An Investigation and Visualization Design of Hygienic Public Space: Case study of Lu-Yang-Ju Community, Guangdong Province,China

Abstract

In the history of past public health crises, the prevailing view is that a virus is constantly evolving that has caused a number of health problems in people’s lives through airborne transmission.

In this paper, a public community in Zhong-Shan city, a typical ancient community in China, was studied to explore the problems in the community and gathering the transformational needs of local habitats. An online questionnaire was randomly carried out on 260 samples (45% men and 55% women) of different ages to analyze their satisfaction with the community. Field research was conducted using satellite maps and photographs to study the community's surroundings. In parallel, design solutions were sought for the transformation of the community, consisting of the general layout, the functional design of the entire community, and the design of the vegetable market and library, which were specifically selected as examples of detailed designs with public health in mind. The transformation and design update activities include literature review, interdisciplinary research, field research, case studies and evaluation. A visualization design of community studied and integrated with the art discipline, mechanical engineering, and psychological principles.

By carrying out the visualization design for community transformation, the work of this thesis can be concluded by the methodology of “Macro-Meso-Micro” as follows.

(1) The transformation design of the whole community was carried out; (2) The transformation design of the vegetable market was conducted for both the external market environment and the internal market space. (3) The transformational design of the library was carried out with regard to the room layout, the ventilation system, the indoor furniture and windows design. Finally, after the transformation, the community is characterized by both the beauty of modern art and the function of public health prevention, which makes people's lives more humane and enjoyable. The work in this paper can be a practical and valuable reference for the upgrading of other urban communities with public health in mind.

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