This article explores how people choreograph spaces to feel particular ways through material objects and intangible phenomena like light and sound. Drawing on theories of atmospheres and ethnographic fieldwork in Copenhagen, we argue that while there has been a proliferation of research on atmospheres in urban studies, we also need to attend empirically to the processes through which they come into being, consolidate and coagulate. Through exploring the interplay between domestic and urban spaces, we highlight the volatility and inherently social character of atmospheres. This entails how people’s dynamic positioning within an urban atmosphere comes to matter for people’s sense of the city. We exemplify with one such sensation of the city through the concept of ‘midding’, as the feeling of comfortably being on the perimeter of a situation. Exploring atmospheric positionings and processes enlightens our understanding of the urban atmosphere and shows how shared atmospheric moments connect people in time and space, stressing the importance of urban design to allow for such sharing.

本文探讨了人们如何通过物质对象和光和声音等无形现象来编排空间以感受特定的方式。借鉴哥本哈根的大气理论和人种学实地考察，我们认为，虽然城市研究中对大气的研究激增，但我们也需要从经验上关注它们形成、巩固和凝结的过程。通过探索家庭和城市空间之间的相互作用，我们强调了波动性和固有的社会性气氛的特点。这意味着人们在城市氛围中的动态定位如何影响人们对城市的感知。我们通过“中间”的概念来举例说明一种这样的城市感觉，例如舒适地处于某种情况的边缘的感觉。探索大气定位和过程启发了我们对城市大气的理解，并展示了共享的大气时刻如何在时间和空间上连接人们，强调城市设计对于允许这种共享的重要性。