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GUIDELINES
PROMOTE
PUBLIC INTERACTION
Draw people out of the private realms of homes and cars. In order for an interaction to occur, people need to see each other and be in close enough proximity to interact, but they also need a reason to be out of their homes in the first place, and a reason to interact with others. This is spatially achieved by:
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Providing Common Areas
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Prioritizing Pedestrians
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Creating Clear Boundaries
PROMOTE RECOGNIZABILITY
Interactions must be repeated to lead to connections. Recognizability is critical for forming social ties and is the weak link in much of America. Most common areas serve populations far too large to allow for brief, repeated, unintentional meetings that are needed to build lasting social ties. Recognizability is supported with:
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Repeated Contact
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Community Size
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Unintentional Meetings
PROMOTE CONVERSATION
Provide Conversation Zones that invite people to linger should they choose to have a conversation. Conversation Zones have:
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Physical Characteristics: comfortable seating in small groups with 8' person-to-person proximity and near larger activity.
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Attentional Characteristics: Free from unpleasant noise, smells, distractions, and contains restorative features.
KEY FACTORS
Each behavior goal is supported by several key spatial factors
INVENTORY
The Social Score Inventory simplifies the Key Factors into a single numerical score.