Building‐Street Interface Types and Their Related Outdoor Activity Patt erns: The Case of Da-An District, Taipei

The interface between buildings and streets plays a vital role in public life. However, interface type as such, and its relation to activity, are under-researched. This paper creates a new classification of interface type and then studies related activity patterns in the Da-An district, Taipei. The paper first establishes a comprehensive catalogue of thirty-six possible interface types, organized in seven groups. Then the paper reports on a survey of local residents’ outdoor activity (including trip-making) to understand the relationships between interface types and behaviour in residential streets in the study area. The study was able to distinguish more favourable and less favourable interface types, the determining factors being the quality of walking spaces, the quantity of parking spaces, and the ability to host outdoor activity in the semi-private/public front space.