Quantification and Renewal Strategies of Historical Street Space under the Theory of Daily Life:A Case Study based on Hunan Road,Qingdao City

ZHAO Lin; ZHAO Xin; LIU Xin

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1000-0232.2025.05.010

Abstract：The theory of daily life offers a new perspective on studying the urban environment,with extensive consensus of scholars on its methodologies and values.Nevertheless,existing studies on the operation of space renewal strategies in urban historical streets pay insufficient attention to dimensions of daily life,and special studies on specific historical streets are lacking.They cannot reflect the uniqueness and complexity of historical street spaces in daily life,thus influencing the accurate responses of renewal strategies to daily life demands.Based on the renovation project of Hunan Road,Qingdao City,this study investigated how to accurately respond to daily life spaces of specific historical streets by introducing quantitative methods.First,correlations between material space and social space in Hunan Road were established by measuring material environment,events,and subjects by observing the research sequence of"space → event → subject".Regarding the material space,the spatial characteristics of Hunan Road are reflected by the evaluation indicators,such as street façade density,near-line rate,and aspect ratio of buildings.On the social space,the event and subject characteristics in Hunan Road are reflected by studying types of street activities,place composition and spatiotemporal landscape,and the optimization methods of historical streets in Hunan Road under the perspective of daily life are explored.The factors influencing the material and social environments for daily life in Hunan Road were disclosed.It concluded that the material environment and social environment for daily life were correlated.The material space for daily life is influenced greatly by the street interface,while functions and historical properties on two sides of the street influence the daily life environment through the street interface.There are some problems in the daily life spaces of Hunan Road,such as significant differences in the nature of the buildings between the two sides and obvious differences in daily life strength.The corresponding optimization strategies are proposed:(1)classify and enhance the street building façade and functional space and selectively improve the livability of the space to ensure spatial continuity,(2)preserve characteristic living spaces and their sense of place,and strengthen the design of space as a living event,and(3)expand the capacity of narrow public spaces,and conduct elastic reservation design and polysemous spatiotemporal design.The research on the spatial living events of Hunan Road provides ideas for the renewal and transformation of Qingdao's historical street spaces from a contemporary perspective of daily life,explores concepts for urban microenvironment renewal strategies,and offers local experience for the integration of daily life theory and urban space practice.