Chen Xuan, Margaret Crawford

Keywords： Everyday Urbanism; Urban Design; Humanities; Everyday Life; Public Space

Abstract：

Urban design in reality is gradual and is the form presented in the process of urban economic and social activities. The technical rational framework of contemporary Chinese urban design originated from the early Western urban morphology theory. Recently, Chinese urban design has achieved impressive results in the theoretical and methodological management. However, different from technical rationality, the meaning expression and creation of humanistic connotation in Western urban design has not been able to receive substantial attention. They have neglected some fundamental dimensions of urbanism such as China's rich civic and social life and its regional cultural characteristics. The design pursues the rational pursuit of pure abstract concepts, and the everyday life is highly specific and diverse, which has become a basic contradiction in Chinese urban design. In response to this, the words “everyday” and “urbanism” that one common and the other difficult to understand, create a new starting point for urban design through urban life. This study combines literature to analyze the contextual map of daily urbanism generated and developed in the United States, and combines field research into the current state of urban design in China, trying to link Western theory with the daily life practices of Chinese cities. The conclusion points out that China contains a large amount of everyday practice knowledge, which is worthy of appreciation and analysis. Everyday urbanism is a complement to current Chinese urban design, providing inspiration for existing urban design, while also presenting new challenges.

Funds：

• [1] ALAN R. Definitions of urban design: the nature and concerns of urban design[J]. Planning practice & research, 1994, 9(3): 179-197.
  [2] CARMONA M. Controlling urban design—part 2: realizing the potential[J]. Journal of urban design, 1996, 1(2): 179-200.
  [3] CHASE J, CRAWFORD M, KALISKI J. Everyday urbanism[M]. New York: Monacelli Press, 1999.
  [4] KELBAUGH D, MCCULLOUGH K K. Writing urbanism: a design reader[M]. New York: Routledge, 2008.
  [5] 王建国. 从理性规划的视角看城市设计发展的四代范型[J]. 城市规划, 2018, 42(1): 9-19.
  [6] BIDDULPH M. The Problem with thinking about or for urban design[J]. Journal of urban design, 2012, 17(1): 1-20.
  [7] 金广君. 城市设计: 如何在中国落地?[J]. 城市规划, 2018, 42(3): 41-49.
  [8] 杨俊宴. 全数字化城市设计的理论范式探索[J]. 国际城市规划, 2018, 33 (1): 7-21.
  [9] 刘晋华. 共识与争鸣——当代中国城市设计思潮流变[J]. 城市规划, 2018, 42(2): 47-60.
  [10] 刘迪, 杨保军. 地方本土文化下的城市设计方法探索——以江西永丰县城总体城市设计为例[J]. 城市规划, 2017, 41(9): 73-80.
  [11] BENTLEY I, ALCOCK A, MURRAIN P, et al. Responsive environments: a manual for designers[M]. Abingdon: Routledge ,1985.
  [12] DENG Z. Design control in post-reform China: a case study of Shenzhen's commercial office development[J]. Urban design international, 2009, 14(2): 118-136.
  [13] JACOBS A, APPLEYARD D. Toward an urban design manifesto[J]. Journal of the American planning association, 1987, 53(1): 112-120.
  [14] MADANIPOUR A. Roles and challenges of urban design[J]. Journal of urban design, 2006, 11(2): 173-193.
  [15] 王世福, 沈爽婷, 莫浙娟. 城市更新中的城市设计策略思考[J]. 上海城市规划, 2017(5): 7-11.
  [16] 段进, 兰文龙, 邵润青. 从“设计导向”到“管控导向”——关于我国城市设计技术规范化的思考[J]. 城市规划, 2017, 41(6): 67-72.
  [17] HARVEY D. The condition of postmodernity: an enquiry into the origins of cultural change[M]. Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell, 1989.
  [18] WU F, XU J, YEH A. Urban development in post-reform China: state, market, and space[M]. London: Routledge, 2007.
  [19] CULLEN G. The concise townscape[M]. London: London Architectural Press, 1965.
  [20] CUTHBERT A R. The form of cities: political economy and urban design[M]. The United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell, 2006.
  [21] SMITH P F. The dynamics of urbanism[M]. London: Hutchinson, 1974.
  [22] SMITH P F. The syntax of cities[M]. London: Hutchinson, 1977.
  [23] ABRAMSON D M. Obsolescence: an architectural history[M]. The United States: University of Chicago Press, 2016.
  [24] 陈煊, 魏小春. 城市街道空间的非正规化演化[J]. 城市规划, 2013(4): 74-80.
  [25] 杨·盖尔. 公共生活研究方法[M]. 北京: 中国建筑工业出版社, 2016.
  [26] 吴宁. 日常生活批判——列斐伏尔哲学思想研究[M]. 北京: 人民出版社, 2007.
  [27] CERTEAU M D. The practice of everyday life[M]. London: University of California Press, 1984.
  [28] CUTHBERT A R. Urban design: requiem for an era – review and critique of the last 50 years[J]. Urban design  international, 2007, 12(4): 177-223.