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Study area 1 looks at the Queen Street and Therry Street shared intersection. Observational studies map pedestrian use of the space. Futher research goes into where and why these desire lines have been formed due to the sites historical past and how these desire lines link to Peel Street.
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Evaluating pedestrian desire lines between Peel and Queen Street.
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Point of observation
Figure 03 Stopping places. Observational data. observed from the Mercat Cross Hotel. Data part of that accumulated in Fgure 01.
The Mercat Cross Hotel Carpark
Where are people stopping? Where are people walking? What are the desire lines, if any? Where are people going?
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Figure 01 Intersection space dominated by pedestrians. Observational data.
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Figure 04 Video stills. Images above depict movement over the 30 second video, tracing where and why people are moving.
‘Shoppers Crossing’ / ‘Market Cross’ Main entrance at QVM sheds
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Frequent pedestrian flow through the car park. Main car park entrance to the QVM allows movement to head North, predominantly towards the aforementioned nodal point.
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Queen Street in 1907, “shoppers crossing”. Used in a similar way today. Shared spaces for all modes of transport then and now.
Queen Street in 1907. Large spaces used for the movement of horse and cart. Now, utilised for parking.
Peel Street in 1907. Tram like still runs through this site today, as pictured. Wide roads were for the movement of horse and cart, however these roads still remain for the voluminous movement of traffic.
Queen Street in today, “shoppers crossing”. Unclear pedestrian and vehicular zones. Who has most value in the space?
Queen Street today is a one way car space with parking areas. One may argue this space is “shared”.
Peel Street in today. Remains the same size in width, however this space is utilized for a wide tramstop with safe exits.
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Wall retained houses fixed cafes, shops and resturants. Bringing constant life and regular customers to the area allowing for greater pedestrian flow towards and out of the Queen Street and Peel Street exit. Original use of the wall was the barrier between the public and the cemetary. Specifically, this wall indicated where the jews and native indigenous were buried. No mention of them now?
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Figure 07 Overlapped gradient overlays from figure ##, displaying movement occuring temporally throughout the Queen Street and Therry Street intersection. This image displays the inconsistancies of movement throughout this shared space.
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Nodal point. All access points lead to this nodal point. which may explain the frequeny usage of Queen Street ‘main’ exit/entrance.
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‘Shoppers Crossing’ entrance/ exit on Queen Street (see figure ## and ## for data) Major entrace points to QVM sheds
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One way road 6.7m
Median strip / car-parking 5.2m
One way road 6.7m
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Bianca Elencevski 524095 Tom Vilsten 636623 Michelle Jia Mei Xu 635683 Jacinda Antonia 622256
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Study area – memorial site
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Study area 2 depicts the ways in which fixed sculpture is used on the corner of Therry and Queen Street and the ways in which the QVM Precinct may be lacking in fixed and temporary seating. Analysis covers how the same object is being used over time and what this may mean for the future design of seating spaces in the area.
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History • English man Mark Stoner was commissioned to create a memorial for the former cemetary site in 1991
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• Bluestone sculpture for the deceased known as “Passages” was created at the corner of Queen Street and Therry Street as a memorial in 1996.
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• The monument exlores themes of timelessness and a connection between two worlds. The precedent for this sculpture is the Egyption pyramid. • Named “Passage” as Stoner describes the monument as ‘a passage for memories and dreams’
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• Designed and created by Mark Stoner in 1994
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Evaluating objects along the QVM East - West Precinct
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Findings The memorial is present to acknowledge the deceased that are a part of the Queen Victoria Market.
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However there are also many other uses for it, as seen in the diagrams.
Resting and waiting
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Chatting and sharing space with strangers
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A plaque on the memorial itself has a quote written that states:
How does this space differ over time? Is there sufficient seating? What role do inatimate objects play?
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“Passage commemorates the Old Melbourne General Cemetery, which was located on this site between 1837 and 1917. The illustration is based on an 1865 map. In 1878 the market expanded and took up the land between Victoria Street and Fulton Street, three quarters of the Jewish allotment and all the Society of Friends and Aborignal Allotments. Between 1920 and 1924, 914 bodies were exhumed and re-interred in other cemeteries around Melbourne. By 1936 the Queen Victoria Market expanded to take up the entire Old Melbourne
Music setup and business promotion
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Memorial and rememberance
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Tourist activity centre Stopping or resting area A place to put bags and objects
A meeting place A playground
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The memorial is a very popular pantry, as groceries from market goes are placed on top for periods of time
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The memorial is not just a place of remembrance, but a place for social interactions. It is a place where people gather, rest, and enjoy themselves.
Education and school group meet up area.
Often, the memorial is an obstacle to dodge and maneauver.
The ability of the memorial to shape the ways in which people walk, manoever and navigate the space make it significant to the where and how people get to and from certain places within the precinct.
Why are these objects successful? Even though surrounding benches may be vacant, people chose to use the memorial as a place to to use over them. One reason could be that because the memorial has easy access from all directions, it is prefered over a bench that can only be accessed from the front.
The different elements of the memorial are also different sizes, allowing for different functions; such as leaning on, sitting, standing against, and putting things on or next to it.
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A place of sitting, relaxing and chatting
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A place of entertainment and music: a stage
A shared space
Being at the intersection of Queen Street and Therry Street positions the memorial as a central point for people visiting the Queen Victoria Market.
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Bianca Elencevski 524095 Tom Vilsten 636623 Michelle Jia Mei Xu 635683 Jacinda Antonia 622256
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Study area - M Shed, String Bean Alley
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Advertisement wall “Alternate” routes/pitstops made by market-goers, which lower engagement with the pop-up area
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Primary: Fixed seating that received some form of interaction/use over a broad temporal scale. Secondary: Somewhat successful spaces during the night market. Areas with moveable seating available during Night Market Direct interaction between moveable seating, tents and M-Shed during night market
Nodal point, Study 01.
Issue: The advertisement wall promoting the market and what it has to offer covers up the pop-up spaces behind it, leaving user unaware of the space. Engagement with this carpark/shipping container interface would be encouraged in the future.
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Major entry points Desired pedestrian routes
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Nodal point, Study 01.
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What are the main uses of the fixed furniture scattered across M Shed? This analysis seeks to explore how people are engaging with the fixed furniture on site, what purpose(s) the furniture serves, and why people may opt to utilise fixed over moveable furniture available at either ends of the site (within the café premises).
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How successful are fixed furniture installations?
As the focus area includes new, temporary installations, this analysis seeks to highlight the success of the new installations, peoples’ engagement with the space across multiple temporal scales, as well as define any potential barriers that may be resulting in a lower level of engagement with the site.
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The analysis assesses the use of non-fixed furniture, shipping containers and its success in revitalising an underused shed-space.
Are pop-up spaces “activating”?
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Study area 3 digs deep within the M shed and tests the feasibility of temporary installations as a success or failure at activating the space.
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The feasibility of temporary space in revitalising under utilised space
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Figure 10 Study sketch whilst on site
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Figure 11 Study zone, shipping containers. Temporary fixture.
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How could this space be better utilised? As a key interface, does temporary activation suffice in activating this space?
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How the space may feel with shipping containers on both sides
Pedestrian flow over time Tuesday 11:20am - 11:30am 5 out of 12 shipping containers open ~60 people utilising the space in 10 minutes
Saturday 4:20pm - 4:30pm 14 out of 14 shipping containers open (2 new ones) ~100 people utilising the space in 10 minutes
Wednesday 7:00pm - 7:10pm
Unactive interface to pop-up space
12 out of 12 shipping containers open ~300 (uncountable) people utilising this space in 10 minutes
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7 out of 13 shipping containers open (one container less) ~50 people utilising the space in 10 minutes
The advertisement interface on the QVM carpark wall is a severe hindrance in users being able to view and interact with the hidden pop-up spaces behind.
Bianca Elencevski 524095 Tom Vilsten 636623 Michelle Jia Mei Xu 635683 Jacinda Antonia 622256
Findings of the Queen Victoria Market East - West precinct Nodal point – Re: Study 01.
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Therry and Queen Street Intersection Study
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Temporary pop-up and activation study
•This area is one typically used by all when navigating the QVM precinct. If moving from the sheds to the deli or organic market, most, if not all users will use this intersection.
• The success of the pop-up spaces with the current layout is mostly dependent on the success of the two cafés positioned at either end of String Bean Alley, which are by far the most frequented by market goers
• After observing the space, it can be seen that the intersection hosts an array of desire lines which have not been met by the design of the space. It would be suggested that pedestrian-friendly designed pathways or marking are enforced to allow the individual to move safely.
• The feasibility of the spaces continuing their success can be strengthened through the alignment of trading hours to correspond with normal marking trading hours
• The ‘main entrance’ (see figure 8) hosts this function due to its proximity to the found “nodal” point which rests in the very centre of the market. This nodal point is a destination which one may arrive at from any entrance within the QVM. It is also situated along the ‘historic wall’ (as seen in figure 8) It has been concluded that the success of the ‘main entrance’ is due to the nodal point which runs parellel to it. The nodal point allows the pedestrian to choose the next destination and turn in which they would like to go.
• The summer Night Market brings success to the area due to the integration of String Bean Alley with the Rear of K/L Sheds, where market-goers are free to move around and engage in a more ‘organic’, unplanned atmosphere. • Further success of the space could also occur if the shipping containers in String Bean Alley were to be replicated in a ‘mirror’ effect, creating what would essentially be another market shed. • Though this could tarnish the pop-up nature of the space, the duration of each space could still be limited to a certain number of weeks on a rotational basis, so as to highlight all local talent, as well as provide a more inclusive and inviting atmosphere for market-goers that is already present within other, established sheds across Queen Victoria Market
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Seating and movement options study • The memorial site is a place of remembrance, however there are many other uses for it. It’s original use as an acknowledgement and memorial has become much more insignificant in comparison to its other uses as an object of recreation and relaxation • The memorial is placed at the centre of the space, making it an object that needs to be avoided to cross from one part of the market to the other (the upper market on Queens St to the lower market) • The memorial is placed at the intersection of Queen St and Therry St, making it a central location for people to gather, take a break and enjoy the Queen Victoria Market itself • The memorial is located in a shaded area with tree cover, enhancing it as an ideal place for rest being in a large open space, there is opportunity to expand on what is already there and create an even more user friendly space to attract other potential activities. • The memorial has three components; all of different heights; which attract different activities on and around them (as a stepping stone; a playground or something to lean on; a seat or table)
QVM The 3 analyses draw conclusions of how to better design for a more engaging and pedestrian friendly East West connection between Elizabeth and Peel Street. The Market Cross precinct flows beyond just the streets, but into the market quarters. Our findings focus on the relationship between the pedestrian, the space and its surroundings. Bianca Elencevski 524095 Tom Vilsten 636623 Michelle Jia Mei Xu 635683 Jacinda Antonia 622256