Abstract

This study categorizes open-air restaurants along urban streets into two types such as (A)establishments arranging seats outdoors and (B)those arranging seats indoors, and aims 1) to grasp the composition of the spaces created by restaurants and streets, and 2) to clarify the intentionality of the space, and to discuss attractive urban development utilizing open-air restaurants. In Omote-sando area of Tokyo was selected and the field survey on the form of the street facing the restaurants, the distance from the edge of the street to the seats, the visibility of seated visitors, the arrangement and orientation of seats, and boundary objects was employed. The data set was analyzed by simple tabulation, Hayashi's quantification methods typeⅢ, and cluster analysis. The results showed that the spatial composition and space intentionality were, to some extent, defined by the form of the street. In addition, while Type A stores had an intentionality to be involved in the cityscape and an intentionality to be able to construct a "Looking at and Being looked at" relationship between store users and pedestrians, Type B stores had an intentionality to attract customers and to make the eating and drinking space comfortable, and there were differences between the two.

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