Shaping vibrant urban places in Chinese inner-city station areas: A case study of Beijing West station areas

Cities in China are embarked on ambitions plans to create renewed inner-city station areas, particularly evident after a series of redevelopment projects; these projects mainly focus on the development of transport infrastructures, rather than turning station areas into vibrant urban spaces. Therefore, a general lack of citizen’s daily activities have turned these areas into urban ‘enclaves’, which are merely transport nodes with interior spaces only used by travellers, rather enclosed and segregated from their surroundings. Through the study of the spatial characters of Beijing West station area, a typical project model in Chinese urban context, this paper aims to clearly reveal the spatial failures of Chinese problematic. Conclusions are three recommendations for future redevelopments to improve urban vitality of inner-city station areas in China.ArchitectureArchitecture and The Built Environmen