Loitering 15.05.2012
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This document summarizes a project exploring cultural differences in practices through observations of everyday life in public spaces. It focuses on the practice of "loitering" or spending idle time socializing. Key points discussed include: - Loitering provides a way to socialize, relax and spend free time through activities like eating, drinking, smoking and playing games. - Urban spaces have become common places for loitering with modernization, though it originally occurred in more intimate settings like homes and stores. - The document proposes design concepts like creating dedicated loitering areas, ways to make existing spaces feel more intimate for small groups, and utilizing objects commonly associated with loitering. The overall aim
Loitering 15.05.2012
- 2. 2011-2012 Spring Semester Faculty of Architecture ID 501 Advanced Project Department Of Industrial Design Development In Industrial Design Erasmus IP Project Partnership with TU/Eindhoven & Hogeschool Sint-Lukas Brussel: Cultural Differences in Practice Inst. Figen IŞIK, Part-Time Inst. Burcu DERER OMAY, Res. Asst. Yekta BAKIRLIOĞLU Hande IŞIK Selma KADİROĞLU Ceren KÖKTÜRK Hande ÖZTAŞ Zeliha UYURCA Nur YILDIRIM
- 3. Our Approach to culture is inspired by… Culture is simply what gives meaning to actions, which it does by providing a sense of coherence or patterning and predictability. It provides the lens through which one interprets events, scenes, and actions. Robert Gordon
- 4. What to look and observe? An underlying shared system of information and knowledge that is manifested through patterns of norms, behaviors and signifiers.
- 5. Main Argument By observing the change in notion of culture, we aim to explore dynamics of culture via inspecting the everyday life practices, which are shaped by modernization, performed in public spaces through urban equipment.
- 6. Loitering • to stand about without any aim or purpose; • to stand about idly; • to linger; • to hang around… • Historical meaning related to great depression, economics, modernization and urbanization
- 8. Loitering To spend time Not Being Monitored To see Safety To socialize Intimacy To subvert Lack of Appropriation
- 9. Loitering Loitering, as a free time activity to spend time, chat with friends, socializing and resting, is a repetitive action that almost everybody does. From housewives to business people and children, we tend to take our time by doing nothing specific, just relaxing, thinking and talking.
- 11. There are various contexts for different age and sexes, however loitering usually takes places as a group activity.
- 12. People from different social and economical backgrounds practice this activity in their habitus. Urban space is the place where habitus overlap.
- 13. In Turkish culture, loitering originated in town centers, bazaars, storefronts and house thresholds were the commonplaces due to their comfort and convenience. However, with modernization and urbanization, urban centers have become the place that loitering activity occurs.
- 15. Loitering Why do we loiter? Socializing/Talking/Gossiping/Communicating Monitoring Release Tension/Resting/Relaxing (Work, Stress) Bored (Boredom) Not Enough Activity Spaces (Lack of Urban Equipment and Space) Enjoyable (Leisure Time spent with friends)
- 16. Practices that takes place while loitering: Eating, Drinking & Smoking (Seeds, Tea, Coffee, Cigarettes, Pipe) Reading (Newspaper) Playing (Card games, backgammon)
- 18. Design Proposals 1- Loitering Area 2- Intimate Loitering 3- Loitering Objects
- 19. Loitering Area Argument: A practice that is acted in certain spaces, Loitering reflects the space and habitus which is caused by the lack of urban space for socializing and the need of existence in social space. Can we create a space that represents our way of loitering, while it allows people to loiter as well?
- 20. A space that is created on the concept of ‘loitering’ and our way of practicing it Audio visual material is used to reflect the way we loiter Images or videos from several loitering areas and practicioners Sound records from loitering activity and/or talks on why we are loitering (e.g data survey)
- 21. Spaces in which loitering is common are observed and loitering ways, gestures and silhouettes are studied to create a pattern that represents our practice. Pattern can be used in several ways;
- 22. Loitering silhouettes can be used as shadows that are activated by visitors. Silhouttes can be still images or moving shapes and people will observe them loiter.
- 23. Inspired by silhouettes, sittting units can be created Shadows of the original silhouettes can be reflected upon the surface of sitting unit Sensors can be used to activate silhouttes They can interact with their shadows
- 24. Silhouettes move with observer
- 25. Culture shapes practices, and patterns that reflect culture are shaped by practices Culture (pattern) is dynamic. Tactics can be read through practices
- 26. Intimate Loitering Argument: The space we loiter was more appropriated and intimate such as house and storefronts, village center, coffeehouses etc. Places that everybody knows each other and the space is accepted as a shared, common area. However, urban spaces does not offer enough intimacy in terms of loitering for a longer time and people are easily disturbed by strange looks, close encounters and crowd. Can we create a medium that makes loitering areas more intimate for close groups?
- 28. Loitering Objects Argument: As an everyday practice, spaces that loitering takes place are equipped with some material in certain groups, such as carpets, mats, cushions, stools etc. Also in urban spaces, trashes, empty bottles, cigarette butts and scratches on urban equipment are some of the traces that are left behind. Loitering concept can be related with consumption. Can we trace the objects of loitering in order to read more about the practices? Can we utilize these objects to create and manipulate an area that does not used for loitering, and change behavior by attracting attention.
- 30. Q&A Thank you