The rhythm of people performing everyday life along each other.
Defined by frequency, intensity and duration in time.
Multitude of practices cluster in time and space patterning the social space.
Every space has its own characteristic pattern of practices. The pattern of the Agora changes a lot during time: during work time all the rhythms are quite intense and they slow down in the evening; rhythms of transit (walking past, leaving/arriving) are, in general, intense; on Saturday and Sunday, while every rhythm intensity is lower, one practice - taking photos - is very acute; during all the week some practices are constant, these of the homeless people whom inhabit the square (red points).
In Place du Luxembourg the rhythms of "consume" are always predominant and very high: the formal sittings go at the same pace of drinking/eating. Waiting is always high because of the bus stops and the taxis.
The pattern of Place Jourdan is similar to Place du Luxembourg, except for the always quite intense rhythm of people queueing/waiting, because of the always long queue to buy the French fries: this is lower only before the opening of the friterie at 11:30.
In the Parc Léopold, the "informal" rhythms - like sleeping, informal sitting, playing - are the strongest : they can increase a lot during lunch break or aperitif time. The presence of a homeless man who inhabits the park is constant (red point).
Talking
People talking or chatting
Ordering frites
Afterwork on the lawn
Passing by the temporary path on the building site
The tunnel towards the Parliament square
People going directly into the Parliament with trolleys
People just arrived with their luggage at the hotel facing Place Jourdan
People sitting on information panels laying on the ground before being removed
A lady reading in the park
Informal sitting
People taking a seat in every place that is not designed for sitting, such as a lawn, a stair step, a pavement, ecc.
People sitting on stair steps
Chilling on the park lawn
Waiting
People staying in a place waiting for something, such as the French fries, the museum entrance, a guide to finish talking, clients (taxis) ecc.
The queue to visit the Parliament
The long queue to get the French fries
Basketball match in the park
Skaters in the Parliament square
Group photo in front of the Parliament entrance
People taking photos with the phones during an event
People doing aperitivo in the square
A girl enjoying a sandwich in the park
A woman sleeping in the sun on a park bench
A homeless man sleeping in a park bench
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