The following images are mind maps created during our Week 3
Design Charette on a sustainable future. As we had free reign over the
brainstorming session, our ideas were very diverse to start with and covered a
broad range of aspects.
In our second brainstorming session, we narrowed things down
substantially whilst still retaining our initial ideas. We began with the
simple idea of “Digital Shopping” and worked from there as can be seen in the
following image. One of the conclusions that we came to was, if all shopping
was to become digital, we would no longer be required to drive to shopping
centres and retail precincts to conduct our purchases. Following on from here
we thought “What if no cars were allowed into the Paddington precinct?”
Naturally, we progressed into making Paddington into a walking community with
health and fitness being main aspects of society. From here we narrowed down on
the demographic specifying that the precinct would be populated by a younger,
health conscious generation.
Feedback from the tutor suggested that we think more broadly
in terms of the demographic as, although some suburbs do show higher rates of
population by specific groups of people (race, age, working class, etc.) it
would be very difficult to justify a precinct mostly populated by just the one
demographic. Naturally, there would be all different types and who is to say
that baby boomers and retirees can’t be health conscious and participate in
exercise and fitness activities?
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