Beijing Railway Station Application Of Public Art

Metro station in Beijing City is one of the important city image windows to the world. It is significant to develop public art in metro station for reflecting historical features, time characteristics, social harmony and international and national importance of Beijing City.This Thesis, through literature review, field research and comparative analysis, carries out public art study of metro station in Beijing City in the following aspects:1) research on broad relation between metro station and public art, including public space composition of metro station, connection between public art and human behavior, vision and psychology; 2) demonstrate the characteristics and advantages of international well-known public art in metro station; 3) investigate the status and disadvantages of public art in Beijing metro station based on field research, questionnaires and view exchanges; 4) carry out comparative analysis of national and international public art application of metro station, and propose application principles and art design suggestions for culture, mode of presentation and functional application in Beijing metro station.Conclusions of this thesis include:(1) The characteristics of Beijing metro station cover region, time, space, history, national capital, international city aspects, which should be under design consideration of public art in metro station.(2) The current public art design of Beijing metro station is lack of essential application of city spirit and culture and humanistic perspective consideration, which should be enhanced.(3) Three basic principles for art design in Beijing metro station are proposed including sustainable development of people and environment, cultural integration of tradition and modern and public participation.(4) Art design factors for Beijing metro station should consider'line association by color','zone definition by theme' and'facility development by integration'.