Scale vs. Speed

I don't believe I've ever filmed anything before, but I hope from watching this, you can gather that I was trying to compare the scale of the surroundings with the speed, specifically urgency and pace, of people and their modes of transport. The buildings along Carrer del Doctor Aiguader were smooth, grand, and dwarfing. While the sidewalks were plenty wide enough and there was plenty of public space, few pedestrians seemed to be walking there for leisure (and why would they with the noise of traffic right there?). Trucks, cars, mopeds, bicycles, and people moved quickly by with a generally agressive stance. As soon as I turned right onto the smaller Caller de Ramon Trias, more pedestrians and leisure walking appeared. Still, the pace of vehicles and people was relatively fast. The scale of the buildings remained large until just reaching the boardwalk.
On the boardwalk, the scale was brought down by the size of the people, umbrellas, coverings, stands, barrels, and vegetation. Because people played the role of living architecture by the beach, the pace was at a human scale: some people shuffled, others rode bikes, others sauntered about. The pace slowed even further under the intimate canopies beneath Gehry's Fish and the trees surrounding. The quickest motion there was that of the escalator. My favorite part of this video shows the platform in the water beneath the Fish. In one clip, you see a bum deem it a perfect spot to pass out. In another clip, you see the same platform chosen by a photographer to capture pictures of newlyweds. While in completely different situations, the idea that the area is peaceful and beautiful is shared. The newlyweds and the bum have the same pace. Architecture certainly shapes how we feel in an area, but also how fast we experience it. Speed and scale correlate.