The Analysis Of Planning And Designing On Traditional Business Streets In Shanxi

With the widespread globalization sweeping around the world, more communications among diversified cultures occur frequently and widely,especially when it comes to the challenges brought by foreign cultures to the local ones.Indeed, some cities with historical and aesthetical value hope to preserve their traditions and stimulate economy by the means of traditional business streets,nevertheless the blind development and construction,mechanical application of the classical mode upon the design of traditional business streets, not only damage local history environment but leave the city in a mess. Therefore, the need to figure out good methods to design the traditional business streets is extremely urgent.The mere commercial shopping space could not meet the spiritual demands of public, thus further planning and designing will take other traditional elements which could resonate with the public into account, aiming to improve commercial quality. As a large inland province in China,Shanxi is famous for its traditional culture, time-honored history, widely scattering cultural relics amidst various streets,and all of these advantages definitely contribute to the design of local business streets. Thus,this essay will illustrate the design methods of traditional business streets which could better fit into the local environment,namely Shanxi province.The essay will focus on the analysis of two categories: ancient traditional business streets and modern traditional business streets, meanwhile the design methods are summarized based on large amounts of material collection and data investigation.Furthermore,the design methods which can fully demonstrate the cultural features of Shanxi are explored in reference to the deep analysis of regional characteristics of architecture in Shanxi Province,as well as the survey and material collection concerning traditional business streets of Pingyao ancient city and the foods street of Taiyuan city.This essay is divided into six chapters. The first chapter introduces the background and overview, clarifies the meaning and intention of analysis and defines some concepts. In the second chapter, through the analysis of the current situation of the domestic and foreign relevant theory, the formation and development of the traditional commercial street, and the successful example, the author sums up the successful experience.The third chapter introduces the general design methods concerning traditional business streets in terms of ancient traditional business streets and modern traditional business streets.The fourth chapter takes the geography, climate,cultural environment into account to analyse the features of architecture,courtyards and streets in Shanxi,and also takes Pingyao ancient city and the foods street of Taiyuan city as examples to analyse the current design conditions of traditional business streets in Shanxi,thus will provide some practical support by drawing on its merits and downsides.The fifth chapter analyses the prospect and strategy of traditional business street in Shanxi.The sixth chapter is the summarization, aiming to provide some theoretical reference for the design of Shanxi traditional business streets.