NOTES

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