公共空間的嗅覺設計是現代城市設計中被忽視的一環。由于嗅覺的記憶性、地方性、信息性,嗅覺設計應該成為塑造城市特色的一種途徑和手段。本文概括了嗅覺景觀的相關應用,并試圖探尋公共空間嗅覺設計的意義和發展方向。同時,文章分析了公共空間嗅覺設計面臨的困難,其最主要矛盾為思想上的不重視和嗅覺背景環境的惡化。面臨這些困難,嗅覺設計也許需要區別于視覺設計的工具和方法。

Smell design in public space is often a neglected part in urban design. Due to the memorability, endemicity and informativity of olfactory sense, the smell design should be integrated in urban design to shape a city’s characteristics. This article summarizes the application of smell landscape and then tries to explore the signifi cance and development tendency of the smell design in public space. Meanwhile, it also analyzes the obstacles that smell design is faced with, the most important one of which is ideological neglect and the deterioration of the smell environment. To solve these problems, smell design might need the tools and methods which are different from visual design.