Urban Plazas for Human Comfort
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2019-07-17Author
Witherspoon, Steven Dean
0000-0002-9969-9469
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What new technologies and methods can be matched with older “forgotten” techniques to
make a plaza more comfortable and enticing for humans? This study will examine human
comfort needs in a public space through: temperature, light/shade, breeze, sense of
security, sound, sight distances, environmental psychology with plants and water
features, entertainment, social needs and, also scale.