TITLE:
Research on Urban Community Public Space Design Based on Children’s Psychological Needs—A Case Study and Survey of Chengdu Yulin East Road
AUTHORS:
Chaoyi You
KEYWORDS:
Community Public Space, Street, Square, Courtyard, Child Psychology
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.7 No.8,
August
30,
2019
ABSTRACT: Viewing from
the theory of child psychology, there is close connection between space
environment and psychological development. Community public space, as children’s after-school micro-environment, is an important
place for the shaping of cognitive ability, personality and social process.
Based on this background, taking the communities of Yulin East Road in Wuhou
District of Chengdu as the research object, within the radius of one kilometer
radiation centered on Yulin East Road, this paper conducted a survey on the
current situation of street space, square space and courtyard space and found
that there is inadequate recreational facilities in current spaces, together
with the unreasonable traffic layout, which cannot meet the various needs of
children. In the end, the planning suggestions are proposed based on the
different scales of spaces. Children are the major concerns in the urban
development. The introduction of child developmental psychology into the design
of urban open spaces, it should become an urgent need for the reshaping of the
vitality of urban open spaces and the recovery of children’s rights.