The Study Of Subway Public Space Art Which Rebuilding The City Memory

Since 1970 s, 1980 s in china, cities were transformed massively during renewal procedure. The original form and spiritual consciousness were destroyed. The city was changed and not the hometown in the memory. Cities became similar because of the damage caused by humans. Therefore, how to protect the only memory and sense of belonging and identity that certain groups of resident have, to continue the civilization from histories is the critical problem that a city should deal with. The relationship between memory of cities and public space and architecture is strong and they play a significant role in recall of collective memory and choice of space. Subway is one of the best choice of public space as railway transportation. In terms of realistic use, subway is a urban mass transit underground to avoid traffic jam on the ground. And in terms of spiritual civilization, the subway is the miniature of rapid development of modern urban civilization. People feel depressive and stewed when they stand in the crowd in the carriage. Public art works of city memory set in the subway could not only flush stress out to improve the space quality, but also plant the seed of city memory into people’s mind to wake up the unique humanistic feelings of different cities and demonstrate human nature of the cities.This article state how the subway public space art rebuild the city memory with a research of public space design project of Subway Line M3 Qingdao. It aims to give some suggestions to the public space art of the subway constructing in the rapid developing cities.