritage and the research objects in this article were outlined and discussed, and then the relevant concepts and materials of facade renovation of industrial architectural heritage were summarized. Secondly, the renovation of Nanjing Hutchison Factory was cited here as an example for specific analysis. Finally, based on the analysis and summary of the case, corresponding design strategies and methods for the adaptive facade renovation were summarized, and the future research direction was put forward. This article is not only of great guidance and promotion to the renovation of Hutchison, but also of certain reference value to similar facade renovation projects of architectural heritages in China and even in the world.