The landmark large-scale public buildings in Wenzhou city are the key projects in the city. The degree of intelligence is very high, including TV monitoring system, fountain system, sound system and lighting control system. Every time I pass Century Square, I wonder, although there are many citizens here at night, why are there fewer people during the day? Why are there so few landmark doors in the south of the square? Compared with the municipal government building, this square is too quiet during the day. Why is the designed parking lot unattended and the road full of cars instead? Why are there relatively few old people and children coming here at night, mostly young people in groups, and judging from their clothes, most of them are foreigners? What will be the future of this municipal square?
Century Square is the largest square invested by the municipal government at present. As a part of the office building of the municipal government, this big square aims to show the wealth and mind of Wenzhou to the world. The square is not short of any necessary elements: first of all, apart from the municipal government building complex, the other two most important public buildings in Wenzhou, the science and technology museum and the museum, are also symmetrically distributed on both sides of the central axis of the square. Secondly, Xiushan Park provides a comfortable background for the square and the municipal government building. What is even more rare is that a well-managed river winds from west to east, which invisibly introduces soft elements to this somewhat serious place. The city government avenue across the square also provides convenience for traffic. The municipal government has also planted a large number of plants along the river and the municipal government avenue at all costs. In a word, compared with the popular European town square style in China, this square does not lack any common design elements. initial design
Square planning and design has always been one of the key points of urban construction. Medieval European town squares continued their traditional functions as markets and gatherings in history. Pleasant scale, effective spatial definition and irregular shape add some interest. People socialize, collect and exchange information here. City hall and church are built around the square, but the square at this time is not integrated with important public buildings in architectural sense. During the Renaissance, some cities gradually became the residence of the royal family and became more and more important. The concept of the square has also changed. The experience of people in the square must be a complete and inseparable whole. Any slight change to the square and all the elements around it may lead to the overall imbalance. The building facade around the main stadium should echo the whole, and the size and shape of the square and its relationship with the space surrounded by surrounding buildings are strictly regulated. Such as Campidoglio Square in Michelangelo, Rome. Its shape, ground laying, sculpture in the center of the square and the surrounding buildings are all integrated into a proper whole.
After the transformation
In the19th century, great changes have taken place in the design of the square. Planners began to consider the relationship between the traditional function of the square and the transportation hub. At this time, squares can often be divided into two categories. One is the traditional Little Square as the market. This square architectural design occupies a major position. The other is a large square as a transportation hub. They are generally circular or semicircular, and many avenues radiate from them. This kind of square not only meets the traffic demand, but also becomes a unique scenic spot because of its unique geographical location. Standing in the center of the square and looking around the streets, you can enjoy the traffic coming and going on every street, just like a unique urban drama is being staged. The most representative example is Place Charles Degaulle (Place del 'etoile) in Paris of the Ottoman Empire. With the support of Charles Louis Napolé on Bonaparte, Osman introduced eight streets symmetrically in this square, and thus extended four streets, thus he established an axis from the Louvre to Rio de Janeiro. Strictly speaking, it has lost the historical significance of the square tradition. Evacuating traffic has become its main function.
change
The new square has solved a lot of traffic needs, but few new city expansions have solved the traffic relationship between the new area and the old city well. In the past, most of the old city reconstruction in Europe started with grand plans, but ended hastily? Without the support of the top government, the limited power and funds of local governments, the restrictions of topography, the protection of historic cities, and the private ownership of land, it is not difficult to imagine that the idea and aura of jumping on drawings cannot be implemented smoothly. Look at the current situation of Wenzhou Municipal Square and Shifu Avenue. First, City Avenue. With the soaring housing prices and the falling car prices, more and more people will choose to live in the suburbs with lower housing prices. Most of Wenzhou citizens' current workplaces are confined to the old city. The rapid increase of motor vehicle ownership rate and the increase of traffic demand in and out of the old city will inevitably lead to a large number of traffic flows rushing to the urban area during the morning rush hour and leaving the urban area during the evening shift. Therefore, the throughput of traffic arteries in and out of the old city is particularly important. Shifu Avenue has become a traffic artery, which attracts drivers to choose this passage because of its smoothness, width and smoothness. But there is a paradox here: when everyone chooses this road and gives up the original crowded or bad road conditions, this road will also be blocked in the near future. If some workplaces are not diverted to the new urban area and residents living in the new urban area are allowed to work nearby, it is not surprising that there will be traffic jams on Shifu Avenue in the near future. Population growth must also be considered in the future.