Books

A Study of Public Space

This ongoing book collection examines how people occupy shared public environments including streets, crossings, and transit systems through proximity, movement, and attention. Each book presents a focused study within this broader body of work.

An examination of emotional and psychological distance within shared urban environments, where individuals move through public space alongside one another while remaining inwardly separate.

An examination of moments when movement slows or pauses within public space. Across everyday urban settings, it focuses on how individuals sit, stand, wait, or linger within systems organized for circulation and exchange.

An examination of how people move through and temporarily occupy the metro system, observing moments of waiting, proximity, movement, and dispersal within spaces shaped by circulation and routine.

An examination of a single urban intersection as a structured public system, observing how sidewalks, signals, and crossings organize overlapping movement, timing, and individual paths through shared space.

An examination of pedestrian movement through streets, crosswalks, and intersections, where shared urban space briefly organizes strangers into shifting patterns of alignment, separation, and motion.

An examination of how dogs subtly reshape movement and behavior within public space, altering the pace, attention, and interactions of people navigating the city alongside them.

An examination of proximity and psychological separation within crowded public spaces, where faces, gestures, and glances come into close view without producing connection or acknowledgment.