a (nice) place to walk
TRANSCRIPT
this is a public spacenext to my office. Broadway, a high dense commercial area
MY NAME IS FRED KENT. I AM THE FOUNDEROF THE ngo project for public spaces. i am also an photographer of public spaces and their users
today we gonna walk around!
people walks in a different wayway depending on the mood of the place.
even the small details as
a food cart changesthe flow of peopleand their moves
gyros!
kebab!
pizza!
the first
to understand how people
behaves in the public space
you must feel the city
thing to keep
in mind is that...
...time does notmatter!
open marketsare also a social
manner...
if youstop your
walking it mightmean that...
...to enhancespaces as a cultural hubin the city
...somethingis happeningin the space!
your walk getsinterrupted a lotdue to crowdsof people
sometimes walkingin some busy venuesof the city, such ascommercial streetscan be stressful
stores showcase attr
acts
people from the middl
e of
sidewalkif the str
eets aren’t large
enough, a crowd is
created
jan gehl, believes that a trully
liveable city shall
have pedestrian streets as a co
mmercial center.
this type of chaos is good for
the maintenance of
the public areas. However, it is
better to have
multiple points instead
of a single and realy
congested place.
nothingin the world ismore simple andmore cheap thanmaking cities thatprovide betterfor people
i rrationalize my
behavior by noting that crossing the street against the
traffic light makes me pay more atention to what i am doing.
there is alsosome kind of an urbanetiquette that leads youto walk in a manner that affects others. sometimesonly eye contact is enoughtto understand how to bear while walking
in the city, eye contact is carefully wielded
some research suggests that the very presence of signs, traffic lights, crosswalks, and raised curbs, all intended to make walking safer for the pedestrian in a car-filled city, actually make it less safe.
pedestriansacts quick and
fluid unconsciously.pedestrian jigs arelike a cooperative
dance.
their path andare unpredicable andchaotic. That lack ofsynchrony works inan harmonical way
jaywalkingis a responseof naked citiespolicies...
..that contributesto the spontaneityof the citizens
after all, cities are made for people, not for cars!
calico mingling, a dance by lucinda childs, represents the emotional expression replaced with simple actions as the walking of people and their movements.