Highway Service Area Space Environment Design

China is occupying the expressway construction high tide at present, the expressway in most areas having been developed into networks. However, due to various objective reasons, planning and construction of the expressway service area have not kept up with the pace of road networks' development and people's gradually increasing material and spiritual demand. In addition, planning of the space environment within the service area is still merely based on qualitative analyses because there is a lack of theoretical basis due to limited research on expressway service areas.This thesis focuses on problems related to the design of space environment within service areas. On the basis of the behaviors and psychology of the people in the space environment, it explores the means of planning with regard to selection of the service area, planning and designing of the area, layout of functional areas, and space elements, etc.The thesis is divided into six chapters. Chapter one, the introduction, briefly explains the background of choosing the topic, the present state of study, the scope of study and its significance. On the basis of the behaviors and psychology of drivers and passengers in space chapter two analyzes the spatial demand and characteristics of behaviors within the service area's space environment, brings up the idea of comprehensive space analysis, and establishes designing principles. Based on the space construction within the service area, chapter three studies location selection of the service area, the layout and the spatial arrangement, and analyzes typical spatial models. Chapter four, starting from the needs of drivers and passengers in the service area, analyzes the design of elements in the space environment, including architecture, open space, base, water, environment greening, and facilities in it. Chapter five studies typical designs for space environment in expressway serviced areas. Chapter six, the summary, summaries the whole thesis in light of evaluation of the present means of study and ideas on research directions in the future.