In recent years, with the economical development and urban construction speeding up, the rhythm of city resident life is speeding up, people need some exquisite activity places urgently for leisure entertainment, recuperating body and mind. The rising of the city square is precisely complied with the urban development and request to enhances the quality of the inhabitant's life. As one of the most important exterior public space, the city square is not only the important stage for them participating in the society, entertaining, demonstrating themselves, but also reflecting the modern city civilization and the opening degree. The qualities and the quantities of city square are affecting both the construction of the city space shape and the social, the economical, the cultural transformation. In recent years there are some fine works with high designing level and good using effects in our country. But everything has the dual character, because of starting late and lacking of the systematic theory system, all sorts of questions appear along with our square construction. This article has carried on systematic summary and the research in our country square planning, expecting certain instructional function to the square planning.This article first gives a summary introduction to the city public space and its composition, elaborates the square definition and the classification on the whole, systematically reviews the history of squares development in and outside the country, discuss their differences and relations. Then the paper elaborates the city square acting in the city as an important element, which is developing with the new China's city evolution, promoting the urban construction. Meanwhile looking from the landscape design angle , the designers explore diligently how to create city landscape with rich special culture content by using modern landscape design language, and have obtained certain results, have brought some good ideas and the techniques, expanding the vision and imagination in landscape design.The third part is the key point in this article. Having analyzed the root of problems through the development and present situation of our country square, and by using the living examples, I have done some major summary and analyses then put forward some improving measures on problems appearing through several stages on the square construction and square design ,such as governmental agency decision-making, city overall plan, landscape design, maintenance management and public participation . In my paper practical research part, through the on-the-spot investigation and analysis of Anhui Huangshan century square, I put the theory and the practice together.Through the paper analysis and research, I expect it can do some systematic understanding to our country city square plan design, and be helpful to rational and... |