The Reaserch Of Urban Planning Thought In Philosophy Of Engineering Horizon

As a basic material for practice, project is to maintain the survival and reproduction of human, build the "home", improve their production and living conditions, also have a better "life". Since the city has grown, the construction of the city have never stopped. As a humanities thing and a huge artificial materials, the city not only built a living world of human settlements, but also through specific activities in the construction of the project up by people in the long course of historical development.The relationship between the city and engineering activities will make the urban planning reflect many features of engineering activities. Therefore, from an engineering perspective to study urban planning thought is an indispensable dimension. However, in the long run the project as the application of science and technology and in urban planning the project only as a means of achieving it, and then project has nothing to do with urban planning ideology itself! So in the current urban planning ideology, there is almost no work place left for the project, engineering thinking in the planning process is been forgotten! The works of philosophy in the creation of this century, especially put forward science, technology, engineering, not only open a new vision for us to reexamine the unique nature and characteristics of engineering activities, engineering knowledge, engineering ideas,but also lay a theoretical foundation for us to investigate urban planning thought from the perspective of the philosophy of engineering.This article tries to combine the philosophy of engineering with the urban planning thought and provides a new perspective for the study of the urban planning thought.Firstly, this artical starts with science, technology, engineering, the concept,nature and characteristics of the project conducted in-depth study; Secondly, through the review of the development of the philosophy of engineering and compares with the "empirical turn" of the philosophy of technology, the text suggest that the philosophy of engineering should happen "empirical turn",which point the way for the philosophy of engineering intervent into the specific areas such as urban construction; Thirdly, The West and China are respectively discussed the evolution of urban planning thought, revealing the problems and contradictions; Finally, makes efforts to clarify the project with the city, urban planning relationship, tries to discuss the essence of urban planning in the vision of the philosophy of engineering, and bring enlightenment by the ideas of the the philosophy of engineering for the research of urban planning thought.