Research And Application Of Emotional Design In Urban Public Service Facilities

Urban public service facilities are important component of urban construction,they are not only the "name card" to show the image of the city,but also the material undertaker of people’s transition from private space to public space and the medium of interaction between man and space,they can improve people’s quality of life and play an important role in coordinating people and environment as well as people and society.At present,the urban public service facilities in different regions are in a popular style and homogeneous.But,people in different regions have different living and working environment,and that lead to they have different rhythms of life,psychological,behavioral habits and different new demands for public service facilities.Taking "human" as the starting point and integrating the concept of humanistic care into the design of urban public service facilities can give public service facilities" a little temperature and a trace of emotion",so that public service facilities can not only provide basic functions,but also meet people’s emotional and spiritual needs.In that case,people can experience more humanized public service facilities.Starting from the human behavior,physiological and psychological needs,this paper studies the affective design method in the design of public service facilities.In summary,the main research process of this paper is as follows;(1)Based on the analysis of modern people’s emotional demand for public facilities,the concept,connotation and characteristics of public service facilities affective design was expounded,the importance of public service facilities affective design was demonstrated,and the influencing factors of affective design was also discussed.(2)Starting from people’s needs and feelings,this paper analyses and summarizes four basic principles that should be met in the affective design of urban public service facilities,namely,the principles of safety and rationality,functionality and universality,aesthetics and humanization,creativity and sustainability.On this basis,a public service facilities affective design method that based on visual language,physiological and psychological characteristics is proposed.(3)Taking the bus shelter in the business district around Xiaobailou in Tianjin as the design object,the life characteristics of the people in the area are understood through on-the-spot investigation,questionnaire survey and interview dialogue,the shortcomings and the needing improvement of the bus shelter are analyzed.Then,the bus shelter in this area was designed by the use of affective design method from the four aspects of shape,color,material and functionIt is hoped that this research on the affective design of’ urban public service facilities can play an important role in attracting valuable information,provide some reference for the relevant personnel and designers and constructors,and contribute to the construction of a beautiful and harmonious public environment.