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Investigating Human Scale Spatial Experience

Authors:

Ville Paananen,

Jonas Oppenlaender,

Jorge Goncalves,

Danula Hettiachchi,

Simo HosioAuthors Info & Claims

Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, Volume 5, Issue ISS

Article No.: 496, Pages 1 - 18

https://doi.org/10.1145/3488541

Published: 05 November 2021 Publication History

Abstract

Spatial experience, or how humans experience a given space, has been a pivotal topic especially in urban-scale environments. On the human scale, HCI researchers have mostly investigated personal meanings or aesthetic and embodied experiences. In this paper, we investigate the human scale as an ensemble of individual spatial features. Through large-scale online questionnaires we first collected a rich set of spatial features that people generally use to characterize their surroundings. Second, we conducted a set of field interviews to develop a more nuanced understanding of the feature identified as most important: perceived safety. Our combined quantitative and qualitative analysis contributes to spatial understanding as a form of context information and presents a timely investigation into the perceived safety of human scale spaces. By connecting our results to the broader scientific literature, we contribute to the field of HCI spatial understanding.

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