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Titre
Architectural and urban atmospheres: shaping the way we walk in town
Sujet
[SHS:ARCHI] Humanities and Social Sciences/Architecture, space management
Atmosphere
Walk
City
Public space
Description
This contribution contains the results of research funded by France's National Research Agency (ANR) on walking in towns. Research focussed on two cities: Geneva (Switzerland) and Grenoble (France). Starting from a simple question - what prompts us to walk in town? - and an innovative methodological protocol we call the three-person walk - the author queries the implicit relations between the act of walking and atmospheres. How and to what extent do architectural and urban atmospheres affect our decisions when walking in town and influence a pedestrian's gait? By constituting two lexicons - one describing sensory configurations that are more or less favourable to walking, the other describing the types of relation possible between pedestrians and the city - the author makes two contributions to the debate on urban walking: first that there are many ways of walking; and secondly that we adapt our gait to suit - it is perhaps even shaped by - architectural and urban atmospheres.
Créateur
Thomas, Rachel
Source
Pedestrians' Quality Needs Final Report : Part C : Executive Summary
Date
2010
Langue
ENG
Type
scientific book chapter
Identifiant
http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00596763
http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/59/67/63/PDF/2010_BS_RT_Architectural.pdf