“中庭空间”设计是一个含意比较广的题目,构思不好,就会使它成为一个普普通通的“中庭”,或是一个大旅馆的中庭共享空间,而我则想跨出一步,使“中庭空间”变成一个城市性的中心空间。在我国江南,有许许多多的水乡,这些水乡一般都在河道的交通会集点上。水乡的交通工具是船,主要交通道路是水路,河道就成为沟通城镇之间、以及城镇与四郊农村的纽带,一条物质流通和信息交流带。在水乡河道两岸,人们的社会与生活活动相当丰富。早上,船只从水乡镇附近的农村把副食品运来,在河两岸出售,人们出门买菜、 The “atrium space” design is a topic with a wide range of implications. If the concept is not good, it will make it an ordinary “atrium” or a space in the atrium of a large hotel. I would like to take a step forward and make The “atrium space” becomes an urban center space. In South China, there are many water villages, and these water towns are generally on the river’s traffic gathering point. Water transport is a boat, and the main transport path is a waterway. The river channel serves as a link between towns and towns, and between towns and suburbs, and a material circulation and information exchange belt. In both rivers and rivers, people’s social and life activities are quite rich. In the morning, ships brought in food from the countryside near the water township and sold them on both banks of the river. People go out to buy food,