Ryoji Iwata/Unsplash January 12, 2022 Cities are made from more than buildings and roads. They are also made by ambiences – how a city makes you feel Jordan Lacey, RMIT University There is a reason your body draws you back to the same place again and again. It’s not simply habit, it is also the ways a place makes our body feel.
Lighting, layout and music can determine whether you’ll be grabbing a quick bite or staying a while. 'Diners' via www.shutterstock.com April 24, 2017 For restaurants looking to boost profits, it’s often about everything but the food Frank T. McAndrew, Knox College The color scheme, the music, even the weight of the servers – all can play a role in getting customers to spend money.
While many urban design guidelines include ambience as a required ‘city quality’, few provide ways to achieve it. Ayrcan/flickr April 11, 2017 Unlocking the secrets of street ambience Nick Patorniti, University of the Sunshine Coast and Nicholas Stevens, University of the Sunshine Coast Ambience is a result of a whole range of processes and physical objects. We can use a systems approach to examine and describe what needs to be done to achieve such a subjective quality in a street.