Weekdays vs. Holidays: Three Times the Density

A comparison of the same pedestrian street on a weekday and a holiday. The left side shows a weekday afternoon: sparse pedestrian flow, about one or two people every ten meters, the thoroughfare completely empty, only a few tables occupied in the outdoor seating area, making the street appear spacious, even a bit empty. The right side shows a weekend afternoon: dense pedestrian flow, the thoroughfare packed with people, walking speed noticeably slower, all outdoor seating areas full, the central activity zone occupied by a street performance and a crowd of onlookers, almost no ground visible. The same space must accommodate these two extreme densities simultaneously—too wide and it's empty on weekdays, too narrow and it's congested on holidays. Avoid: making the pedestrian densities of the two similar, changing the width and facilities of the street, depicting weekdays as completely deserted, making the holiday crowd neatly arranged and not crowded.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

同一條徒步街道在平日與假日的對照。左側是平日下午:人流稀疏,大約每十公尺有一兩個人,通行帶完全空著,外擺區只坐了幾桌,街道顯得寬敞甚至有點空。右側是週末下午:人流密集,通行帶擠滿了人,行進速度明顯變慢,外擺全部客滿,中央活動帶被一組街頭表演與圍觀的人群佔據,幾乎看不見地面。同一個空間必須同時應付這兩種極端的密度——太寬則平日空曠、太窄則假日堵塞。避免:讓兩者的人流密度接近、改變街道的寬度與設施、把平日畫成完全無人、讓假日的人群排列整齊不擁擠。