At Home in Brussels: Professional Mobility as a Service

Abstract

An emerging generation of mobile applications is viewing mobility as a way to create interactive experiences that rely on or exploit movement and space in the urban context. By drawing on a design-oriented approach, this paper investigates a mobile relocation service application (linked to a Web-based service) that is developed for professionals relocating to the city of Brussels. It demonstrates the importance of socio-spatial dynamics of mobility between and within cities, thereby highlighting the concept of ‘in-between-ness’ in the experience of inhabiting and traversing urban environments.