Study On The Design Of Atrium Space In The Shopping Mall

Since the 1990s, with the development of urbanization level and the improvement of lifestyle, the foreign concept of"Shopping Mall"is gradually introduced to those large and medium cities in China, the domestic commercial buildings is expanding from the original feature of retail trade-oriented to more comprehensive services of one-step shopping with the function of shopping, leisure fitness exercises, entertainment and catering service. The prototype of a shopping mall is a series of shopping stores displaying around a street or some pedestrian streets and with an atrium set in the intersection of those streets, which is the characteristics of the space in the traditional shopping center. The features of the atrium space could be directly perceived through the unique style and the characteristics of a shopping center. The atrium space is the core place for the consumers to experience consuming activities and communicate in the public space. Besides, it is the basic element of constituting the skeleton of the shopping space as well as the focus of the design pattern of inner shopping space. In the past 20 years, with the change of commercial consumption patterns, profound improvement has being taken place in the concept of shopping center in connotation and extension and its relationship with urban space.The design pattern for the atrium space needs to be constantly updated and adjusted in order to meet the requirement of the ever-changing market: the most important research point in the domestic market currently is how to design, through elaborative design process, an atrium space that enables its inner space meet the demand of the market under the background of the new times. This paper explores the tactics and methods of how to design the atrium from space pattern, traffic space, environment and service facilities, making a generalization on the ways of atrium space design pattern as well as providing some experiences and references about the atrium design in the shopping mall.This thesis is divided into six parts: in the first chapter, the research background of the subject is advanced first of all. From the development history of the atrium in shopping center, it goes on to define the concept of the atrium and describe the background of choosing this subject and the significance of this research. Later, it introduces the research methodology and the research framework. The second chapter is the part that the crucial problem is raised. Through field research and data-analyzing, this chapter advances the problem and draw attention to the method of atrium design. Chapters three and chapter four mainly aim to solve the problem by basing on an analysis of research result and divide the way of atrium design into four aspects: interior configuration, communication space, environment of the space, service function. By the end of chapter four, it brings up the counter measures in the design process. Chapter five contains some practical analysis on the atrium space design. Chapter six presents a prospect for the future trends of the shopping mall.