loopcity

motivation

sequence

synchronicity

how do people use spaces?

space explorers

children, tourists, streetvendors, homeless people... use space as a resource

commuters

experience space mainly as an obstacle
influence of age, mobility - eldery people, children are often constrained to a smaller area ...

moving into a new neighbourhood, we often experience a transition between these two types - our attitude towards the route changes, as routine kicks in ...

how are the pathes shaped?

the behavior in space is influenced by the architecture of the city.

1) different routes with different purposes and a common center

2) combined routes with different stations

same things happen at the same time ... other people are in the same loops, our lifes are synchronized.

when I go home at night,usually around 23:30, i have some repeated encounters

the police patrol - they usually pass me somewhere in the middle of my path. i was lucky to repair the headlight of my bike in time!

a large truck is delivering goods to one of the supermarkets. the road is very narrow, so the driver has a hard time steering his vehicle backwards into the parking bay.

the restaurant at the canal at the railway line is closing. personell is cleaning up the room, the last customers are standing outside talking to their cellphones.

finally at the train station, a late train arrives.males in business suits, students in their uniforms leave the station.