Tussock, Library and Pyramid Observation

Tussock - 8 AM - 9AM (Monday Morning) 

Quiet not many people here, feels relaxing.

People mainly come for a coffee and read/do work/study

Some come to have a chat/catchup

Staff come for coffees to go, some stay and do work for a while (30mins +)

Some comes for a light breakfast before class - scones, sandwiches, muffin, Takeaway food

High school students comes as well with their parents <?>

Getting busy closer to 9AM

People are getting louder while chattering, more people coming - a lot more chattering

People who were doing work mostly left

Line started forming

(will add in photos)

Library bottom floor: 29/04/16 12:09 pm

smell?: 

• paper
• electrical smell from printer and computers

see?:

• students
• mainly young students
• mainly alone
• some group work (pairs)
• lots of people in here
• staff
• mainly students from block 12/ closer to library 

what are people doing?:

• quiet
• studying 
• on laptops
• on provided computers
• design looking people on the macs 
• other majors (business, etc) are on the pcs
• getting help from the tech support/ librarians
• small chatting of pairs
• individual study
• printing/ scanning

time in space?:

• most people stay for a long time in the space
• people who print, print then go
• some people meet here then leave 
• librarians are there all day

feeling? why?:

• stressed
• neutral - light study feels
• feeling alone when studying alone
• relaxed/ enjoys quiet
• comfortable seating (couches)
• pressured to study

hear?:

• printer/ scanner
• light chatting
• paper crunching
• paper/books turning
• typing and clicking
• talking to staff
• beeping of the alarms
• sliding door opening and closing
• bag zips
• bangs of people walking up and down the stairs (very loud)

mood? why?:

• tired
• underwhelming
• boring 
• forced kind of study in a library
• lack of motivation

how are people using space?:

• slow 
• frantic when its hand in week
• long periods of time of studying
• quick burst of pick ups
• people come here to study

why is it like this?:

• its a place to study so people feel obliged to do heavy study
• people come to the library to study ( usually heavy study)
• no motivation 
• boring atmosphere

how could it be?:

• interactive
• have inspiration/ motivation
• social/ quiet spaces (designated areas)
• collaborative areas

user needs?:

• quiet study areas
• interactive areas
• collaborative areas
• motivation
• relaxation
• comfort
• assurance

insights?:

• neutral space for all majors
• mainly design/ block 12 or near majors use library (lots of fashion)
• some eat in library - why not tussock?
• some stay for very long periods of time
• meeting place?

Library second floor: (differences from above)

• more group work (in designated group rooms)
• older students
• more variety of books
• quiet
• people are more hidden away upstairs (hiding almost the rows of books)

pyramid: 29/04/16 12:22 pm

smell?:

• coffee machine

• outside fresh air

• paper (posters)

see?:

• lost of space

• a few tables

• posters on walls (advertising/ events)

• portable coffee station

what are people doing?:

• walking through space 

• lining up for coffee

• going to student central

• waiting to meet with people then leaving

• going to tech support 

• entrance to the business building

•  leaving Massey

• going through to the library/ book shop/ tussock

• looking at posters on walls

• little people sitting and staying in space

time in space?:

• longest time in space in waiting for coffee or waiting for a friend

• fast passed trough space

• short cut/ passage way through Massey

feeling? why?:

• neutral (nothing amazing in space)

• rushed to class

• tired (needing a coffee fix)

hear?:

• coffee machine

• light chatting

• footsteps walking through

• sliding doors opening and closing

• outside in carpark when sliding doors are open

• staff talking

mood? why?:

• neutral

• boring

• needing to be somewhere else

how are people using space?:

• moving fast through the space

• using space as a passageway

• neutral space for all of university 

• everyone knows where it is

why is it like this?:

• everyone knows where the pyramid is

• neutral meeting space/passage for all majors

• the one place that has all of the major building branching of it

• its a way to move from one space to another

how could it be?:

• interactive

• enjoyable

• memorable

• motivates people while walking through (e.g. major works on walls)

• brings people together 

• events

user needs?:

• short cut

• passage way

• meeting area

• neutral between all of the university

insights?:

• meeting space 

• fast paced through area

• not really utilised unless people are walking thought space to get to another.

• everyone knows the space but it doesn’t get used to bring people together.

(EL)