Cross Cultural Study of Space : Mode of being in Places in Public Spaces

这一跨文化研究试图从“Ikata”的角度来分析公共空间的质量。在第一章中，我们提出了Ikata这个术语，用来描述和分析一个人在一个地方或一个场景中的存在方式。第二章通过对台北龙山寺使用者的分析，发现这座寺庙不仅是一处宗教设施，而且是丰富的公共空间，蕴含着各种各样的伊卡塔、交往和社会模式。第三章，通过对天津多栋民居的实地考察，我们发现房间与行为的关系与日本有很大的不同。这些分析表明，日本公共空间的伊卡塔很差，可能是空间与行为僵化的规划观念造成了这种情况。

This cross cultural study attempts to analyze quality of public space through the view point of "Ikata".On chapter 1, we propose the term "Ikata : mode of being in places", for describe and analyze a person in a place or in a scene. Through field observation of photos and video data of urban public spaces in Japan, France, Taiwan, several types of Ikata which contain special structure were obtained.On chapter 2, by analyzing the users of Lonsan-temple in Taipei, we found this temple is not only a religious facility, but also rich public space full of varieties of Ikata, communication and social patterns.On chapter 3, through the field survey of multiple dwelling houses in Tianjin, we found the relation between room and behavior is quite different from that of Japan.These analysis suggest that Ikata of public space in Japan is quite poor, and maybe planning concepts of rigid relation between space and behavior caused this situation.