Sidewalk Facility for Pedestrians

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Yi-Chen Jenny Mu
Introduction
Sidewalk Facility for Pedestrians Control
Facilitation? Duality in the implementation and
purpose of public facilities. Motivation Implied
social hierarchy Authority Public
Individual Reverse the hierarchy Individual
Public Authority Goal Action aware
Reaction engage Interaction Study
Focus Instructions at sidewalk facility. Defined
interactions.
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Long Island City, Queens
Interaction Observation
Sidewalk Facility Site Study
Interaction Prototype
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Sidewalk Facility Site Study
Around PS 1
1. Cross-Street Control Box
Instruction for Pedestrians
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2. Trash Can
3. Street Cover
Instruction for Pedestrians
No Interaction Instructed
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2. Phone Poles
3. Curb Ramp
Instruction for User
No Interaction Instructed
No Interaction Instructed
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4. Parking Meters Trees
No Interaction Instructed
Instruction for User
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Interaction Observation
1. Littering
2. Jogging
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3. Littering
4. Using Public Phone 5. Walking 6. Talking 7.
Playing
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Interaction Prototype Utilize Rearrange
sidewalk facilities by found objects
5th Ave. 46 Rd.
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Vernon Blvd. 46 Rd.
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Vernon Blvd. 46 Rd.
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Precedents
All City Council by Evan Roth, 2004 http//a.parso
ns.edu/roth/spring04/studio/final_06/acc_final.ht
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The Submoves by Federico Urdaneta,
2003http//a.parsons.edu/fu/submoves/
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Conclusion
Design Questions / Criteria 1. Do pedestrians
feel suppressed by their environment, sidewalk
facilities, or unaware of it? 2. Is my design to
suppress them or liberate them? 3. Which way
encourage more reaction and interaction? 4. What
kind of interactivity system and needs what kind
of technology in order to encourage engage more
interaction, from response to action? 5. How to
introduce the designed system?
Building Dwelling Thinking by Martin
Heidegger http//acnet.pratt.edu/arch543p/reading
s/Heidegger.html What Is Interactivity Anyway? by
Nathan Shedroff http//www.nathan.com/thoughts/int
erpres/b.html The Public Space Initiative by
Natalie Bookchin http//www.action-tank.org/psi/
The Death of Public Space? By Greg
Smithsimon http//www.columbia.edu/gs228/writing/
histps.htm Privately Owned Public Space The New
York City Experience by Jerold S. Kayden
http//www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/priv/priv.html T
he New York City Department of Transportation -
Street Furniture http//www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/
sidewalks/stfurniture.html
References