| With the rapid development of China’s economy and the urbanization process, thedevelopment and construction of urban commercial complex has reached anunprecedented high level. The influence of commercial complex on the city is increasing,many large-scale commercial development has already become the "city’s business card,"or "the city’s landmark". Commercial complex landscape construction’s qualityinfluences not only the city’s image, but also the city’s development.However, most domestic commercial complex only pays attention to the interiordesign, giving a high priority to the interior materials and the decoration style, whileignored exterior landscape construction. At present, in most of the commercial complexexterior space, there are problems such as the poor quality of the overall landscape, thelack of humane and ecological considerations, and the low cultural and artistic taste and ithas been unable to meet the functional and aesthetic needs of consumers and owners. Toimprove the quality of exterior landscape of the commercial complex construction isemergent.This paper research the exterior space of the commercial complex from the angle ofthe overall urban landscape, and from a new perspective of the landscape design. Byreading a great deal of relevant literature, and researching of a large number of domesticand foreign commercial complex exterior space landscape design examples, generalprinciples are analyzed and summarized from the following aspects: the determinationfactor, design principles, the design positioning and design method. Conclusions aredrawn to make up for the lack of theory on the commercial complex exterior spacelandscape design. Finally, the research theory is used in the practice of exterior landscapedesign of the Xianqiao Plaza, Danyang City, Jiangsu Province. |