A Study On Tianjin Quanyechang In The Perspectives Of Space, History And Society

Tianjin Quanyechang was founded in1928, belonging to the French concession in Tianjin area, it is a typical representative of Tianjin business district, and also an integral part of Tianjin memory. As a department store, along with the development of the city, Tianjin Quanyechang has experienced several historical stages, the rise, rebuilding, the adjustment and reconstruction. From the construction at French Concession to the large-scale renovation after the founding of the nation, and the modification in the new century. This paper analyzes the change of urban space and social cultural in the process of the historical evolution from the perspective of "space".Urban space is an important aspect of cultural studies. It can be found in the literature review, the current related research of Tianjin Quanyechang from the perspective of cultural studies is very scarce, this paper is also supplement the blank of this field and do the further research and exploration. This paper analyzes from the perspective of culture studies, and synthesize the history, architecture and other discipline knowledge. This paper can be divided into three chapters, respectively makes comparative studies in the changes of its internal space for Tianjin Quanyechang’s colonial period in1930s, the socialist transformation period in1950s and1960s, the consumer society in the end of the twentieth century and the beginning of21st century.The first chapter discusses the mixed cultural landscape of Quanyechang in1920s to1930s, the colonial period, the interior is a chaotic consumption space. The second chapter mainly analyzes the situation of Tianjin Quanyechang after the socialist transformation in1950s and1960s, in this period the Quanyechang’s internal space layout reflects the national ideology, the original business consumption space turn into a strong power space. The third chapter mainly analyzes the Tianjin Quanyechang around the turn of the century that enter into a consumer society. At that time, its interior entities turn into an abstracting evolved sense system by physical space from entitative consumption space, it is through this system of symbolic entitative space to achieve the regulation and control to people.Conclusion part points out that the shortage of this paper. The insufficient of understanding of the space changes and history of other department stores in Tianjin; and lack of horizontal comparison, it is needed to strengthen and improve in the future research.