"Architects can't force people to connect, they can only plan the crossing points, remove barriers and make the meeting places useful and attractive." -- Denise Scott
Program overview
On this full day program, students conduct a field study of Brunswick Street Mall with the aim of improving the public space.
Preparatory lesson resources are provided which will help to develop your students' understanding of the challenges faced by urban planners when designing public spaces that will meet the needs of the community who live, work and play there. These lessons also introduce the data collection methods that will be used in the field, which will allow for a deeper understanding of how the data collected is related to the chosen issue.
Students will collect primary data to investigate a chosen issue, which challenges the sustainability and liveability of the area. During this program, students will undertake a range of data collection methods including:
- Site survey
- User survey
- Traffic survey
- Sustainability survey
- Pedestrian survey
- Movement survey
- Temperature and shade survey
Upon return to the classroom, students can analyse and synthesis the qualitative/quantitative data collected to propose data driven action/s to manage the identified challenge in Fortitude Valley.