Study On Process Supporting System Of Urban Design

The new development of urban design in China is meeting a very important problem on theory and practice that is "the design of urban can't make it effecting". Based on years of design experiences and theory exploration on urban design, this paper put forward the theory of process supporting system of urban design. The promotion is root in the process theory of urban design. The aim is to provide a good supporting system for the process of urban design on its running environment.In the first part this paper is prefaced by the definitude on attribute and location of urban design in city development. On this point, the theories and practices on urban design are compared between China and western countries. Based on these analyses, with questions on urban design process, at the end of this part the concept of is put forwarded.The second part of this paper is theoretic location for theory of process supporting system of urban design. It is put forwarded that urban design has two dimensions of process- corporality and sociality. The latter is acting a very important but hidden role on the stage of city developing. Based on this two-dimensions-process theory, the importance of organization for process supporting system of urban design is realized. At the end of this part, the methodology of process organization is discussed.The third part of this paper is divided into four chapters which corresponding to the four important elements of the process supporting system of urban design. They are Statute Guarantee System, Organization System, Assessment System and Public Participation. Their concepts, contents, organization, problems in practices and countermeasures are discussed with kinds of experiences in China.The fourth part of this paper is analysis on maneuverability of process supporting system of urban design with large numbers of designs and practices in China. Based on it, the strategy of "urban design combined with city planning" is reconsidered. It is put forwarded and discussed that the process supporting system of urban design can be organized effectively in comparatively short time in China with this strategy.