Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ)
Online ISSN : 1881-8161
Print ISSN : 1340-4210
ISSN-L : 1340-4210
A STUDY ON THE CHARACTERISTICS AND EVALUATION OF THE NIGHT LANDSCAPE OF MAIN DISTRICTS IN SHANGHAI
Xu ZHOUTakayuki IKEDAHiroko ONO
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2006 Volume 71 Issue 607 Pages 87-93

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This paper is order to understand the current condition and constructing products of Chinese night landscape, Shanghai, which is the first city to engage in constructing night landscapes are summarized. The features of four representative night landscapes in Shanghai, which are the Walking Street of Nanjing Rd., the Bund, the Oriental Pearl Tower, and the People's Square, are analyzed in detail from the aspect of regional spatial characters, composition elements, evaluations of impressions, and comparison between daytime and nighttime. The space of the construction product of the Shanghai nightscape cannot be neglected in scale, but it may not demonstrate the own character of the area. It should be promoting the area color in night landscape, with memorial and article feature, and measurements must be taken further to improve it.
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© 2006 Architectural Institute of Japan
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