Digital Proxemics: How Technology Shapes the Ways We Move (Digital Formations Book 110)

Dynamic feature spaces are those that are highly changeable, modifiable, and adaptable.

Informal spaces are spaces open for interaction that contain dynamic features.

The boundary between public distance and social distance is revealed when we internally assess the intent of someone’s presence in our lives. Crossing this boundary triggers a subconscious response in which we quickly consider whether to greet, fight, or run. In most scenarios, when people cross ← 20 | 21 →from public space into social space, we mi

The common misconception of sociospatial design is that sociopetal arrangements are “good” and sociofugal arrangements are “bad.”

a sociofugal arrangement of space orients people away from social interaction.

ownership. Spaces that are highly flexible might be considered dynamic when they shift and change to meet the purposes of the user.

or the territory is dynamically fluid, allowing it to change purposes for different people at different times.

Fixed features of space can be real or perceived, tangible or imagined.

case. Sociofugal and sociopetal arrangements, in balance, provide a variety of important opportunities for interaction. Both are necessary in balance to orient people in a space.