Setting the scene – future scenario
With a desire to limit urban sprawl Brisbane city council has recently implemented an underground light rail system to support the growing population. This recent addition to the Brisbane City Transport Network has seen a significant reduction in the use of the car as the primary mode of transport. The underground system has already improved other surface transport such as buses and improved pedestrian amenity due to less cars in the CBD. With these positive results and expectations for public transport services and users to further increase the Brisbane city council is looking towards the future of the city and its needs. The CBD of Brisbane lacks character, culture and usable public spaces. Therefore in order to see growth and development in Brisbane, the city council would like to give some of the space that cars have freed up back to the community in the form of pedestrianised public streets. Elizabeth Street will be the first of many streets to become pedestrianised in Brisbane city.
Concept - ‘dispersion of culture’
After looking at the broader context of the CBD and over to south bank, the first thing that stood out was the strong concentration of culture that hugs the south bank river bed. As part of the Brisbane city council visions for future of Brisbane city, the introduction of new cultural hubs on the north bank is critical. This ‘dispersion of culture’ from south bank will occupy and activate parts of the newly pedestrianised Elizabeth Street and take the form of small cultural entities.
Architecture
“The role of the architect is to design diverse spaces that function efficiently as individual entities and maximise the relationship between spaces to facilitate their collective functioning”. “The success of urban space is largely based on its use, architects must reflect on characteristics that will instil quality into space”. The goal was to ensure that the newly pedestrianised street will be used more than just as a thoroughfare for pedestrian traffic; it will encourage habitation for longer periods of time. Looking specifically at the street, a six meter fall from the George Street end to Albert Street was noted. When designing public spaces to ensure they don’t become desolate it is vital to create variety within them. To accentuate and complement the change in levels and therefore create diversity within Elizabeth Street, an undulated surface has been proposed. As you walk down the street you are faced with several routes to take many of which encourage rest points. With a series of varying heights as you walk down the street the user is able to experience Elizabeth Street in a way that was not possible before. To further activate the undulating surface and surrounding buildings of the one-way Street, a dispersion of culture from south bank will occupy spaces of need. Elizabeth Street houses the rear facade of the Myer Centre, this facade lacks human scale and appeal. One of the cultural entities stands in front of the facade and punches it at some points allowing connection between the juxtaposing streets of retail (queen st.) and cultural (proposed elizabeth st.). The intersection between Albert and Elizabeth Street is another point of interest and an important location in the site. Locating a cultural point here allows awareness of the new pedestrian street and attracts use. The third cultural entity is located in the most center point of the site, the building winds up one of the raised points allowing you to experience the undulating surface of the street and to create a vantage point which promotes safety.
Functions
The Theatre Activates the intersection of Albert and Elizabeth Street, this allows awareness of the streets existence.
The libraryActivates the Myer center facade and runs down more than half the site, contributing to a big part of the new aesthetics of the street.A library with no books. The 4 small pods within this cultural entity offer spaces to study and read digital data that you can acquire. Each pod allows access to a different genre of data these include; science, arts, history and language. The data can be uploaded to your computer through a wireless network, you can chose to loan it or purchase it.
The galleryActivates the center of the street and creates a vantage point.This small scale art gallery, does in fact not show any physical art pieces but rather builds a library of the particular exhibition on a supplied ipad on entry (or equivalent). As you enter each of the 11 boxes, up the interior ramp, you pass a sensor which updates your ipad with a new piece of art creating a narrative. When you reach the last box you have the complete exhibited works on your ipad. The gradual ramp complements the way you view the art, as you reach the top, the exhibition is pieced together.
With a desire to limit urban sprawl Brisbane city council has recently implemented an underground light rail system to support the growing population. This recent addition to the Brisbane City Transport Network has seen a significant reduction in the use of the car as the primary mode of transport. The underground system has already improved other surface transport such as buses and improved pedestrian amenity due to less cars in the CBD. With these positive results and expectations for public transport services and users to further increase the Brisbane city council is looking towards the future of the city and its needs. The CBD of Brisbane lacks character, culture and usable public spaces. Therefore in order to see growth and development in Brisbane, the city council would like to give some of the space that cars have freed up back to the community in the form of pedestrianised public streets. Elizabeth Street will be the first of many streets to become pedestrianised in Brisbane city.
Concept - ‘dispersion of culture’
After looking at the broader context of the CBD and over to south bank, the first thing that stood out was the strong concentration of culture that hugs the south bank river bed. As part of the Brisbane city council visions for future of Brisbane city, the introduction of new cultural hubs on the north bank is critical. This ‘dispersion of culture’ from south bank will occupy and activate parts of the newly pedestrianised Elizabeth Street and take the form of small cultural entities.
Architecture
“The role of the architect is to design diverse spaces that function efficiently as individual entities and maximise the relationship between spaces to facilitate their collective functioning”. “The success of urban space is largely based on its use, architects must reflect on characteristics that will instil quality into space”. The goal was to ensure that the newly pedestrianised street will be used more than just as a thoroughfare for pedestrian traffic; it will encourage habitation for longer periods of time. Looking specifically at the street, a six meter fall from the George Street end to Albert Street was noted. When designing public spaces to ensure they don’t become desolate it is vital to create variety within them. To accentuate and complement the change in levels and therefore create diversity within Elizabeth Street, an undulated surface has been proposed. As you walk down the street you are faced with several routes to take many of which encourage rest points. With a series of varying heights as you walk down the street the user is able to experience Elizabeth Street in a way that was not possible before. To further activate the undulating surface and surrounding buildings of the one-way Street, a dispersion of culture from south bank will occupy spaces of need. Elizabeth Street houses the rear facade of the Myer Centre, this facade lacks human scale and appeal. One of the cultural entities stands in front of the facade and punches it at some points allowing connection between the juxtaposing streets of retail (queen st.) and cultural (proposed elizabeth st.). The intersection between Albert and Elizabeth Street is another point of interest and an important location in the site. Locating a cultural point here allows awareness of the new pedestrian street and attracts use. The third cultural entity is located in the most center point of the site, the building winds up one of the raised points allowing you to experience the undulating surface of the street and to create a vantage point which promotes safety.
Functions
The Theatre Activates the intersection of Albert and Elizabeth Street, this allows awareness of the streets existence.
The libraryActivates the Myer center facade and runs down more than half the site, contributing to a big part of the new aesthetics of the street.A library with no books. The 4 small pods within this cultural entity offer spaces to study and read digital data that you can acquire. Each pod allows access to a different genre of data these include; science, arts, history and language. The data can be uploaded to your computer through a wireless network, you can chose to loan it or purchase it.
The galleryActivates the center of the street and creates a vantage point.This small scale art gallery, does in fact not show any physical art pieces but rather builds a library of the particular exhibition on a supplied ipad on entry (or equivalent). As you enter each of the 11 boxes, up the interior ramp, you pass a sensor which updates your ipad with a new piece of art creating a narrative. When you reach the last box you have the complete exhibited works on your ipad. The gradual ramp complements the way you view the art, as you reach the top, the exhibition is pieced together.
BELOW: Some sketches of Elizabeth st with the proposed cultural dispersion
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