Shaping vibrant urban places in Chinese inner-city station areas: A case study of Beijing West station areas

Title

Shaping vibrant urban places in Chinese inner-city station areas: A case study of Beijing West station areas

 Author

Wang, X.

Faculty

Architecture and The Built Environment

 Department

Architecture

 Date

2014-12-10

 Abstract

Cities in China are embarked on ambitions plans to create renewed inner-city station areas, particularly evident after a series of redevelopment projects; these projects mainly focus on the development of transport infrastructures, rather than turning station areas into vibrant urban spaces. Therefore, a general lack of citizen’s daily activities have turned these areas into urban ‘enclaves’, which are merely transport nodes with interior spaces only used by travellers, rather enclosed and segregated from their surroundings. Through the study of the spatial characters of Beijing West station area, a typical project model in Chinese urban context, this paper aims to clearly reveal the spatial failures of Chinese problematic. Conclusions are three recommendations for future redevelopments to improve urban vitality of inner-city station areas in China.

 Subject

inner-city station areas
spatial performance
urban vitality
station area redevelopment in China

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 Publisher

The Architectural Science Association & Genova University Press

 Source

ACROSS: Architectural Research through to Practice: 48th International conference of the Architectural Science Association, Genoa, Italy, 10-12 December 2014

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Institutional Repository

 Document type

conference paper

 Rights

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