Place-temporality - Kungsparken

Place-Rhythms (all observations)

Societal Collective rhythms  People walking  People walking together  People talking to each other  People pushing strollers  People running  Playing Individual rhythms  People listening to music  People reading  Sitting on wooden bench  Smoking  Looking at sun  Looking at buildings  Cycling alone  Watching other people Cultural Dressage rhythms  Dogs barking Public rhythms Rituals  Walking dog Functional Service rhythms  Cutting grass Maintenance rhythms  Cleaning Institutional timetables

Physical Dynamic rhythms  Clouds  Wind  Cars  Buses  Trucks  Fountains Static rhythms  Street lamps  Poles (for separation)  Stones and lines in stones and shape  Notice boards  Signs Natural Seasonal rhythms  Sun  Leaves in trees  Grass

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Pushing strollers	Cycling	Looking at buildings
Cleaning	Cutting grass	Signs

Place-Temporality Triad

Kungsparken (beginning of path) 2019-05-03 from 15.00-15.30

Video with raw data from time-lapse, proprioception and sound

Place-Rhythms	Temporal Performance	Place-Tonality	Sense of Time
Societal			Overall, the interaction of the rhythms affects sense of time and make this a slow place. The meandering shape of the path acted almost like a ‘brake’ to slow people down so that they could start recovery and relaxation.
Collective rhythms
People walking together	C	T-soft
People talking to each other	C	T-soft
People pushing strollers	R	T-soft
People running	R	T-hard
Individual rhythms
Sitting on wooden bench	R	T-soft
Looking at sun	C	T-soft
Looking at buildings	C	T-soft
People walking	R	T-soft
Cycling alone	R	T-hard
Watching other people	C	T-soft
Cultural
Dressage rhythms
Dogs barking	C	T-hard
Public rhythms
Rituals
Walking dog	R	T-soft
Functional
Service rhythms
Cutting grass	R	AT
Maintenance rhythms
Institutional timetables
Physical
Dynamic rhythms
Clouds	C	T-soft
Wind	C	T-hard
Cars	O	T-soft
Buses	O	T-soft
Trucks	C	T-hard
Fountains	O	T-soft
Static rhythms
Stones and and the shape	R	T-hard
Notice boards	O	T-hard
Signs	R	T-soft
Natural
Seasonal rhythms
Sun	R	T-soft
Leaves in trees	C	T-hard
Grass	R	T-soft

Temporal performance legend R = regulated (predictable rhythms) C = circumstance O = occasional

Place-tonality legend T-soft = Tonal, continuum/background (field) rhythms T-hard = Tonal, indicative/foreground (outstanding) rhythms AT = Atonal, disruptive rhythms

Because the apartment buildings sheltered this park, the wind was considered a T-hard (foreground) rhythm. There were still certain wind pockets where this could be considered at atonal (AT) but overall this change in role for the wind dramatically changed behaviour. The sound of vehicles was much less compared to Henry Dunkers Plats (i.e. they became T-soft). Most of the societal place-rhythms (the people) also became a part of the background (T-soft) since activities like sitting or walking are all slow. T-hard place-rhythms that do attract attention (e.g. cycling alone) are faster but they did not disrupt the balance of the place in the way an AT rhythm would since almost everyone respected the meandering shape of the path and also each other. The soundscape was hifi (precise) and one can clearly hear T-hard rhythms (e.g. dog barking). In the case of the leaves moving in the wind (also T-hard), a calming effect is achieved. Overall, people passing through Kungsparken were more likely to linger and slow down a bit to enjoy the natural experience.'

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