| At present, the problems that hinder China’s urbanization processcomprise sharp increase of population, worsening pollution, heavy traffic, rise ofhousing price, lack of land, decrease of green land, etc. In the face of the growingshortage of urban resources, in order to guarantee the healthy development of socialeconomy based on urban sustainable development, the key is to driving the cities toconvert extensive development into intensive development.The study on rail transit and commercial space, which are two important factors ofurban development, will be of great significance for urban construction. With thedevelopment of urbanization process, urban center gradually weakens its ability to meetsocial demand as a result of backward infrastructures, and meanwhile, the increase ofdowntown pedestrian volume also worsens urban traffic. With the features, such as largepassenger capacity, high speed, and occupation of few land resources, rail transit hasdeveloped into a major public passenger transport method in many cities. At the sametime, characterized by diversification and functional composite, commercial spacethrows off its closed feature, and upgrades itself as a multi-layer and multi-elementcomposite urban public space. Besides, the construction of urban rail transit system,coupled with the development of commercial space along subway line, increasinglyconnects commercial space with transport space. In this way, the connection betweenthe two shows a new space type that links commercial architecture to subway station.In urban functions, the connection space between commercial building and subway station plays a major role as below. It effectively evacuates people flow betweensubway stations and commercial buildings, and then stimulates the mutual benefit effectof the two. However, there is a lack of specific theories and design methods for theconnection space between the two, as the integration of metro and commerce just startsto develop in China. Due to the imperfection of relevant policies, laws, regulations, andmanagement systems, such space design is exposed to various problems now.Through studying architecture, urban design, urban traffic, and related theories, andcombing with the analyses of domestic and overseas cases, this paper not only sums upthe major problems for the design of the connection space between commercial spaceand metro station, but also makes an analysis on the causes for the problems. In thispaper, through analyzing related domestic and overseas cases, the main body works outthe space connection modes and major connection space types between metro stationsand large commercial buildings, in combination with the functional and spatialrelationship between commercial buildings and metro stations. Meanwhile, it presentsthe design contents, elements and principles of connection space. Finally, taking Xi’anMetro Line2for example, this paper empirically studies and applies the spaceconnection modes between metro stations and commercial buildings along the line, andanalyzes the problems of connection space by comparing similar cases from home andabroad. Besides, in combination with the future construction in the areas along Line2,this paper comes up with relevant suggestions for the improvement of connection spacedesign and further analyzes the future development trend. |
