Metro station design has gained increasing prominence alongside urban development. Guided by China's 14th Five-Year Plan strategy, culturally distinctive metro station design has emerged as a significant trend in China's metro development. Integrating...
Metro station design has gained increasing prominence alongside urban development. Guided by China's 14th Five-Year Plan strategy, culturally distinctive metro station design has emerged as a significant trend in China's metro development. Integrating Chinese culture into metro design presents a key challenge, making research on metro spatial design that incorporates urban culture both relevant and practical.
This study employs the PEST-SWOT model to analyze the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in subway station design. Data calculations demonstrate the feasibility of spatial design research for Xi'an subway stations. The literature review is followed by an examination of the spatial characteristics and current development status. An initial evaluation indicator system for Xi'an subway station spaces was constructed. Through two rounds of Delphi expert surveys, the initial indicators were validated and refined, ultimately forming a design evaluation model. Subsequently, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) was employed to develop a multi-level evaluation indicator system. Based on expert comparisons of indicator importance, a weighting table was calculated. Results indicate that subway stations scored highest in auditory, visual, and cultural identity aspects. indicating that spatial design should prioritize multi-sensory experiences, emphasize visual presentation, and deepen historical and cultural expression. Tactile and color elements also play significant roles. The FCE fuzzy comprehensive analysis method was applied to further evaluate the design indicators of Xi'an subway stations. The results indicate that the spatial design quality of the sampled Xi'an subway stations tends to be higher. Visual design and auditory design indicators performed excellently, while spiritual experience and cultural identity demonstrated outstanding performance. Tactile design, however, showed slightly weaker performance. Finally, based on the evaluation results, optimization strategies for the design were proposed.
This study provides a theoretical foundation for the scientific evaluation of Xi'an subway station design and offers reference suggestions for future subway station spatial design.