Description
With the advance of urbanization, the type and quantity of infrastructure are increasing. Peoples pay attention to the functional use of infrastructure while ignoring its spiritual significance as a public space. In urban design, there is a lack of an objective method to evaluate the placeness of infrastructure. By taking the infrastructural spaces in Shantang and Pingjiang residential area in Suzhou old town as cases, this research aims to explore the composition and placeness of infrastructure space. A system for evaluating the sense of place of infrastructure space was established that takes the residents' activities as the primary criteria to evaluate. Through field investigation and interview, it has been found that the existing infrastructural space is allocated along the river in the Shantang district, while the infrastructural space in the Pingjiang district is distributed next to the wells and traffic node. Besides, a human-scale pedestrian transportation system promoted residents' usage of infrastructure in residential areas. The infrastructure more relevant to daily life, such as water and sanitation infrastructure, attracts more spontaneous activities. Therefore, establishing a multi-layering facility system that provides sufficient open and flexible space for the unrestricted use of residents helps to enhance the sense of place of infrastructural spaces.| Period | Jul 2021 |
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