2004 年 69 巻 585 号 p. 71-77
Sitting behavior is changed diversely depending on the setting of bench even if its feature is almost same with others. We observed people with paying attention to sitting behavior each five-minutes interval in the morning (10-11 am), in the afternoon (1-2 pm), and in the evening (4-5 pm) on a weekday and a holiday. We analyzed the relation of sitting direction and behavior. The results of this observation are as follows: 1) The characteristics of sitting behavior have diversities with the user attributes (age-group, gender), term, and physical features. 2) People can utilize the space diversely according to the physical situation (park entrance, plaza). 3) In the case of the benches setting on between the pond and the sidewalk, the sitting directions effect an alternation of the place mood.