Exploration of the self-organization theory eff ect on urban development

Rapid urbanization promotes larger blocks. Large, inward blocks ignore coordination between urban construction and building layout, and splinter our everyday life. As cities are constructed disorderly, it is urgent to seek the strategies of architectural design and the way of space layout. The discovery of the self-organization theory has deepened our understanding of nature, society and the universe as a whole. Self-organization theory is also another way to know the city—a complex giant system for today's urban planning. Based on the analysis of the development and evolution of Tsingdao, one representative of the historical and cultural cities, this paper explores self-organizing capabilities and characteristics of the urban gigantic system which change the order and architectural layout. It deepens planners' and architects' understanding of the regularity of urban self-organizational evolution, which in turn makes them attach more importance to the construction in accordance with the theory.