Thursday 9 August 2012

Week 02 Tutorial

The design charette was challenging in how endless the possibilities to consider are.
To pick one point for reflection:
Possibility of car fee creating class segregation between rich and poor. Is the car becoming more and more an item that all can no longer afford... Fuel prices, parking costs etc. It is interesting to consider that the end of a products lifespan may reflect its beginnings - where only the wealthy can afford it. So what will replace it now that most people (at least in most developed countries) see personal private transport mode as a necessity?

Some other groups focused on what would become of the leftover spaces ie car parks if cars were no longer a part of the city. It is interesting to consider how the city would evolve without the same necessary transport veins that have previously dictated city sites... No more wind tunnel along George st?

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