Week 8 Design logs

Masterplanning notes

Analysis of Current Site Conditions:

• Public transport routes currently run - transit center 
• Lots of free, open, unused space
• a 3 levels carpark currently
• Lack of connection - one main lane to enter the site
• Connecting major nodes - education, business, cultural area
• Retails, residential area surrounds the site

Type of infrastructure exist? What is needed to be developed/designed/integrated?

• What design philosophy and identity should this element project?
• Structure
• Building element program
• Typology - zoning (public and private), Spatial Elements (security & access), Hierarchy (public to private), space relationships, presence and identity, relate strongly to infrastructure systems, Typologies separated into a master plan or grouped into one building?  
• Presence and Identity
• Relate strongly to the suburb central idea 

Brisbane's 2020 planning

• Managing our increasing population
• encouraging economic growth
• the need for more sustainable living (such as minimizing vehicle trips and improving access to facilities)
• provision of housing choice to improve affordability
• planning for resilience to natural hazard such as flooding.

Paddington 's 2020 planning

• Supports low to medium residential and commercial development in areas close to the suburb center, public transport and services.
• road improvemnts along .....road and ....street.
• streetscape enchancements along....road and ...road
• improve local connection to open spaces and public transport 
• improves pedestrian accessibility throughout the Paddinton centre with new and enhanced footpaths and bikeways 

Existing Street view sketches

http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/planning-building/current-planning-projects/brisbanes-new-city-plan/index.htm