Week2 roles and characters of city people

Sep 13thSyncron-i-City Spatial and Locative Interaction DesignWeek 1

空間互動設計Spatial and Locative Interaction DesignWeek 2 - 城市人們的角色與個性（Roles and Characters of City People）I

13年9月27日金曜日


Space Location

Design

Prototyping

DataEmpirical study



Human



Space

Empirical study

Human

Experience-based contextual evidence



Short History of Architecture



The Order

Doric

Ionic

Corinthian



Duomo di Milano



Interior of Duomo di Milano



Grand Central Station of NewYork



Grand Central Station of NewYork



Orders in Culture



Space follows Human Activities?- Religion ( i.e., Catholic, Buddhism or Islam )- Behavior (the functionality)

- Cultural Behavior- Social Behavior- Work Behavior



The Kitchen (Japanese Style)



The Kitchen (Chinese Style)



The Kitchen (European Style)



Why They Are Different?



The Context = Human Activity + CulturalThe ethnography term to describe specific group of people (society) Introduced from Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908 - 2009)

Structural Anthropology



Relative Quality of Spaces

External

Internal

PublicPrivate

Room

Cluster

House

Living room

Kitchen



Situational ContextScenarios that explain user behavior in certain situation, i.e., passenger lay-back on the subway to rest.

image courtesy: taiwanlife.jiki.com.tw



Why do we introduce empirical approachin design field?



VirtruvianLeonardo da Vinci: Vitruvian man

Universal set of Proportion:■ a palm is four fingers■ a foot is four palms■ a cubit is six palms■ four cubits make a man■ a pace is four cubits■ a man is 24 palms


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_(unit)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_(unit)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_(unit)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_(unit)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pace_(unit_of_length)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pace_(unit_of_length)


Le Corbusier: the moduler

Image Courtesy: http://pds.exblog.jp/pds/1/200711/30/51/d0079151_2285074.jpg


http://pds.exblog.jp/pds/1/200711/30/51/d0079151_2285074.jpg





Le Corbusier: the moduler



Why do we introduce empirical approachin design field?

• Design issues are really complex for daily life• Designer’s role

• Solution provider?• Ask correct question first, depend on real case (context)• Interpretation (解明) from everyday observation

• Human role is not only Users or Consumer• Respect human nature• Designing contextual interactions• More specific descriptions



Characteristics in the City

• Passengers• Drivers• Public policy protector (e.g., police)• Criminal• Hangouts• Transmission

.... etc.,



Workshop: Thick Description subjective experience, as much detail as you can, and respect the fact instructions - http://203.72.2.115/dbook/100632005.pdf (Chinese) - http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR11-3/ponterotto.pdf (English) example - http://archetyping.blogspot.tw/2007/09/deep-sketch.html


http://203.72.2.115/dbook/100632005.pdf

http://203.72.2.115/dbook/100632005.pdf

http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR11-3/ponterotto.pdf

http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR11-3/ponterotto.pdf

http://archetyping.blogspot.tw/2007/09/deep-sketch.html

http://archetyping.blogspot.tw/2007/09/deep-sketch.html


Workshop HWTag: week2_Thick_Description

• Your experience of specified space• Define the role in your interpretations
