The Creation Of "Affable" Place In City

During the rapid development of Chinese cities, the theory of urban design had paid so great attention to functional subregion, economic efficiency and its form that it ignored the real hosts-users' needs of behavior and psychology, and caused some urban spaces undelightful and the human relationship indifferent. The cities are losing their vigor.The lack of people's association outdoor is the reason of the cities' problem nowaday, but in heart, people would like to go into the sunshine, lie on the grass, talk to others, play the water and so on. So, how to make people to go outdoor and associate comfortably, and how to design the delightful city place for people to stay and associate by we architects are the questions for study in this thesis. It is pursued to make the characteristic reappear, which existed in the interaction between space and human in the traditional resident courtyard, and we call it "affable city place".It was expounded that the history of "affable place", the present conditions of public activity place in Chinese cities and the development tendency of the city place in this thesis. Meanwhile, the author analyzed the social element, the human element and the environmental element which affect the design of "affable city place" in order to make a through research of the fundamental theories, the general principles and methods for the outdoor association place design. Lastly, the author hope this article will do some benefits to create delightful city places for people to stay and enjoy their life outdoor.This paper includes about 65,000 words and 120 illustrations.