Publications

Publications
The Studio for Public Spaces utilizes our in-house visitor and research evaluation department whenever possible for site evaluation as well as front-end, formative, and summative evaluation. We also chronicle our ongoing works through in-house publications, blogs, and public presentations in the hope that we might inform cross-disciplinary fields working together to create more vibrant, participatory public spaces.
Project Publications
- Outdoor Exploratorium, experiments in noticing and understanding (pdf)
2010 - SCIENCE SHE LOVES ME: Chapter The Anti-Aesthetic
Susan Schwartzenberg and Shawn Lani, 2009
Research and Evaluation
Site Studies
- Characterizing Audience and Traffic Flow at Pier 39 and the Ferry Building (pdf)
Lisa Sindorf, Toni Dancu, 2011. - Characterizing Audience and Traffic Flow at Rincon Park and Brannan Street (pdf)
Joyce Ma, 2005. - Evaluation at Rincon Park – Lessons Learned about Audience and the Evaluation Process (pdf)
Joyce Ma, 2005.
Summative Evaluation
- Outdoor Exploratorium Summative Evaluation (pdf)
Wendy Meluch, 2009.
Formative Evaluation
- Walk-along: What visitors notice on their way to the Exploratorium (pdf)
Joyce Ma, 2004. - Experiments in Noticing Exhibit Prototypes (pdf)
Joyce Ma, Annie Lien, 2004. - Visitors’ Outdoor Plans, Preconceptions, and Interests (pdf)
Joyce Ma, Jackie Wong, Emily Hatch, 2004. - Noticing Tour: Kite Cam PDF (pdf)
Joyce Ma, Jackie Wong, Jessica Ruskin, Veronica Garcia-Luis, 2005. - Experiments in Noticing the Noticing Tours (pdf)
Joyce Ma, 2004. - Sky Mosaic – Building a Shared Mosaic (pdf)
Joyce Ma, 2004. - Sky Mosaic – Matching Task (pdf)
Joyce Ma, 2004. - Noticing Tour: Then and Now at the Palace of Fine Arts (pdf)
Joyce Ma, Veronica Garcia-Luis, Jackie Wong, 2004. - Open-Ended Exploration with a Noticing Toolkit at the Palace of Fine Arts (pdf)
Joyce Ma, 2002. - Lift II (pdf)
Joyce Ma, 2005. - Viewports (Cargo Ships, Cargo Cranes, and Mt. Diablo) (pdf)
Joyce Ma, 2005. - Currents (pdf)
Joyce Ma, 2005. - Urban Sound Garden at Rincon Park (pdf)
Joyce Ma, 2005. - Lift (pdf)
Joyce Ma, 2005. - Listening Tube (pdf)
Joyce Ma, 2005. - Raindrop Plotter (pdf)
Joyce Ma, 2005.