NOTES LOCATION #04 LOS ANGELES 2015 MONICA RIZZOLLI
meaning
path
walker constrains
perception
urban space NOTE#01, LOCATION#04, LOS ANGELES, 2015, MONICA RIZZOLLI
OBJECT 01, BODY 4 Mental Spaces by Barbara Tversky + Informal Space Zones by Edward T. Hall
cognitive aids - EXTERNAL REPRESENTATIONS memory, information processing (public distance?) (virtual space?)
MEMORY / NAVIGATION (social distance?)
PROPRIOCEPTION / ACTION (intimate distance?) BODY
PERCEPTION / ACTION (personal distance?) AROUND THE BODY body is a tool for measuring space/time
NOTE#02, LOCATION#04, LOS ANGELES, 2015, MONICA RIZZOLLI
OBJECT 01, BODY 1 body, proprioception and action 2 space around the body, perception and action 1+2 memory, external representations, information processing
AXIS C (UP, DOWN) Not applicable Gravity
2
1 AXIS A (FRONT, BACK) Front world can be readily perceived and acted upon. The back is difficult for perception and action
AXIS B (LEFT, RIGHT) Lacks any asymmetries
BACK
FRONT
NOTE#03, LOCATION#04, LOS ANGELES, 2015, MONICA RIZZOLLI
OBJECT 01, BODIES
(personal) WALKERS SPATIAL RELATIONS
Tension
social density
Cohesion
the crowd the protest the mass migration
NOTE#04, LOCATION#04, LOS ANGELES, 2015, MONICA RIZZOLLI
OBJECT 02, MEANING ENVIRONMENTAL CUES
EMOTIONAL (wanderlust, desires, action) PRACTICAL (destination, needs)
meaning (content) by Kevin Lynch by Amos Rapoport
Fixed-feature elements architectural elements (walls, ceilings, and floors), streets and buildings in cities and their spatial organization (size, location, sequence, arrangement, and so on) Semifixed-feature elements arrangement and type of furniture, curtains and other furnishings, plants, advertising signs, window display in shops, garden layouts and lawn decorations, and other urban elements. Nonfixed-feature elements are related to the human occupants or inhabitants of settings, their shifting spatial relations (proxemics), their body positions and postures (kinesics), and many other nonverbal behaviors.
Am I lost or erratic?
Do I have a practical or emotional reason to walk?
Am I tired or sick or disabled?
Am I allowed to walk? Ex. Am I an undocumented immigrant?
Do I want to walk or do I have no choice?
Does the environment elicit memories or emotions? NOTE#05, LOCATION#04, LOS ANGELES, 2015, MONICA RIZZOLLI
OBJECT 03, CONSTRAINTS
coupling constraints
(walkers relations)
capability constraints
(limited radius walkable distance) (techniques of walking [by Maus] body movement, gait cycle)
authority constraints (legal boundaries X personal boundaries)
(by Torsten H채gerstrand)
NOTE#06, LOCATION#04, LOS ANGELES, 2015, MONICA RIZZOLLI
updating information, decision making under the freeway Free apprehension zone
“Japanese” Zone (called Little Osaka)
SAWTELLE
WiFi
SANTA MONICA BLVD.
OBJECT 04, PATH
405 FWY
fear zone
W OLYMPIC BLVD.
path suggested by Tony
ALIAS BOOKS
Free WiFi HAMMER MUSEUM
WESTWOOD
OHIO
BUS 7
A favorite place of Tony’s, a walkable distance from the Hammer Museum
WILSHIRE BLVD
W PICO BLVD. BUS 7
SEPULVEDA BLV.
BUS 7 BUS 7 BUS 7
The general theory of walkability, by Jeff Speck 1) A reason to walk, balance of uses 2) A safe walk, reality and perception 3) A comfortable walk, space and orientation 4) An interesting walk, signs of humanity
my path +- 30’
place I met Tony, after the Charles Gaines exhibition
“Iranian” Zone? (called Tehrangeles)
NOTE#07, LOCATION#04, LOS ANGELES, 2015, MONICA RIZZOLLI
OBJECT 05, URBAN SPACE
semi-public private spaces spaces
enclosed space architecture as a physical construction of space and form STRUCTURE (spatial density) adaptability (the capacity to change patterns after learning)
(explore areas forbidden by city planning, Bradley Garret)
OBJECT 06, PATH
CAPACITY FOR MOVEMENT, to flow without interruptions to accessibility, DISTANCE between walker and meaning NOTE#08, LOCATION#04, LOS ANGELES, 2015, MONICA RIZZOLLI
LOCATION 01 (L01) 05.23.15 1:15PM
EDGEWOOD wayfinding 02
COCHRAN
COCHRAN
wayfinding 01
wayfinding 03
EDGEWOOD wayfinding 04
WHERE AM I?
EDGEWOOD 5400 W PL
EDGEWOOD 5300 W PL wayfinding 07
wayfinding 05
1137 S COCHRAN wayfinding 06
NOTE#09, LOCATION#04, LOS ANGELES, 2015, MONICA RIZZOLLI