Interview Deliverables Juan Esteban Álvarez - G33-Moviles-2026-1/Wiki GitHub Wiki

Summary of the interview:

The interviewee is a student who spends a significant amount of time on campus—between four and five hours—during gaps between classes, primarily dedicated to academic work. Her current routine revolves around high-traffic areas like the ML or Economics libraries, where her choice of location is strictly determined by proximity to her scheduled lectures. While she often studies with friends, she faces a recurring challenge: these official study spaces and their reservation systems are frequently at capacity, forcing her to settle for less-than-ideal alternatives like outdoor terraces.

When searching for a workspace, the student prioritizes quality over speed, specifically looking for silence, ample table surface for materials, and access to tools like whiteboards or computers. However, there is a clear threshold for convenience; she is unwilling to commute ten minutes for a "perfect" space if her break is only thirty minutes long.

Interestingly, the student shows a high level of openness toward using empty classrooms, viewing them as a practical and communal alternative when libraries are full. She does not feel a sense of "trespassing" or anxiety regarding these spaces; her mindset is pragmatic—if a professor arrives to start a class, she simply relocates. This confirms that there is a low psychological barrier for your target audience to adopt a tool that identifies available classrooms, as long as it helps them avoid the noise and overcrowding of traditional hubs.

Interview:

Audio of the interview in spanish

Transcript in Spanish:

[Speaker 1] Hola, soy Juan Esteban Álvarez García, soy estudiante de acá y actualmente estoy realizando una investigación sobre cómo los estudiantes utilizamos los espacios del campus durante nuestro tiempo libre. Y me gustaría aprender sobre tu experiencia personal. El objetivo es recopilar percepciones auténticas sobre la rutina estudiantil y ver si hay formas en que podamos mejorar la utilización del campus.

Me gustaría grabar nuestra conversación para capturar las ideas con precisión. ¿Hay problema con eso?

[Speaker 2] No.

[Speaker 1] Listo, gracias. Entonces, ¿podrías describirme, por favor, cómo es un día típico en la universidad para ti, desde el momento en el que llegas hasta que te vas?

[Speaker 2] Yo suelo llegar a la primera clase, después, si tengo hueco, utilizo ese espacio para estudiar o comer algo y vuelvo a tener clases y ya, y me voy a mi casa.

[Speaker 1] Ok. ¿Aproximadamente cuánto tiempo pasas en el campus cuando no estás realmente sentada en una clase? Es decir, en los espacios entre clases.

[Speaker 2] Más o menos cuatro horas. Cuatro o cinco horas.

[Speaker 1] Y no pasas tiempo ni antes de tus clases ni después de tus clases.

[Speaker 2] No.

[Speaker 1] O sea, llegas tan tarde como puedes y te vas tan pronto como puedes. Ok. ¿Cuándo tienes un descanso entre clases, hacia dónde sueles dirigirte?

[Speaker 2] Yo suelo ir a la biblioteca del ML o a la de Economía.

[Speaker 1] Ok. ¿Qué hace que gravites hacia una o hacia otra?

[Speaker 2] Depende del lugar en donde tenga clase antes o después, me quedo donde me quede más cerca.

[Speaker 1] Ok. ¿Cuáles son las principales cosas que te encuentras haciendo durante estos intervalos?

[Speaker 2] Estudiar para las materias siguientes o lo que tenga atrasado.

[Speaker 1] O sea, más que todo académico.

[Speaker 2] Sí.

[Speaker 1] Ok. ¿Vas con alguien más o vas sola?

[Speaker 2] A veces voy sola o a veces voy con amigos, dependiendo si tenemos el mismo hueco o no.

[Speaker 1] Listo. ¿Reservan salas o buscan como una mesa libre?

[Speaker 2] A veces reservamos, pero si no hay espacio, pues buscamos una mesa y nos hacemos ahí.

[Speaker 1] ¿Qué tan seguido no hay reservas disponibles?

[Speaker 2] Muy seguido.

[Speaker 1] Ok. Mencionaste que vas a las salas de estudios de las bibliotecas. ¿Cuáles son los requisitos específicos que un lugar debe tener para que te quedes allí?

[Speaker 2] Pues en mi caso, qué es estudiar, Yo busco que sea silencioso, que tenga un buen espacio de estudio, o sea, que tenga mesas, el tablero si se puede, el computador y ya.

[Speaker 1] Ok. Cuéntame sobre una ocasión en la que intentaste encontrar un lugar para sentarte a trabajar, pero no pudiste encontrar nada adecuado. ¿Y qué hiciste al respecto?

[Speaker 2] Pues usualmente hay veces en las que toda la biblioteca está llena, todas las mesas están llenas, las salas de estudios también, entonces uno no puede estudiar ahí. Y busqué una alternativa de irme a una terraza como que estuviera más o menos sola y silenciosa.

[Speaker 1] Ok. ¿Había mesas allí? ¿O lo que buscabas?

[Speaker 2] Sí, sí, había mesas.

[Speaker 1] ¿Había todo lo que buscabas?

[Speaker 2] Pues estaba la mesa, más que todo.

[Speaker 1] ¿Para ti qué define que un espacio esté libre para que tú lo puedas utilizar?

[Speaker 2] En mi caso, sí, que no haya gente, o que si hay gente, pues pueda preguntar y me den como el espacio y también poderme hacer ahí, como compartir.

[Speaker 1] No tomarlo, sino compartirlo con ellos.

[Speaker 2] Exacto, sí.

[Speaker 1] Ok. Entonces, si entiendo correctamente, tu mayor frustración al encontrar un lugar es que haya mucha gente o que haya ruido que no te permita concentrarte para estudiar.

[Speaker 2] Sí.

[Speaker 1] ¿Algo más de ahí?

[Speaker 2] Pues que no sea el espacio adecuado, o sea, que la mesa sea muy chiquita, entonces no me quepa las cosas de estudio y ya.

[Speaker 1] Ok. ¿Cuánto esfuerzo sueles poner en cazar un mejor lugar frente a simplemente conformarte a lo que encuentras un espacio que medianamente sirve?

[Speaker 2] No, yo sí me esfuerzo bastante en buscar un lugar como apto para lo que necesito.

[Speaker 1] O sea, priorizas calidad antes que tiempo.

[Speaker 2] Exacto.

[Speaker 1] Ok. Y si encontraras una sala vacía, perfecta, pero estuviese a 10 minutos caminando y solo tienes un hueco de, digamos, 30 minutos, ¿realmente irías hasta allá por la calidad que te ofrece? O sea, es un salón vacío, mesas grandes, tableros, conectores, todo lo que necesitas, pero está a 10 minutos y solo tienes 30 para hueco.

¿Vas hasta allí o prefieres buscar algo más cercano aunque no sea tan ideal?

[Speaker 2] En ese caso sí prefiero buscar algo más cercano.

[Speaker 1] Ok. Algunas personas sienten que usar aulas vacías es una invasión o que es riesgoso porque un profesor podría entrar pues para dar su clase. ¿Cómo influye eso en tu decisión de usar un salón, por ejemplo?

[Speaker 2] Pues yo suelo tener a veces clases como grupales con mis amigos en aulas y pues la verdad prefiero eso como a... Pues no hay espacio en el ML como en las bibliotecas y si llega un profesor pues nos vamos y ya. O sea, la verdad se me hace una buena opción si nadie está usando un salón.

[Speaker 1] O sea, no es...

[Speaker 2] No es problema.

[Speaker 1] No te afecta, no es un problema para ti que potencialmente se vaya a usar después.

[Speaker 2] Exacto.

[Speaker 1] ¿Hay algo más sobre cómo pasas tu tiempo en el campus o la forma en la que encuentras espacios que no hayamos abordado que quieras mencionar?

[Speaker 2] No.

[Speaker 1] ¿Algo de que sientas que te duele y no hayamos tocado?

[Speaker 2] No. Así está bien.

[Speaker 1] Ah, listo. Vale, pues ya. Gracias por tu tiempo y tus aportes.

Son increíblemente útiles para este proyecto.

Transcript in English:

Transcript:

[Speaker 1] Hi, I’m Juan Esteban Álvarez García, I’m a student here and I’m currently conducting a research project on how students use campus spaces during our free time. And I would like to learn about your personal experience. The objective is to collect authentic perceptions about student routine and see if there are ways we can improve the use of the campus.

I would like to record our conversation to capture the ideas accurately. Is that okay?

[Speaker 2] No.

[Speaker 1] Alright, thank you. So, could you please describe what a typical day at the university is like for you, from the moment you arrive until you leave?

[Speaker 2] I usually arrive for the first class, then, if I have a gap, I use that space to study or eat something, and then I have classes again and that’s it, and I go home.

[Speaker 1] Ok. Approximately how much time do you spend on campus when you are not actually sitting in a class? That is, in the spaces between classes.

[Speaker 2] More or less four hours. Four or five hours.

[Speaker 1] And you don’t spend time either before your classes or after your classes.

[Speaker 2] No.

[Speaker 1] So, you arrive as late as you can and leave as soon as you can. Ok. When you have a break between classes, where do you usually go?

[Speaker 2] I usually go to the ML library or the Economics one.

[Speaker 1] Ok. What makes you gravitate toward one or the other?

[Speaker 2] It depends on where I have class before or after, I stay where it’s closer.

[Speaker 1] Ok. What are the main things you find yourself doing during these intervals?

[Speaker 2] Studying for the following courses or whatever I’m behind on.

[Speaker 1] So, mostly academic.

[Speaker 2] Yes.

[Speaker 1] Ok. Do you go with someone else or do you go alone?

[Speaker 2] Sometimes I go alone or sometimes I go with friends, depending on whether we have the same gap or not.

[Speaker 1] Alright. Do you reserve rooms or do you look for, like, a free table?

[Speaker 2] Sometimes we reserve, but if there’s no space, then we look for a table and settle there.

[Speaker 1] How often are there no reservations available?

[Speaker 2] Very often.

[Speaker 1] Ok. You mentioned that you go to the study rooms in the libraries. What are the specific requirements that a place must have for you to stay there?

[Speaker 2] Well, in my case, since it’s studying, I look for it to be quiet, to have a good study space, meaning that it has tables, the whiteboard if possible, the computer, and that’s it.

[Speaker 1] Ok. Tell me about an occasion when you tried to find a place to sit down to work, but you couldn’t find anything suitable. And what did you do about it?

[Speaker 2] Well, usually there are times when the whole library is full, all the tables are full, the study rooms too, so you can’t study there. And I looked for an alternative of going to a terrace that was kind of more or less empty and quiet.

[Speaker 1] Ok. Were there tables there? Or what you were looking for?

[Speaker 2] Yes, yes, there were tables.

[Speaker 1] Did it have everything you were looking for?

[Speaker 2] Well, it had the table, mostly.

[Speaker 1] For you, what defines that a space is free so that you can use it?

[Speaker 2] In my case, yes, that there aren’t people, or that if there are people, then I can ask and they give me, like, the space and also be able to settle there, like, share.

[Speaker 1] Not take it, but share it with them.

[Speaker 2] Exactly, yes.

[Speaker 1] Ok. So, if I understand correctly, your biggest frustration when finding a place is that there are a lot of people or that there is noise that doesn’t allow you to concentrate to study.

[Speaker 2] Yes.

[Speaker 1] Anything else there?

[Speaker 2] Well, that it’s not the appropriate space, meaning that the table is very small, so my study things don’t fit, and that’s it.

[Speaker 1] Ok. How much effort do you usually put into hunting for a better place versus simply settling for what you find, a space that sort of works?

[Speaker 2] No, I do put quite a lot of effort into looking for a place that’s suitable for what I need.

[Speaker 1] So, you prioritize quality over time.

[Speaker 2] Exactly.

[Speaker 1] Ok. And if you found an empty room, perfect, but it was a 10-minute walk away and you only have a gap of, let’s say, 30 minutes, would you really go all the way there for the quality it offers? That is, it’s an empty classroom, big tables, whiteboards, outlets, everything you need, but it’s 10 minutes away and you only have 30 minutes of free time.

Would you go there or would you prefer to look for something closer even if it’s not ideal?

[Speaker 2] In that case I would prefer to look for something closer.

[Speaker 1] Ok. Some people feel that using empty classrooms is an invasion or that it’s risky because a professor could come in to teach their class. How does that influence your decision to use a classroom, for example?

[Speaker 2] Well, I usually sometimes have group classes with my friends in classrooms and, well, honestly I prefer that to… Well, there’s no space in the ML like in the libraries and if a professor arrives, then we leave and that’s it. I mean, honestly it seems like a good option to me if nobody is using a classroom.

[Speaker 1] So, it’s not…

[Speaker 2] It’s not a problem.

[Speaker 1] It doesn’t affect you, it’s not a problem for you that it might potentially be used later.

[Speaker 2] Exactly.

[Speaker 1] Is there anything else about how you spend your time on campus or the way you find spaces that we haven’t addressed that you’d like to mention?

[Speaker 2] No.

[Speaker 1] Anything that you feel bothers you and we haven’t touched on?

[Speaker 2] No. That’s fine.

[Speaker 1] Ah, alright. Ok then. Thank you for your time and your contributions.

They are incredibly useful for this project.