Week 8 - Site Location/User

If Brisbane CBD became a car free zone the streets would have to change to cater more for the pedestrian. All the streets in our allocated site would become walking streets accessible by bikeways or trams. I would like to focus on the young adult user of the city, at the moment the city does not have a lot of things do for young people to do besides shop and mull around in queen street. There are not many free public spaces for entertainment or just to sit, relax and eat lunch.

I propose to design a multi functional community building that is adaptable. The site location I have chosen is at the top of the Queen street mall on George st. I have chosen this location as it is quite a busy pedestrian traffic node as well as a place where many buses and taxis stop at the moment. When the cars are taken off the street I imagine it will remain quite busy as it is close to the city library and casino. Implementing a building for public use would break up the high traffic area and be a new landmark visible from many vantage points around the city.