Conclusion In this project, I am interested in how people socialize with others and how they react and engage with a space. In China, most contemporary residential areas have lots of public spaces, which are not utilized by residents. This project is about redesign the space between buildings as an activity place. Testing spatial design ideas adapted to the context. The design is for the residents living in a contemporary Chinese community through integrate different traditional activities into residential area. In the process of research, I learned some strategies for design after investigated the hutong and other precedents. First one is about space and activity. Designing space for certain activity can give people stimulation and attraction in order to let people occupy in a same space. Second one is about quality of activity space and community. An activity space with certain degree of enclosure will generate a stronger sense of community among people. In order to design a site specific landscape in Beijing, it is important to understand what do people really need to use a space in contemporary residential area, and how they use and read space for particular activity before start doing the design. I chose nine traditional activities that are the most popular traditional activities for residents’ everyday lives. I designed different quality of spaces for particular activities with some adaptive landscape interventions based on the outcome of research. This purpose of the design is to circulate the value and opportunity through the site in order to improving the environment and generating a sense of community for residents. Generating a sense of community is the outcome I want to achieve through my project, however it cannot be generated immediately. It is a long-term effect of my project. It is cannot be tested without implementation the design in a real site. But the design is offered necessary preparation in order to achieve the outcome, which is the short-term outcome of the design. The design is using intervention and corresponding spatial design to encourage residents start to occupy the space between buildings by doing traditional daily activities. The more they occupy the space the greater community will be generated. This project can improve the living condition and break down the invisible boundary between residents. I hope that through the intent of my project, would give the new possibility to the development of contemporary residential areas. People living in Hu Tong will gradually move into the new living environment, certain contemporary residential area is slowly turn to the “isolated island� in the city. With this project, the disappearing traditional lifestyle will be maintained in a new area. The fusion of old and new will offer a chance to form the sense of community on this scale throughout the city.
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