School+Flow

How does the people flow in Danube International School affect student wellbeing?
The concept of People Flow is known as the phenomenon of masses of people moving around in closed spaces, such as Danube International School. These mass movements may have an impact on student wellbeing and therefore we have made it our mission to investigate the afore mentioned phenomenon. Our aim is to focus on areas in Danube International School, which are highly frequented during given time intervalls, such as the entry into school in the morning and the morning recess.

We will interlink the data, namely the frequency of people flow, with health and care issues. In order to obtain this, we initially measure the movement of masses to investigate whether there are patterns. Furthermore we will measure amplitude and oxygen concentration, as these are two factors correlating strongly to student vigor.  __Time planning: __ Thursday: 07.45 – 08.00: Set up of material to investigate the mass movement into school 08.00 – 08.35: Collection of data 08.35 – 10.35: Data processing and analysis 10.35 – 10.55: Collection of data by the cafeteria 10.55 – 12.55: Data processing and investigation of similarities 13.45 – 15.05: Brain storming and planning, such as processing Friday: 08.25 – 10.50: Data processing, analysis and set – up of new experiment 10.50 – 11.05: Collection of data (Oxygen and amplitude) 11.05 – 11.45: Data processing, working on the poster 11.45 – 12.55: Wikispace <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 80%;">, data processing and conclusion <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 80%;">13.45 – 15.05: Final analysis, poster and conclusion

Below is demonstrated the movement of masses into school in the morning - between 08.00 and 08.35



(fig. 1.1)

In order to deepen our analysis and increase accuracy, it was differentiated between the three doors in the vomitorium (namely the Windfang) of the school entrance. The data clearly demonstrates that at certain times there is a sharp increase of mass movement. Such certain times are close to bus arrival times (see fig. 1.2 and 1.3).

Below the arrival times of the of the bus station Josef-Gall Gasse can be clearly seen, with the times affecting the movement flow into school:

(fig. 1.2)

(fig 1.3)

The red marked times (note: not the pink ones!) are the ones affecting the peaks in fig. 1.1.

Another time was measured as well,

fig 1.4

Now, in order to investigate what effect the movement flow of people has on students' wellbeing has, oxygen levels were measured as seen below (fin.1.5).

(DIAGRAM OF O2 LEVELS) fig. 1.5

The Effect of Oxygen Levels on Health

As the people flow in creases, sound levels elevate through which health consequences may occur. Elevated noise can cause hearing impairment and annoyance and can also devrease school performance. Oxygen is essential for all individuals, as it is needed to breath. As the masses of people increase, more oxygen is breathed in. Therefore larger amounts of carbon dioxide are released. Although carbon dioxide is essental for living, there are primary health dangers associated to it. In confined areas asphyxiation may occur, lowering the oxygen levels to a level dangerous for individuals.