Project 1a+b

Compare the different streetscapes you mapped critically in terms of

- sizes
- accessibility
- timetable (when is it used most, when least, by whom)
- context (build form framing the streetscape – height, proximity to sidewalk)
- programme (commerce, offices, residential, educational…)
- formal- informal business
- sidewalk and street: materials and quality
- public furniture (what is there, how is it used, does it work)
- safety
- greenery
- maintenance (is it clean, do street lights have light bulbs)
- public – private spaces
- actors and agents (who is paying for the construction, who was responsible for the planning, who takes care of the maintenance, who is using it, are there care takers like security guards, electronic supervision, cameras, patrols)

Point out positive and negative qualities. Use text and illustrations.

Use Michael Sorkin’s Local Code as inspiration and draw up a Street Code for Johannesburg. Consider it as a toolkit that planners/ urban designers/ architects can use as a guideline to design the infrastructure/ spatial backdrop for good streelife. Use text and illustrations.

Week 26
Mo 3 August
1a+b Draw the Walk
Crit

Tue 4 August
1a+b Draw the Walk
Presentation-Hand In

Thu 6 August
1a+b Draw the Walk
Feedback/ Hand Out