The Research Of Renewal Design Of Traditional Commercial Street In The Old Zone Of Kaifeng City And Its Regional Culture

By analysing deep regional cultural characteristics of Kaifeng and the weakening regionalism under the globalisation,this thesis raise the urgency and necessity to express regionalism in the process of the renewal design of traditional commercial streets in the old city, and focus on the renewal design and development of the traditional commercial streets in the old city. The analysis and discussions on the theories and models for protecting traditional commercial streets in the Chinese and foreign cities,with the current status and issues of traditional commercial streets in Kaifeng,have provided a solid ground for elaborating the importance on the protection of Kaifeng traditional commercial streets and the importance to express regionalism in the process of the renewal design of traditional commercial streets in the old city.Through the studies on how the historical climate .culture and local environment and custom etc.contributed towards the regional characteristics of Kaifeng city,the characteristics which are represented in the planning and architectural design and the significant guidance to the modern design have been extracted from Kaifeng city.As the importance of the traditional commercial street in the old town, and the practical difficulties and conflicts between the protections and developments,so the author has emphasised that the design of traditional commercial streets in the old city zone should first of all,follow the basic principles and frameworks of protective developments and design of Kaifeng's old zone;then,focus on the expression of regional cultural characteristics; follow the design concept that combines the modern design elements with regional and historical traditions. While emphasising the importance to keep the historical and cultural heritage,at the same time,exploring and carrying forward the economic advantages of the commercial streets,therefore to response the demands from the city's new developments. This thesis take the renewal design of Madao Jie. Shudian Jie . Songduyu Jie. Zhongshan Lu for example,studies and discusses its history and renovation process.With the experiences gained and lessons learnt,an effective means to protectively develop and design the traditional commercial streets in the old city has been proposed,to display fully the regional cultural characteristics of Kaifeng,inject a new life to the historical districts,and speed up the progress of regeneration of the old streets,by Successful re-image the commercial areas.This thesis has adopted the methodaologies of analysis,comparison and summary,applied with the theory and desing methods ,by raising questions,then analysing and resolving them,studied and explored the renewal design methodologies,principles and models of the regional characteristics of the commercial streets in the old zone of Kaifeng city.