Legend Interfaces
Interfaces and Walking Pace This map aims to explore the pace of users in different parts of the Russell Street Transect and investigates the relationships between the interfaces of the urban landscape. The pace of users was recorded based on the tempo of their walking pace on the metronome scale and provided a tempo range between 80 to 130 beats per minute (bpm). Realistically, a more transparent interface would decrease the pace of users as their attention is drawn towards the street-level faรงade. Meanwhile, an impermeable faรงade would increase the pace of users. In the map, there have been areas of slow paces particularly in parks and places with interesting facades while other opaque and impermeable interfaces saw a spike in pace (with the exception of Hozier Lane).
Morphological Mapping ABPL30051 - Semester 1, 2018 Samuel Choy Weychun (789797)
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Image References Google Maps, 2017. Russell St - Google Maps. [Online] Available at: https://www.google.com/maps/@-37.8088957,144.9663866,3a,75y,66.64h,97.33t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sdFAgSwDTl94UU-iXR__XTw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 [Accessed 21 May 2018]. L, L., 2016. Cheonggyecheon Stream - West End | Cheonggyecheon Stream - West End | Flickr. [Online] Available at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/virtualawrence/29273029071 [Accessed 21 May 2018].
Precedent for Cardigan Street Bridge Crossing (Lawrance, 2016)
Promote Loitering in Russell St Having seen the Assemblage map between the pace and interface, how can we reduce the pace of users in certain areas where there are high walking speeds and impermeable interfaces? Implementing the Cheonggyecheon urban redevelopment project and the Arc de Triomphe may be one solution. As observed in the Rhythm map, the walking pace is much lower in park spaces. This may be the case as users would find parks to be peaceful and they would want to indulge in the greenery. The Cheonggyecheon river project acts like the park, and will be situated in fragments, in places where quicker pacing is observed. This is to respect the grid system and still allow for vehicular traffic to flow through. Pedestrian zones are located near the Arc and near ‘rivers’ which would accommodate and facilitate uninterrupted immersion of the user. This would bring crowd into these areas and create attraction spots along the entire transect. With these implementations, it will hopefully aim to challenge the fastpaced lifestyle of the city and promote loitering with place activation. It would be interesting to observe how significantly slower the walking pace would be in these previously monotonous areas.
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New vegetation to promote loitering and activate La Trobe Street.
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Arc De Triomphe and pedestrian space will create a new landmark for Russell St and encourage slow walking pace.
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