Qualitative Methods and Hybrid Maps for Spatial Perception with an Example of Security Perception

The security/insecurity of our cities has become the subject public debate in recent years. individual intuitions about security or insecurity can vary with age, gender, social background, personal constitution and previous positive negative experiences. They are also constantly (re)produced, as perceptions space selective. Noting these variations, materialised factors play a major role, e.g., recessed house entrances, dense high hedges, poor orientation options, dark places, etc. Attributing meaning to factors, real constructs formed which create narratives certain (urban) spaces, influencing actual use design urban spaces. To investigate importance attached qualitative methods required for examining socio-spatial situations, perceptual processes attribution. Using different an explorative in-depth descriptive research phase, such expert interviews, user observations, surveys on go-alongs, participatory mapping detailed information structural spatial locations, advantages disadvantages method selection presented. Berlin’s Alexanderplatz was used case study area determine areas. We confirmed that despite subjective concerning visibility, brightness, audibility collective. Additionally, hybrid maps explain how space, combined 3D graphics, alert architects city planners uncertainty among users space.