Culture Characteristics of Baotou City: Public Art Design and Cultural Space Management in Kundulun District
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The research on Culture Characteristics of Baotou City: Public Art Design and Cultural Space Management in Kundulun District is a study of urban culture and public art that explores the relationship between urban culture and public art and the role of public art in promoting urban culture. It focuses on classifying and exploring local culture, synthesizing artistic symbols and language into new design approaches through public art. The objectives of this research are: 1) to study the historical development and characteristics of Baotou's art and culture; 2) to analyze the identity, value, and meaning of Baotou's art and culture, and and integrate them into the concept of public art design to promote Baotou's image; and 3) to design a set of 3D public art works in the cultural area of Kundulun District, Baotou, using documentary research, field research, and interdisciplinary research. In studying the local culture of Baotou, it changed the direction of urban construction from urban expansion to quality development and promoted cultural and spiritual identity through public art to the integration of local culture and design. The research results showed that Baotou's culture has been positioned as a "steel city with a background of grassland culture". This identity can be used to disseminate the culture of the city by classifying cultural elements into symbols and applying them to the structure of the urban space through public art forms, enhancing the city's cultural identity and increasing its recognizability. The synthesis of the composition was carried out from two perspectives: color and material composition and shape composition. The cooling tower composition is one of the important and prominent structures of the steel mill, and the Mongolian horse is an important vehicle on the grassland as it represents spirit of perseverance and hard work. The “Cooling Tower” element is large, eye-catching and easily recognizable. Therefore, the meaning of "Prairie Horse' is combined and conveyed through the merging of the shape of the Mongolian horse and the shape of the cooling tower. This fusion creates a perfect combination of the elements of grassland culture and the elements that represent iron culture.
Authors: Xiaodong Jin, Puvasa Ruangchewin, Pongdej Chaikrut
Institution: Burapha University
Language: English
Topic: Public Spaces through Art
Subfield: Urban Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4410185327