Week 3 Tutorial: Watching the Panel and the Door

A short field observation of an elevator boarding sequence, framed by the lecture's fixed-capacity, high-density reading of the space.

10 August 2027

Activity#

Watch (or recall in detail) an elevator boarding sequence: who reaches for the panel, who holds the door, and where each rider positions themselves relative to the others.

Record your reaction#

If you can, time how long a held door actually costs the people already inside, against how long waiting for the next car would cost the person who didn’t make it.

Reflection#

In your own words, explain why the lecture describes the elevator as the “purest small-scale power structure” in the built environment — and how the Bad manner / Good manner pair from this week’s deck turns on exactly that cost comparison.