Smart Renewal of Commercial Spaces in Residential Areas:Competitive and Cooperative Synergy of Retail Formats and Flowing Organization of Spaces

XIAO Jing; CAI Wanxun; XIE Yanran; QI Caiyan; CAO Ke

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1000-0232.2024.11.007

Abstract：In the period of inventory renewal where the energy of spatial production is declining,and the era of information where communication and logistics technologies are intensifying the flow of urban population and factors,the urban functional spaces built according to the traditional functionalism and planned thinking are gradually unable to adapt.They cannot keep up with the ever-increasing demand flux and differentiation of subjects due to the rigid structure and use patterns and face great challenges in relation to functional reorganization and spatial reconstruction.In this context,how to promote the quality and efficiency of large-scale extensive inventory space through low-cost,low-disturbance and high-adaptability renewal strategy will become an important direction for urban renewal research in China in the new period.This paper takes"human-oriented response"and"spatial-temporal integration"as the connotation of"smart"and combines this with the special object of commercial space in urban residential areas.It tries to construct a"smart renewal"action theory for urban space to cope with the large-scale inefficiency inventory space caused by the expansive and extensive spatial production in the incremental period. In terms of the contradiction between supply and demand of commercial space in residential areas,the article constructs a research framework for the renewal of commercial space in residential areas with four types of commercial sectors(catering service,daily retail,living service,leisure and entertainment),three stages of business life cycle(start-up,development,and maturity),two spatial scales(residential areas and stores),and seven spatial factors(ratio of commercial space,proportion of business types,proportion of business cycle,scale of stores,location of stores,way of store space assembly,ratio of main and auxiliary space).The study employs these analyzing factors and the relationship between supply and demand,cycle evolution pattern,and the mechanism of competitive and cooperative synergy as research contents to improve the elemental precision of research into the commercial space in residential areas in terms of the granularity of retail format,the frequency of business life cycle,the spatial scale and attribute dimensions. Combined with the investigation and analysis of six residential areas and 358 commercial stores in Chongqing,the appropriate ratio of commercial business and space in residential areas with different population sizes(large,medium,and small)and different population compositions(youth,elderly,child-raising families,and low-income families)is summarized from the scale of the residential area.From the store's scale,the cycle evolution patterns and spatial adaptation conditions of different types of retail formats and their subcategories are identified,including catering services,daily retail,living services,leisure and entertainment.This reveals the competition mechanism of"homogeneous supply of service content and synchronic occupancy of consumption time,"the cooperation mechanism of"cluster collaboration+undertaking collaboration+organizational collaboration,"and the compatibility mechanism of"content compatibility+spatial compatibility."The relevant content expands the theoretical component of the study on the"retail formats-space"adaptation of residential areas. Combined with the study's conclusions,three typical commercial scenarios in residential areas are summarized:"complementation of specialty and retail,mutual promotion of stalls and stores,and multi-format linkage."With the action path of"scale conduction,scenario driven,and flowing organization,"commercial spaces and spatial-temporal response measures in residential areas under the corresponding scenarios are proposed to enhance the operational effectiveness of the renewal actions in terms of human-oriented adaptability,contextual relevance,and mobility of supply.