Methods

MoholT sTuDEnT VillAGE

OBSERVATION To study the users of the area and their activities, the observational method was used in which people’s movement was observed and mapped at a different time in both weekdays and weekends. From the observation, it was found that the students from the Moholt Student Village and the local residents mostly used the public space for the necessary activities such as going and returning from the university and commercial purposes. Children were found strolling with family and friends or sitting and eating in the benches usually in the afternoon after their school is over. During weekends, family and children were the primary users of the space. Also, the flow of people and the usage of space are directly affected by the weather condition, a greater number of people can be seen on a sunny day than in the rainy or cloudy

Figure 62: Stakeholder Mapping diagram In an early phase of fieldwork, different stakeholders were identified who will affect or be affected by the outcomes, and plotted Power-Interest diagram, which shows their interest and power in the fieldwork. The diagram was later modified with the most influential and interest group in the project. Local residents, Family, Students, SiT Organization which are the most affected group showed their high interest throughout the process.

In the daytime, people were usually in a hurry to take classes or go to work, they did not show any interest to participate. So, I chose to interview people in the evening after they return from classes and work and during the weekends. I got to interview students, residents, bike users, customers, and passers. The Interview with the locals and students was done informally like a conversation to know the more about the space and its problems. While I prepared questionaries to interview SiT organization and Pizzabakeren during the problem statement and intervention phase. STAKEHOLDER MAPPING

INTERVIEWS

ONLINE SURVEYS

SECONDARY DATA COLLECTION The interviews were limited to the certain number of people so to engage the more people and gather more information about the space, an online survey was created which includes sets of questionaries related to their activities, safety, accessibility and comfort. This help to identify the set of the problems in the area and gave idea on a possible intervention that can be adopted. The survey also had some questions related to COVID-19 to know if pandemic had affected their activities or use of the space.

This step in the fieldwork involved gathering online information and documenting it. I at first, gathered all the articles, news and journals which later was studied in detail and summarized the findings. Historical maps and satellite images were collected from the website norgeibilder.no and Google Earth while the detailed maps and municipality regulations were obtained from the Trondheim Kommune website.