Study On The Open Space Of Beijing Sanlitun Commercial Block

With the rapid development of the market economy of China, the urbanization construction is now in full swing, and the urban commerce development obtains new opportunities. Commercial block provides a good shopping environment for consumers, and it has been walking in the forefront of the times by its good foundation.This thesis starts with the commercial block concept, the origin, the development process and the relationship with urban design, based on the analysis of space activities characteristics, open space form, as well as environmental elements, etc. of research object, analyses the links between consumer behavior and open space, and then puts forward design suggestions to create high quality leisure shopping environment in commercial block. On the base of the research on Beijing Sanlitun Taikooli Commercial block, this paper puts forward the renewal and improvement methods of the block. As the introduction part, the first chapter is based on the research of the background of commercial block, referring to overseas and domestic correlated research status, and it introduces relative concepts about the commercial blocks and open space, and illustrates the research methods and research scope of this paper. The second chapter defines the open space of commercial block and interprets its form, analyses the spatial characteristics and spatial elements of it, referring to the typical cases at home and abroad. At the end of this chapter, it introduces the situation of the case " the Open Space of Beijing Sanlitun Taikooli Commercial Block " generally. The third chapter, based on the results of the first two chapters, analyses the characteristics of consumers’ activity and behavior from the perspective of consumers, the business subjects. By the spot and questionnaire investigation, this chaapter analyses the characteristics of consumers in the horizontal and vertical space of the block, and obtains the relationship between consumer behavior and open space. On the base of above, the fourth chapter analyses and evaluates the space elements, intention factors and service facilities of commercial block from the perspective of people using. The fifth chapter, based on the research and analysis above, puts forward environment adjustment suggestions targeted on the open space of this block. The final conclusions could be served as a reference for business modalites layout, organization forms in open space and landscape design of China’s modern commercial block.