| In recent years, construction of urban space in China likes a ranging fire, which effectively improves urban habitats. However, serious problems appear incessantly among decisions, layout, designs, development and management of public space in China. In terms of urban common space in individual city, it exits quality decline, structure illegibility and regression of functions and artistic appearances, which are what we need to keep away and improve on. Based on information hereinbefore, this paper plans to conduct studies on urban public space which put priorities on public spatial configurations. A better understanding of inner factors and relations to control exterior behavior of urban public space is the basis to deal with public interspaces treatments and artistic arrangements, and create a public interspaces in a city provided civilian's requirements with certain cultural connotation and spirit embodiment, which aims to make it serve and satisfy civilian's requirements. This paper conducts studies on configuration behavior of urban public space by using for references of urban planning, architecture, ecology, landscape architecture, art design, etc.Comparison of historic development of public spatial configuration and its appearances both in China and overseas indicates that simply copy of urban special construction mode does not match native need in terms of social developmental demand or internal control factors of regional differences. This paper summarizes situation and problems of urban special development in China, which aims to overcome shortages and assimilate experiences in order to find out approaches and options that is helpful for present practices..Principle part of this paper discusses was discussed under three scales combining with domestic and overseas theories and practice which aims at problems existed in Chinese urban spatial configuration. This paper analyzes and studies on spatial configuration appearance characters under different scales to find out commonness among configuration characters.This paper finally summarizes and concludes fundamentals and methodology of urban spatial configuration design adapted to nowadays situation in China, and takes Harbin as an example to analyze characters of city public spatial configuration by field survey and expect to provide experiences and methods for references for other cities.This paper innovates to take urban public space as a system and makes full studies on it from three-scales. Application substantial results are explored form points of view of control goals and application strategy corresponding to urban planning stages, which has realistic elicitation and guidance for supervising urban development. Results of demonstration research on Harbin are not only helpful for Harbin's special construction, but also provide use for reference for other cities. In fact, urban design theory is just beginning at present in China. Many points of views can not be concluded. We can find out and pick out regularities from cases at all times and in all over the world of social development to understand and guide directions of urban spatial configuration to avoid unnecessary effort and make it optimization. This paper expects to provide urban spatial design, construction and theory research in China with practice guidance, which makes out ample preparation for intending urban construction. |