http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/2006/10/28/preventing-baggage-trolleys-going-down-the-escalator/ How do people use products, systems and environments? How can designers influence interaction? How can we design for sustainable behaviour? Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:21:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/2006/10/28/preventing-baggage-trolleys-going-down-the-escalator/#comment-77610 The Terminal Bench at fulminate // Architectures of Control Mon, 09 Jul 2007 19:17:46 +0000 http://architectures.danlockton.co.uk/?p=149#comment-77610 [...] Nevertheless, aside from the more obvious control elements of airport architecture - from baggage trolley width restrictors to the blind enforcement of arbitrary regulations, the retailers themselves are keen to make the most of this unique environment and the combination of excitement, stress, tiredness, and above all, confinement, which the passengers are undergoing: The new terminal may have been heralded as a “cathedral to flight”, but with 23,225 sq metres (250,000 sq ft) of retail space, the equivalent of six typical Asda stores, it is actually going to be a temple to retail. Heathrow may be packed with shops, but when the £4.2bn Terminal 5 opens the airport’s total shopping space will increase by 50% overnight. [...] [...] Nevertheless, aside from the more obvious control elements of airport architecture - from baggage trolley width restrictors to the blind enforcement of arbitrary regulations, the retailers themselves are keen to make the most of this unique environment and the combination of excitement, stress, tiredness, and above all, confinement, which the passengers are undergoing: The new terminal may have been heralded as a “cathedral to flight”, but with 23,225 sq metres (250,000 sq ft) of retail space, the equivalent of six typical Asda stores, it is actually going to be a temple to retail. Heathrow may be packed with shops, but when the £4.2bn Terminal 5 opens the airport’s total shopping space will increase by 50% overnight. [...]

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