Using Penomenology Theory as A Trigger to Explore the Place Spatial Planning With Adaptable Growth of Urban Sustainable Community: A Case Study
Authors:   College of Architecture, Taiyuan University of Technology, China, Tang Ziqing , Ge Qi ,   College of Architecture, Taiyuan University of Technology, China, Zhang Yu ,   College of Architecture, Taiyuan University of Technology, China
Published: September 2023

The exploration of the meaning of community place is a permanent field of discussion. Norberg Schulz put forward the theory of “place” and “place spirit” in 1979. Since then, the idea of “place” has been influential in urban block planning and architectural design. This paper first points out from the perspective of phenomenology theory of philosophers Husserl and Heidegger: First, the origin of phenomenon is the reflection of philosophical view. The philosophical goal of phenomenology is to return to the origin of community and present its original meaning through emerging cultural phenomena. Second, to establish “a common formal language”, “so that we can immediately understand it beyond the personal and cultural boundaries”, to achieve the reduction of external phenomena. Traces the inner origin of the concept of “being in the world” in the corresponding urban community. Secondly, this paper tries to explain the relationship between community and place from the concept of place. As early as 1976, Ralf clearly pointed out that “sense of place” comes from the real reflection of the social, economic, cultural and environmental forms of the local residents, which is usually spontaneously generated. It is even a natural attribute of the region, and can be described as a natural direct arrival to the group experience, without the tortuous and time-consuming cognitive path. Similarly, in the community, “sense of place” is more often limited to specific situations and atmospheres, and exists in a variety of real experiences of people and in a variety of relationships between various objects. Then, based on the Fuzhou Declaration adopted at the World Heritage Conference held in July this year and the development goal of “sustainable communities” in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the paper makes an understanding of its connotation: in a sense, sustainable communities are living, living and ecological. The organic renewal theory tells us that multiple communities constitute the texture and texture of local urban areas in the form and distribution of “cell groups”. The “organic renewal” phenomenon of the “cell population” in the city is complex, but it is also regular. Carsten Harris, an American phenomenologist, pointed out in The Ethical Function of Architecture (2001) that “we prefer organic order to inorganic”, “although organic order lacks the eternity of geometric shape, it is alive”. Then, the paper points out that form and structure shape the material community “place”, and at the same time, the community’s place spirit affects people’s “natural attitude” to the surrounding environment, and this attitude will exist stably in a certain space and time. In addition, after explaining some cultural phenomena emerging in the community, the paper finds that some constant phenomena of the community appear after the balance of the two forces of community culture and materialization, and have self-adaptability. Finally, this paper explores the tendency of urban communities to adapt to the future development and the possibility of continuous growth. With the help of phenomenological theoretical tools, this paper tries to reanalyze some phenomena of urban community places from the micro perspective, and puts forward some superficial understanding of its own, in order to make effective response to the key issue of sustainable community space planning.