Investigating Human Scale Spatial Experience

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