{"id":14736,"date":"2025-09-26T03:30:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T20:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/b-l-u-e-architecture-studio-converts-historic-chinese-cinema-into-jiangnan-house-hotel\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T03:30:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T20:30:11","slug":"b-l-u-e-architecture-studio-converts-historic-chinese-cinema-into-jiangnan-house-hotel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/b-l-u-e-architecture-studio-converts-historic-chinese-cinema-into-jiangnan-house-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"B.L.U.E. architecture studio converts historic chinese cinema into \u2018jiangnan house\u2019 hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wow wow-yellow\">adaptive reuse in yangzhou\u2019s old town<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Beijing-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/b-l-u-e-architecture-studio\/\"><strong>B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio<\/strong><\/a> takes to the historic Guangling district of Yangzhou, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/chinese-architecture\/\"><strong>China<\/strong><\/a> to design\u00a0this Jiangnan House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/hotel-architecture-and-design\/\"><strong>hotel<\/strong><\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/renovation-architecture-and-design\/\"><strong>renovation<\/strong><\/a> project brings contemporary hospitality to a site that layers timber-frame architecture with twentieth-century brick-concrete structures. What was once a cinema is now a modern retreat that humbly preserves Yangzhou\u2019s cultural heritage.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The renovation forms part of the first phase of the Guangling Ancient City urban renewal program. Architecture and Engineering Co., Ltd. of Southeast University oversaw the overall planning, while B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio was responsible for key interior renovations, two new buildings, and facade updates.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The design team worked alongside local groups including Yangjian Group and Yangzhou Yijiangxuan Garden and Ancient Architecture Construction Co., Ltd., creating a collaborative platform that celebrates the neighborhood\u2019s historic urban fabric.<\/p>\n<p>images \u00a9 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xiazhipictures.com\/\">XIA ZHI Pictures<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wow wow-yellow\">a sensitive renovation by b.l.u.e. architecture studio<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio sites the lobby of its Jiangnan House within the former auditorium of the former cinema. The building\u2019s original timber roof structure has been preserved by the <a href=\"https:\/\/b-l-u-e.net\/\"><strong>design team<\/strong><\/a> to maintain the lofty interiors. A new screen nods to the building\u2019s cinematic past, while a central tree pond and corridor recall the courtyards of traditional Yangzhou gardens.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Aged elm wood, natural stone flooring, and sawtooth wood veneer establish a tactile palette, complemented by terrazzo and vintage metal fittings inspired by historic cinemas. Local artists contributed woodcarving prints of classic film scenes, reinforcing the connection to the site\u2019s earlier life.<\/p>\n<p>Jiangnan House stands within the historic fabric of Yangzhou\u2019s Guangling district<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wow wow-yellow\">inside the new jiangnan house<\/h2>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Jiangnan House offers forty guest rooms, many set within the preserved courtyard layout of the B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio-renovated heritage buildings. These rooms occupy two newly constructed volumes, whose design draws on the forms of pavilions and terraces found in classical Yangzhou gardens, using flowing corridors and layered roofs to create a sense of movement and varied perspective.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Recycled bricks, bamboo-molded concrete, and hand-carved stone tiles pair contemporary techniques with the textures of the old courtyard walls and the small green tiles typical of local architecture.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While the original timber structures and facades remain intact, each unit is fit with air-conditioning, heating, and ensuite baths. Natural materials like wood, stone, handmade bricks, and textured plaster lend a quiet authenticity. Details like hand-hewn wood panels, distressed copper surfaces, and woodblock prints reference Yangzhou\u2019s craft traditions, while vertical greenery along the corridors softens the facades and enriches the guest experience.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio leads the interior renovation and design of two new buildings<\/p>\n<p>a central tree pond and garden evoke the spirit of traditional Yangzhou courtyards<\/p>\n<p>vertical greenery and subtle facade updates lend a calm atmosphere for guests<\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- CLOSE ARTICLE CONTENT --><\/p>\n<div class=\"fullwidth-image\">\n<div class=\"layout-box\">\n<div class=\"page-content\">\n<p>the former Subei Cinema lobby retains its timber roof structure and high ceilings<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- OPEN ARTICLE CONTENT -->\t<\/p>\n<p>natural materials like aged elm wood and stone flooring create a tactile interior<\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- CLOSE ARTICLE CONTENT --><\/p>\n<div class=\"fullwidth-image\">\n<div class=\"layout-box\">\n<div class=\"page-content\">\n<p>forty guest rooms with local craft details occupy preserved timber structures<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- OPEN ARTICLE CONTENT -->\t<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>project info:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>name:\u00a0<\/strong>Jiangnan House Yangzhou Guangling<\/p>\n<p><strong>architect:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/b-l-u-e.net\/\">B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/blue_architecturestudio\/\">@blue_architecturestudio<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>location:\u00a0<\/strong>Guangling, Yangzhou, China<\/p>\n<p><strong>gross area:<\/strong> 4,250 square meters<\/p>\n<p><strong>completion: <\/strong>April 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>photography:<\/strong> \u00a9 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xiazhipictures.com\/\">XIA ZHI Pictures<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/xiazhi_pictures\/?hl=en\">@xiazhi_pictures<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>urban renewal:<\/strong> Architecture and Engineering Co., Ltd. of Southeast University<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>interior design:<\/strong> B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>landscape design:<\/strong> Youxiang Lab<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>cinema exhibition design:<\/strong> <span class=\"s2\">Zhudaoruwen Studio<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>client:<\/strong> Guangling Culture&amp;Tourism Group<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>brand operation:<\/strong> Vanke Hotels &amp; Resorts<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>construction:<\/strong> Yangjian Group; Yangzhou Yijiangxuan Garden Ancient Architecture Construction Co., Ltd. (Renovation of Cultural Heritage Buildings)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio team:<\/strong> Shuhei Aoyama, Yoko Fujii, Lingzi Liu, Suyun Li, Ziwei Zhou, Jingyuan Li, Xinrui Zhao, Jiahui Wang, Jingyu Yan<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/architecture\/b-l-u-e-studio-converts-historic-chinese-cinema-jiangnan-house-hotel-09-25-2025\/\">B.L.U.E. architecture studio converts historic chinese cinema into \u2018jiangnan house\u2019 hotel<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/\">designboom | architecture &amp; design magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>adaptive reuse in yangzhou\u2019s old town \u00a0 Beijing-based B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio takes to the historic Guangling district of Yangzhou, China to design\u00a0this Jiangnan House hotel. The renovation project brings contemporary hospitality to a site that &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[142],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>B.L.U.E. architecture studio converts historic chinese cinema into \u2018jiangnan house\u2019 hotel - Blog TSK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/b-l-u-e-architecture-studio-converts-historic-chinese-cinema-into-jiangnan-house-hotel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"B.L.U.E. architecture studio converts historic chinese cinema into \u2018jiangnan house\u2019 hotel - Blog TSK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"adaptive reuse in yangzhou\u2019s old town \u00a0 Beijing-based B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio takes to the historic Guangling district of Yangzhou, China to design\u00a0this Jiangnan House hotel. The renovation project brings contemporary hospitality to a site that &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/b-l-u-e-architecture-studio-converts-historic-chinese-cinema-into-jiangnan-house-hotel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blog TSK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-25T20:30:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/\",\"name\":\"Blog TSK\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/b-l-u-e-architecture-studio-converts-historic-chinese-cinema-into-jiangnan-house-hotel\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/b-l-u-e-architecture-studio-converts-historic-chinese-cinema-into-jiangnan-house-hotel\/\",\"name\":\"B.L.U.E. architecture studio converts historic chinese cinema into \\u2018jiangnan house\\u2019 hotel - Blog TSK\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-25T20:30:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-25T20:30:11+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/b-l-u-e-architecture-studio-converts-historic-chinese-cinema-into-jiangnan-house-hotel\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/b-l-u-e-architecture-studio-converts-historic-chinese-cinema-into-jiangnan-house-hotel\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/b-l-u-e-architecture-studio-converts-historic-chinese-cinema-into-jiangnan-house-hotel\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"B.L.U.E. architecture studio converts historic chinese cinema into \\u2018jiangnan house\\u2019 hotel\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"B.L.U.E. architecture studio converts historic chinese cinema into \u2018jiangnan house\u2019 hotel - Blog TSK","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/b-l-u-e-architecture-studio-converts-historic-chinese-cinema-into-jiangnan-house-hotel\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"B.L.U.E. architecture studio converts historic chinese cinema into \u2018jiangnan house\u2019 hotel - Blog TSK","og_description":"adaptive reuse in yangzhou\u2019s old town \u00a0 Beijing-based B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio takes to the historic Guangling district of Yangzhou, China to design\u00a0this Jiangnan House hotel. The renovation project brings contemporary hospitality to a site that &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/b-l-u-e-architecture-studio-converts-historic-chinese-cinema-into-jiangnan-house-hotel\/","og_site_name":"Blog TSK","article_published_time":"2025-09-25T20:30:11+00:00","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/","name":"Blog TSK","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/b-l-u-e-architecture-studio-converts-historic-chinese-cinema-into-jiangnan-house-hotel\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/b-l-u-e-architecture-studio-converts-historic-chinese-cinema-into-jiangnan-house-hotel\/","name":"B.L.U.E. architecture studio converts historic chinese cinema into \u2018jiangnan house\u2019 hotel - Blog TSK","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-09-25T20:30:11+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-25T20:30:11+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/b-l-u-e-architecture-studio-converts-historic-chinese-cinema-into-jiangnan-house-hotel\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/b-l-u-e-architecture-studio-converts-historic-chinese-cinema-into-jiangnan-house-hotel\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/b-l-u-e-architecture-studio-converts-historic-chinese-cinema-into-jiangnan-house-hotel\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"B.L.U.E. architecture studio converts historic chinese cinema into \u2018jiangnan house\u2019 hotel"}]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14736"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14736\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}