Author(s)

Yang Song ^1,2

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of History, Culture and Tourism, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, 541001, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
² Tourism Research Institute, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, 541001, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China

Corresponding Author

Yang Song

ABSTRACT

The limitations of the public cultural spaces are associated with the multicultural perception and resident experience, especially irrational space planning, poor involvement in the cultural activities, and absence of intelligent management tools. This paper uses the East-West Street, Guilin, as a case study in order to solve these problems. It uses a pilot project to investigate realistic ways to increase the perception and involvement of the neighborhood as a multicultural environment through maximizing the volume of space design, cultural events, and low-cost smart spaces. The paper, in its spatial design, reinstates aspects of the stilted houses in the north of Guangxi and streamlines the architecture of the arcade-like gray areas. On the issue of cultural activities, it brings folk shows, creative market, and community interactive activities. Regarding smart facilities, it implements the use of QR code navigation and mini-program information services to broadcast information about the activities and gather opinions. The qualitative analysis reveals that, following the optimization, visitors rated the neighborhood in terms of the historical and cultural ambiance and walking comfort higher, the sense of belonging and readiness to engage a more active attitude among the residents increased, and the efficacy of managers in terms of space and activity management was enhanced. This suggests that the multicultural perception of historical districts through the synergistic optimization of spatial design, cultural activities, and intelligent facilities can be effective in generating duplicable experience to the renewal and management of the historical districts in other cities.

KEYWORDS

Public Cultural Spaces; Multicultural Awareness; Space Optimization; Cultural Event

CITE THIS PAPER

Yang Song, Multicultural Perception in Urban Public Cultural Spaces -Taking Guilin East-West Street as an Example. Journal of Civil Engineering and Urban Planning (2025) Vol. 7: 51-56. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/jceup.2025.070308.

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