Research Of Life Experience-oriented Commercial Complex Exterior Space Planning & Design

As modern commercial facilities, urban commercial complexes integrate many functions, including business, commerce, residence, leisure, entertainment and transportation, which satisfy various needs on consumption in daily life. With the continuous improvement of living standards and incessant rising of consumption level, people pay more attention to sensory experience and spiritual needs in the process of consumption; on the other hand, e-commerce based on virtualization and Internet will see significant development; ordinary shopping needs in physical stores will be on the decrease, while socialized experience-oriented consumption demands will be more and more highlighted.According to relevant survey, all commercial complexes which are successfully run at home and abroad at present boast exterior space environment meeting the needs of people, blend in the urban public space, and bring rich experiences to people. This kind of experience-oriented commercial exterior space not only facilitates good business benefits, but also promotes urban development.With experience-oriented commercial complex as research subject, the author conducts a series of research on planning and design of exterior space by analytical method of combining relevant articles with cases in this paper. There are six chapters in total. In the first chapter, the object of study is determined, status quo and practical processes of domestic and overseas research are analyzed, and research approaches and technical route are confirmed. In the second chapter, the author, through study of a great number of documents and cases, summarizes the theories and methods, space elements, etc. related to life experience-oriented exterior space planning & design. In the third chapter, classic successful cases at home and abroad are analyzed and referential experience is summarized. In the fourth chapter, relevant theories and methods used in Gaochun Suning Commercial Complex Project are analyzed and assessed. The author analyzes current problems of governments, developers and designers in the development process of commercial complex exterior space in China, and comes up with countermeasures in the fifth chapter. Eventually, in the sixth chapter, the author summarizes the main ideas of this paper, advocates the mode of connecting life experience-oriented exterior space with urban public open space, extracts relevant planning theories and data, advocating developers, governments and designers to work together for planning and design of commercial exterior space and looking into the future development direction of life experience-oriented commercial complex exterior space.