Nobuo Aoki

ABSTRACT In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, advances in refractory brick production improved fire-resistant construction and enabled the expansion of high-temperature processes in the steel and chemical industries. Focusing on the broader evolution of the modern building materials industry in Northeast China, this study analyzes and compares the spatial distribution of refractory brick production.

Abstract : Urban industrial heritage is both a physical component of the city and an important carrier of urban memory, but there is still a lack of comprehensive analysis of industrial heritage in Tianjin and a need for a conservation system. This study took the industrial heritage of Tianjin built between 1860 and 1978 as the research object and used GIS technology to analyse the spatial and temporal distribution of industrial heritage and the current state of its reuse.