Exchange Ideas

Still, with uncertainty whether it is a “tactical” approach, I decided to open the question of design solution to the general public.  I went back to the concourse at south Broad St holding a piece of paper with a simple question on it: I would like to see _____ here.  To me, the space is like the blank on the paper waiting to be filled out with answers.  It was not a hard question, and I had 87 people’s answers in one and half hours.  

After summarizing and diagramming the result, I realized it still covers a broad range of topics.  I don’t think a quantitative method will offer a good solution, not to mention this is not a big sample to begin with.   So I choose to equalize every idea. It is like a parking spot with a meter; a cabinet in the locker room; a massage chair with a coin slot.  It is public but not sharing. It is equal to everyone with a time limit.  I call it a space that we can exchange ideas.