park shops
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Mikey Goralnik Yushuan Ji
Du Xinbo
20/20 Hindsight Evaluating, analyzing, and Rethinking the park shops plaza
sitting (alone)
sitting (group)
walking(alone + group)
Process
PHASE I: General Observation • preliminary site analysis • informal interviews • archival research PHASE II: Focused Observation
• behavior maps • questionnaires • photos + videos
PHASE III: Analysis + Recommendations
Archival • Least helpful, but interesting • Built in 1914; served as the
headquarters for facilities • 2009 renovation was an
explicit rejection of its previous uselessness to students
Anecdotal • Exploratory; to see if there were
any themes we were missing • N=10: “Where are you going? Where are you coming from? Do
you like it here? • Basis for more formal
questionnaire
Behavior mapping
Sommer + Sommer: “…systematically recording people’s actions and behaviors.”
• Place-based (sedentary) protocol three discrete activities • Mapped paths of travel • Three times per day, for five days, two maps per time30 different maps • 266 total dots
Patterns + Intuition
Popularity of Ledges
map
sitting (alone)
sitting (group)
walking(alone + group)
Patterns + Intuition Questionnaire • N=50 • Response to proposed
design inventions
This%questionnaire%is%for%a%research%in%Landscape%Architecture.%The%place%talked%about%in%this%questionnaire%is%between%SAS%Hall%and%park%shop.%Thanks%each%of%you%to%spare%your%time%to%help%us!%!For!the!ledge!people:!!1.!Where!do!you!prefer!to!sit?!A.!Ledge!!!!!!!!!!!B.!Chairs!!!!!!!!!!C.!both!are!OK.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Ledge!2.!Do!you!want!the!ledge!to!curve!to!the!other!direction?!!A.!Yes,!I!want!to!try!it.!!!!!!!!!!B.!No,!I!like!the!current!way.!!!!!!!!!C.!I!don’t!really!care.!!For!Building!Entrance!(SAS!Hall):!!!!!!!!!!!1.!Have!you!noticed!the!plants!besides!the!wall?!A.!Yes.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!B.!No.!!2.!What!do!you!think!of!them?!A.!Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!B.!Ugly!!!!!!!!!!!!C.!No!feeling.!!!3.!Do!you!think!the!pavement!(red!one!and!white!one)!will!influence!you!choosing!way!to!go?!A.!Yes.!!!!!!!B.!No.!!!!!!!C.!I!don’t!know.!!For!the!benches!beside!the!tree:!!1.!Do!you!like!to!sit!here?!A.!Yes.!!!!!!B.!No.!!2.!Which!one!do!you!prefer?!A.!Ledge!!!!B.!Benches!!!!C.!Depends!on!what!I!want!to!do.!!3.!When!will!you!sit!here?!A.!Morning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!B.!Afternoon!!!!!C.!When!I!am!waiting!for!my!class.!!!!D.!__________!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Benches!in!front!of!SAS!Hall!
74%
10%
16%
Do you want the ledge to curve to the other direction?
0
10
20
30
40
YES.NO.
I DON’T KNOW.
Do you think the pavement will influence you choosing way to go?
Patterns + Intuition Questionnaire • N=50 • Response to proposed
design inventions
This%questionnaire%is%for%a%research%in%Landscape%Architecture.%The%place%talked%about%in%this%questionnaire%is%between%SAS%Hall%and%park%shop.%Thanks%each%of%you%to%spare%your%time%to%help%us!%!For!the!ledge!people:!!1.!Where!do!you!prefer!to!sit?!A.!Ledge!!!!!!!!!!!B.!Chairs!!!!!!!!!!C.!both!are!OK.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Ledge!2.!Do!you!want!the!ledge!to!curve!to!the!other!direction?!!A.!Yes,!I!want!to!try!it.!!!!!!!!!!B.!No,!I!like!the!current!way.!!!!!!!!!C.!I!don’t!really!care.!!For!Building!Entrance!(SAS!Hall):!!!!!!!!!!!1.!Have!you!noticed!the!plants!besides!the!wall?!A.!Yes.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!B.!No.!!2.!What!do!you!think!of!them?!A.!Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!B.!Ugly!!!!!!!!!!!!C.!No!feeling.!!!3.!Do!you!think!the!pavement!(red!one!and!white!one)!will!influence!you!choosing!way!to!go?!A.!Yes.!!!!!!!B.!No.!!!!!!!C.!I!don’t!know.!!For!the!benches!beside!the!tree:!!1.!Do!you!like!to!sit!here?!A.!Yes.!!!!!!B.!No.!!2.!Which!one!do!you!prefer?!A.!Ledge!!!!B.!Benches!!!!C.!Depends!on!what!I!want!to!do.!!3.!When!will!you!sit!here?!A.!Morning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!B.!Afternoon!!!!!C.!When!I!am!waiting!for!my!class.!!!!D.!__________!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Benches!in!front!of!SAS!Hall!
74%
10%
16%
Do you want the ledge to curve to the other direction?
don’t care
yes
no
Recommendations Continue use of gray/white paving pattern in middle of street
• Increase connectivity • Slow cars • Facilitate natural usage
Recommendations
Improved pedestrian facilities along thoroughfare
• More impressive plantings
• More intelligible gateway
• Maintain traffic flow
Patterns + Intuition
Popularity of Ledges
Inefficient bench use
Improve existing ledge facilities and replace benches with sittable planters
• Reference existing design features
• Unite north and south sides of Stinson Dr.
• Facilitate interaction