TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HUCKABEE COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE
ARCH 1311 Design Environment and Society

Assignment 02

MAPPING SOCIAL BEHAVIORS ON THE TTU CAMPUS 

Urs Peter "Upe" Flueckiger with Saif Haq  

Given: Monday October 16th 2023
Due: Monday  November 20th 2023 Beginning of the Lecture.

Description: 
Your mapping project is based on the documentary film of William H Whyte "Social Life of Small Urban Spaces"
Similarly, as in the film, you are asked to observe a public space. You can select outdoor space you see fit on the TTU campus. 

You have four weeks + for this assignment. You need to make time outside of the slotted lecture time for this project.

Format:
Document your mapping and observations on Letter size paper. Use as many sheets as you see necessary. Start with drawing your context: building outlines, entrance, stairs, benches, trees, etc. Your drawings should be to proportion but not necessary to a specific scale. Hand drawings and/or careful sketches are suggested. However, if you feel more comfortable with digital drawings tools please feel free to use those. 

After you have established your site drawing, you are asked to record Behavior Patterns of People entering, waiting, or traversing your chosen space. Record and represent the people's activities in a legend/chart. Use various symbols & colors representing peoples behavior. Also record and document time, date, and climate condition during each mapping session. 

Write a one to two page report after you completed your 5 observation/monitoring sessions summarizing your field experience.

Please label your project with your name, class, section and semester on the cover page. The cover page may include a photograph of your chosen site. Your project has to be turned in person at the beginning of class. and as a minimum contains 8 pages oriented Portrait.

Site, which one do I choose:
You may choose any site on campus of your choosing. It must be an outdoor space. Be aware that a less frequent sites may not be very beneficial for your study. Here are a few site suggestions, but do not feel limited to these:

1) Plaza between the east entrance of the Main Library and the west entrance of the Student Union Building.

2) North entrance to the Student Union Building.

3) Courtyard/Plaza entrance School of Art - Classical and Modern Language Building

4) West Entrance to the Main Library

5) Entrance to the Residence Hall of your choice.

6) Food Court Restaurant, The Commons, at the new TTU Residence Hall near 18th Street and Boston

7) Recreation Sports Student Center Entrance 

8) TTU Administration Building (Across the Student Union Building) 

Submission Requirements:
• Cover page
• 2 page report
• Table of data
• Redrawn map
• All individual observations (all basic data collection sheets)
• Submit on Monday Nov 20th, 2023, Before the Lecture in Class.

Grading Criteria:
1. Accuracy and neatness of your drawings.
2. Exactness and intelligence of observations
3. Critical thinking and analysis
4. Analysis of data and
5. Generation of design recommendations.

Links of interest:
TTU Campus Map link: http://www.ttu.edu/map/