| In 1898,the Middle East Railway began to be built.As a railway hub,Harbin had developed rapidly and developed into one of the most important metropolises in modern times since the construction of Railways in Russia and railway affiliated land in Harbin in the decades.At the same time,the influx of large numbers of immigrants and the blending and collision of multi-cultures had brought about the development and prosperity of commercial activities.Diversified business activities had broken people’s traditional ways of life and production and met people’s material and consumer needs.Under this background,Harbin’s modern commercial buildings had gradually developed and become one of the most important architectural types in Harbin’s modern architecture.This paper aims at deeply explaining and analyzing the development background,development stage,spatial and temporal distribution characteristics and influencing factors of Harbin modern commercial buildings,commercial building types,spatial organization forms,application of technical measures,physical characteristics of commercial buildings,modeling features and cultural interpretation,hoping to summarize the overall characteristics of modern commercial buildings in Harbin.First of all,this paper sorts out the histori cal evolution and development of Harbin modern commercial buildings,and divides the development stage of Harbin modern commercial buildings into four periods: The initial period(1898-1906),the pre-development period(1907-1916),the development period(1917-1931),and the later stage of development(1932-1945).This paper also discusses the commercial buildings in different periods,summarizes their quantity and development characteristics,analyses the distribution and location of modern commercial buildings in Harbin,and sums up the distribution characteristics and influencing factors of modern commercial buildings in Harbin.Therefore,people can outline the development track and distribution law of modern commercial buildings in Harbin,and have a macroscopic understanding of modern commercial buildings in Harbin.Secondly,the paper explores the functional types of commercial buildings in depth.It also classifies the functional types of commercial buildings,deeply analyzes the plane space processing of commercial buildings,,and chooses typical cases to explain the structural selection of buildings,construction equipment,and summarizes the technical development level of modern commercial buildings in Harbin.Finally,an in-depth analysis of Harbin modern commercial buildings’ infiltration of modern business culture and the integration and innovation of multiculturalism has enabled people to have a clear sensory understanding of the architectural representation of modern commercial buildings in Harbin,and to explain modern commercial buildings from the perspective of architectural art.How to shape the street space and business environment,analyze the processing of the facade composition of commercial buildings,the application of architectural vocabulary,and the expression of architectural texture.In summary,this paper takes Harbin’s modern commercial buildings as the research object,combs the historical evolution and location selection of Harbin’s modern commercial buildings,and then discusses and summarizes the types and characteristics of the buildings.The artistic characteristics of modern commercial buildings in Harbin are also analyzed.So that people can have a clear understanding of the development background,architectural characteristics and cultural connotation of modern commercial buildings in Harbin.At the same time,it also provides a reference for the systematic research and protection of modern commercial buildings in Harbin,and has a certain reference significance. |