在高緯度四十四度之境，都市活動往往因為冷冽風霜的影響而消彌。儘管當地的建築形式與其他氣候較好的地區一般，卻仍然無法擁有同樣活力充沛的都市景觀。於此，本論文試圖重新探究都市建築與地域特質的關係，來尋求一種新的寒帶都市形態：建築作為一種巨型的都市皮層，除了共同對抗氣候嚴寒外，且開始積極的塑造可供活動的都市空間。
都市皮層就像肌膚一樣，除了有基本的保護功能外，亦是一個調節內外環境的界面。而由於都市皮層作為一個都市的基調元素需要提供大眾居住的多種選擇，也必須包含一定的多樣性。論文中嘗試透過仿生觀念來尋找有益環境的空間樣貌，並藉由巨型結構與開放建築理論的輔助，來協助創造多孔隙、緊湊、混合使用與多樣的空間環境。而新的都市形態亦需要可以支持的發展模式。「鏈網都市」(Net-City)是一種線性、支狀發展的都市，而不同於傳統的街廓都市(Blokc-City)。其提供大量開放空間與開放節點的潛力，使都市更為動態並具有彈性。同時也因此提出部分層面可能的新實踐方法。
最後以哈爾濱松北區(45°45’N)作為設計演練對象，試驗新的寒帶都市模型。其中對於新形態都市的規劃亦提出了溶入地貌的新嘗試。

At such a place: latitudes 44±4°, the regional climate brings the cold and dry, which often reduce the life of urban space. Even where the building form is similar to other places at different kind of climate, there still a problem that vitality of the city disappears. For this issue, this thesis starts to discuss the relationship between urban building and the region, and try to rethink the city form at cold and dry places. For exploring a new city form, this thesis suggests that buildings should be a mega urban skin, which is buildings are also urban space. This view tries to make buildings solve the problem above to revitalize the urbanity of a cold city and make buildings themselves more actively join the city.

Urban skin is just like the animal skin, which may provide basic protection and environmental regulation. The other hand, urban skin as a city schema should supply the multiple choices of masses. As the concept of skin, we try to find some helpful ideas from such biomimics to make the new form. And for the masses reason, we also try to achieve a porus, compact, mixed-use, and variation kind of living space based on the idea of mega structure and the Open-Building theory. This thesis also suggests a kind of “Net-City” development, which is different from the traditional “Block-City”. Net-City supplies a linear, and trees-like ways of growth but not block, grid ways. This way of development may provide more open space and public node in the city, which make the city more flexible. Here are also some suggestion of possible new practice.

At last, the north of Harbin is the site for an new city model, including a new planning method for the new city form.

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成大建築研究所譯作，《都市設計專集》，成大建築系學會出版，1973。
哈爾濱市城市規劃設計研究院（2005），《哈爾濱市城市總體規劃概要》，哈爾濱市城市規劃局。
Christopher Alexander, Hajo Neis, Artemis Anninou, Ingrid King, A New Theory of Urban Design, Oxford University Press, 1987。