The Study On The Design Of Residential Communal Spaces Based On The Relationship Between The Environment And Behavior

With the rapid economic development of China, the living condition of most Chinesehas been improved a lot currently. As the result, the old standard of residential designof urban area cannot meet the demands of residents. Better living environment andmore variety of activities in residential area become an important standard forreviewing the quality of a residential area.However, in order to speed up the process of residential design and get more profits, astandardlised and fast way of residential design was applied at a wide range ofresidential areas in China by the real estate developers, architects and plannerscurrently, ignoring the needs and feelings of the residents. The fast and simple designleads to the lack of activities and vitality in these residential areas which wouldinfluence the relationship between neighbours. The sense of belonging and security ishardly to create in these areas. Therefore, the study on the design of livingenvironment especially the design of communal space of residential area is essentialfor improving the lives of residents and the relationship between neighbours and thatcould guide the future residential design in China.Based on the relationship between the physical environment and the behaviour andother theories of architecture and urban design，the study was conducted on thepsychological and physical characteristics of communicative behaviours of residentsand the physical environment of residential communal space. And with the results ofthe preliminary study and the case study, several principles and strategies of thedesign of residential communal spaces were concluded at the end of this paper.