The Observation of People

Human behaviours around the two sites are the most interesting things for me as I mentioned before. Because of this, I start to do a survey, talking with 100 people around the areas from the morning to the night in order to observe the differences of human behaviours.

There are always a lot of pasengers when I walk on Oxford Street and Charing Cross Road but 90% of them are uneasy to chat with because they might try to chatch the tube or meet someone else. On the other hand, around Soho Square, people seems relax and friendly and enjoy their lunch break in the afternoon. When I talked to them, most of them would like to help me to do the survey and had a positive response. However, during the night, only few passengers walk around this area and the square is shut down, which made the place become cold, unfriendly and even dangerous.

In the morning and afternoon, one side of the site, which faces to Piccadilly Circus, is busy with passengers whereas the other side between Air Street, Brewer Street and Glasshouse Street seems quieter with the noisy from cranes and workers. For me, it is quite difficult to do the survey as most people just pass through this area and have no time to stop for my research. Nevertheless, those streets around the site become busy and the atmosphere has changed dramatically. There are many elements which result in the difference, for example alcohol, the artificial lights and the music from the pubs. People seems totally different from the morning and love to talk with each others on the street.