Time-Spending Behavior by Pedestrians in Public Spaces

Abstract

Public spaces in urban area should be "third place" for gathering diverse people. It is one of solutions for a contemporary problem of disintegrated community. This article looks at Marunouchi Naka-dori Street where is located OMY district, in the central area of Tokyo. This study specially focuses on movable chairs as primary element and considers about ways of making comfortable places. It figured out time-spending and behavioral patterns by users through a field survey for actual condition of the street on November of 2015. The survey results showed that it can become a comfortable place for variety of people like neighbor of workers and multi-generation visitors.