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Social Distance
How close can people be before co-presence becomes interaction? Change the social radius and watch potential encounters appear.
2 potential encounters
hey :)
I kept thinking about your question, and realised I don’t really care about beautiful spaces just because they look beautiful.
I like the ones that quietly make life nicer: where you instantly know where to go, where sitting down doesn’t feel awkward, where you can be around strangers without having to talk to them, where a path makes you curious enough to take the long way.
So I found five parks I think are especially good at that, and made you tiny 3D versions of them.
this is your little park collection ♡
pick one ↓
you can drag it around :)
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How close can people be before co-presence becomes interaction? Change the social radius and watch potential encounters appear.
2 potential encounters
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Seating does more than hold bodies. It decides who is peripheral, who is visible and how easy it is to become part of a conversation.
you can drag it around :)
Cultural participation
A park can make identity actionable rather than decorative.
Residents helped shape a public-space catalogue of objects and references from many countries. Three visually distinct zones make programs legible while a continuous pedestrian and cycling path stitches the whole thing together.
the little things I kept noticing
arrival
you know you’re allowed in
paths
they make wandering feel safe
permission
you can sit / climb / linger / do nothing
other people
close enough to feel alive, not trapped
wrong use
people can invent their own version of the place
care
it still works after real life happens to it
I think this is what I mean by interaction design for spaces.
Not telling people what to do. Just making more lovely things possible.
for you, because you asked a good question ♡