Project-2 For Daily Nomads. Final Submission.

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Assignment-2 Interim Submission

Dropbox Link:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/e9iubwm6913pddc/AADgXnQ5pE_mzN5K0X0lXMz_a?dl=0

Project 2 - Daily Nomads - Studio Exercise Week 8.

Studio Exercise Week - 8:

Location:

High Cross Park, Randwick. NSW.

Modes of Transport:

Bus Stops:

There are various bus stops located around the location with convenient access routes along the triangular location of the park.

Driving / Cabs:

There is sufficient road access to the location. Because of the triangular shape of the park, Belmore Rd and Cuthill St only serve as one-way roads along the park. Both Belmore Rd and Cuthill St connect to Avoca St and Coogee Bay Rd. Furthermore, Cuthill St also connects to Perouse Rd on the South side. 

Bicycles:

There are currently no dedicated cycling paths located near the location.

Pedestrian Access:

• There are pedestrian crossings from High St to Belmore Rd, through Avoca St.
• There is a crossing from Cuthill St to across Avoca St but no crossing from the South-West side of Cuthill St for direct access to High Cross Park.
• Pedestrians may cross from the South-West side of Cuthill St to the West side of Avoca St, but are unable to cross from the South-West side of Cuthill St to the South-West side corner of High Cross Park, which serves as a problem because pedestrians would either need to walk along Cuthill St toward Perouse Rd to cross over to the park. (Image Example Attached)

Source: Google Maps

Important Note about the location:

• Belmore Rd only serves as a one way road after joining Avoca St, North-East side of the park.
• Cuthill St, South side of the park, also serves as a one way road.

Locations of Bus stops are as follows:

• Along High St leading up to Avoca St.
• Along Belmore Rd leading up to Avoca St.
• Along Coogee Bay Rd leading up to Belmore Rd and Cuthill St.
• Along Perouse Rd, leading up to Belmore Rd, Cuthill St and Coogee Bay Rd (East side of the location).
• There are no Bus stops located on Avoca St directly.

Traffic Stop Signals:

• High St leading to Belmore Rd, intersecting at Avoca St.
• Along Avoca St, intersecting at Cuthill St.
• Coogee Bay Rd leading up to Cuthill St, intersecting at Perouse Rd.

Ministry of Transport Regulation.

Development of Public Transport Interchange Facilities.

Minimum Facility Provision:

Section A: Comfort and Convenience:

Shelter:

1. Covered links between bus stands and rail concourse.
2. Bus Stands.
3. Taxi Rank.
4. Passenger Pick-up points. 

Seating:

1. Bus Stands.
2. Waiting Area,
3. Taxi Rank.
4. Passenger Pick-up points.

Ticketing:

1. News-stand kiosk with Prepay tickets.

Pay-Telephone availability:

1. Waiting Area and near Bus Stands/Taxi Rank.

Toilets and Baby-change facilities:

1. Near Bus-stops and Unpaid concourse.

Retail Services:

1. Kiosk/News-agent
2. Vending Machine/Food/Beverages.

Section B: Information Services: 

Project 1 - Displaced Dwellers - Final Submission.

Please proceed to the Dropbox link below for project submission files.

Dropbox

Arch-1201- Project 1 Interim.

Dropbox link:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/vrom9ul2p5bjn3o/arch1201-2015-nabeel-tahir-project1.pdf?dl=0

Studio Exercise Week 2 - For Displaced Dwellers.

Changes in the understanding of 'HOME' over time.

1976:

Porteous, J.D.

Home - Territorial Core.

Personal and Physical Space:

• The personalisation of space is an assertion of identity and a means of ensuring stimulation.
• Individuals and groups tend to assert jurisdiction over physical space.

Sense of Security:

• The defence of space is the means by which stimulation is achieved, and security asserted.
• The concept of security includes both psychic and physical security, or protection.

2004:

Mallet, S.

Understanding Home.

Personal and Physical Space:

• Home is variously described as conflated with or related to house, family, haven, self, gender and journeying.
• A place to lay one's head.

Sense of Security:

• Home is a ‘socio-spatial system’ that represents the fusion of the physical unit or house and the social unit or household.

Client Research:

The clients are dwellers that have been affected by a devastating earthquake in Pakistan. The region is a relatively rural mountainous location, with little to no accessible roads. Main method of transport is through helicopter drops or light-weight truck transports. The weather is mostly cold and wet, with heavy rainfalls during monsoon season. Due to the area being mountainous, there's chances of low visibility during winter season.

In terms of religious and cultural traditions, the majority of the population are Muslims and thus dress accordingly. There is a high majority of mosques in the area.

Principles of Universal Design:

Simple and intuitive use.

Studio Exercise Week 1 - Displaced Dwellers.

Earthquake.

Definition: An earthquake is a sudden shaking of the Earth's surface caused by rock breakage deep within the Earth. This is the result of stresses that have built up within the Earth's brittle crust.(Source:http://www.ses.sa.gov.au/site/community_safety/earthquake_information.jsp)

Major event in the past 10 years:

On October 8, 2005, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake shook the Kashmir region (a disputed territory controlled in part by Pakistan and India), along with sections of Pakistan, India and Afghanistan. More than 80,000 people perished as a result of the quake, while an estimated 4 million others were left homeless.
(Source:http://www.history.com/topics/kashmir-earthquake)