Abstract:For a long time street construction and management to improve the efficiency of motor vehicles as the leading, the problems of insufficient attention to the demand of the people and the present streets in the old urban area of Tongan District in Xiamen are analyzed. The analysis result shows that the pedestrian space of the present streets is too narrow, the street space has no overall integration and the spatial interface is negative. The streets of the old urban area are classified and 7 types of streets are sorted out. Finally, the design principles and design strategies of each street type are expounded. The design guidelines of each street type are given. And the cases combined with the specific streets are explained.