Week 7: Project 02 - Design Statement

Building on from our Project 1 Assignment, I am proposing the development of a Transit Centre in place of the existing Paddington Central site to compliment the proposed Personal Rapid Transit System to be implemented in the Paddington area in our proposed future (2062). In developing my Design Brief for the Transit Centre, I have taken into consideration that the architectural proposal for Project 2 will be based in 2020-2030 so I have taken initial ideas from Project 1 and refined and built upon them to suit a future 3 decades younger than what had been proposed. My initial design brief for the Transit Centre:

The area to be focused on specifically will be:

Paddington Area north of Elizabeth Street, Red Hill Area West-South West of Waterworks Rd and Musgrave Rd and the Southern tip of Ashgrove bordered by Waterworks Rd and Jubilee Terrace.

Paddington will be the first site in Brisbane and Queensland to eliminate cars from suburban areas. Initially cars will be banned from most of the very steep streets in the area mentioned above, eventually moving towards eradicating cars from the area mentioned above altogether.

In developing a successful Transit Centre and PRT system to service the Paddington area, it is hoped that the PRT system will spread from here into outer suburbs including the existing CBD area.

No vehicles allowed in the area mentioned above with the exception of Latrobe Terrace, Enoggera Terrace and Given Terrace which will be retained for access and egress through the suburb.

The elimination vehicles into the suburban roads of the precinct is an endeavour into creating a walkable community (one of the goals of our future of 2062) where streets are turned into cultural hotspots, communal gathering spots, much needed park land and residents have the ability to walk and relax through the spaces, roads and laneways freely.

The implementation of the PRT and Transit system hopes to preserve Paddington as a liveable, socially and environmentally sustainable suburb. With increasing populations, diverse demographic and very hilly landscape, it hopes to keep the suburb accessible for all ages.

The transit system and PRT System also hope to integrate into the existing urban plan and which isn’t really made for cars and explore its successfulness as an alternative form of public transport one of Brisbane’s suburbs.

As the proposed 2062 future for the suburb is based on sustainability and self sufficiency, the transit centre is a part of this plan which focuses on self sufficient transport. It is seen as a crucial step toward making this future possible.

The PRT system will run off the Power Generating Grid proposed in Project 1 which pulls energy from activities occurring on the grid as well as solar and Clean Tech[nology] Gyms.

The goal is to make the most of modern technology by using its advancement to bring us back to reality, not by putting a virtual distance between us and the community.

The goal is to use modern technology to solve real problems.