Can a considered intervention readdress the relationship between the lift’s occupants, altering the perception and interaction within the space?
To many of us, lifts are merely a background element in the built environment; used, but often forgotten when unoccupied. And yet, the way in which we behave in lifts comes to us almost instinctively; we choose to act passivity, to be as inoffensive as possible; it becomes a place to be anonymous. In such a small intimate enclosure, it becomes critical the way we act that cannot be interpreted as threatening, odd or in any way ambiguous. This design research project aims to examine the public interactions in the transitional non-places of everyday life. The research has culminated in an intervention that seeks to challenge the prevailing conditions towards communication and intimacy of this [anti] social space.