Look,! All our memories of the city are about public spaces. The existing public space has become our memory, The space will be created will be our memory of the future. The public space is not just the memory of the city, but also the identity of the city, reflecting the taste of the city and a cultural identity.

I’m a Chinese girl who living in Europe, I love to travel, I travel almost 50,000km every year. Between Asian European North Arica and Arab counties. I’m as an observer of different cities. I’m studying urban planning. Urban culture and urban design impact on our lives is very fascinated for me, we live in the city and in different places, is closely related to our daily life. Travel helps me transform many places across the country and influence the thinking of many cities.

If I talk with you about Rome, Paris, New York, Beijing, and Hong Kong... What pictures are passing in your mind?

To create a meaningful or a sense of public space which is created a wonderful part of our life. May affect a lot of people, affect a city and affect our memory of whole life

1.2 Convergence/ Comprehensive destination

1.2.1 How we make a great Public Place?

1.2.2 The public space and the public uses of the projects

1.2.3 Access & Linkages

1.2.4 Comfort & Image

1.2.5 Uses & Activities

1.2.6 Summary and methods to keep in mind in evaluating the uses and activities of a place

1.3 Sociability

2. THE “PUBLIC” & “PLACE” / “SPACE”

2.1 Public

2.2 Place/space

2.2.1 Local Opportunities

2.2.2 Trasportation & Connection: bus/metro/train stations, streets as public space

2.2.2.1 Analysis of “benefits of boulevards"

2.2.2.2 Case studying: Project of Zhongshan Road Renovation, Hangzhou

2.2.3 Creating a central square

2.2.4 Urban parks

2.2.5 Multi-Use & HOPSCA

2.2.5.1 Case studying: project of SAN LI TUN The Village, Beijing

2.2.6 Affectionate Places

2.2.7 "East meets West”. Public life between different cultures

2.2.8 The world’s best PUBLIC SPACE

3. PUBLIC PLACE BENEFITS

4. CONCLUSION

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