Research On The Transformation And Landscape Design Of Historical Commercial Street District

Historical commercial district is a symbol of urban history and the witness of urban development. But with the rapid development of modern cities, historic commercial district, while having a distinct geographical and cultural advantage, is lack of organic blend with cities. It becomes an increasingly prominent problem in the material and social functions in modern life. It is also less able to adapt the needs of contemporary people. So its renovation and re-design becomes one of the biggest problems in the modern urban construction. In the process of transformation of the historical commercial street, we could not simply protect it, but to create new value. The original city should be added new vigor with memory and texture to meet the needs of modern society, and keep up the pace to let the city reproducing the past glory.In this paper, it takes the transforming of the Xi'an East Street as an example. The thesis is analyzed the current situation and problems in reform and corresponded solution strategies. It tried to find the cultural essence and proposed design methods of historic preservation and cultural heritage and focus on the combination of importance of tradition and contemporary. It integrated the ancient culture in Xi'an and the spirit in this new era. The goal is to achieve a win-win protection and the development of the historical commercial street, then to release a commercial brand of Xi'an using this project and create high quality of life in the city. Renovation project was chosen instead of a case which had been successful transformation, because of treating the issue of transforming the historical commercial street, we should not only pay attention to the development of the commercial street after transformation, but also pay attention to the attitudes and strategies of responding to problems in the transformation process. Hope for providing some meager strength to successfully complete the transformation of East Avenue at an early date.