class will be only in the afternnon on tues
use the morning slot to tighten your 15 minute afternoon presentation
order of crits - e, d, c, b + a
to recap
Corridor_Urban _Scans
Research Question
Method
Output
Cartographic Recording, Planning Docs
Plans and Sections, Photographs
A History - natasha - keep hand drawing (orange)
How has this corridor and surrounding areas developed over time?
Documentation of the historical development of the corridor and surrounding areas. From the Carlton Centre through an industrial area, the former mining belt, past a larger water body Wemmer Pan, Pioneer Park, a race course to the mostly residential suburbs of La Rochelle and Rosettenville, this north-south connection is cutting through a multitude of divers sub/urban fabric.
Production of plans, sections (including underground activities like mining) and possible photographic records of the development of the area. It is important to understand the present reality through development over time. Drawings should be of a similar scale, like for example plans from 1920, 1950, 1980 and today. Use the existing UDFs to gather material. If you find historical photographs, take a photo form the same viewpoint today. Talk to people in the areas about their experience and write it down.
Contextual Analysis
Diagrams, Maps and Sections
B Urban + Economic Morphologies - nkosolenhle - complete the basemap and move on to your theme (blue)
What are the different urban and economic forms along the corridor?
Recording of the morphology of spaces. What are the spatial patterns and geometries? Where do people live, shop and/ or work? What are the economic patterns of the different sections along the corridor? How are they related to the physical form? What are the underlying structures? Have there been changes over time? Consider sectional developments, taking the mining activities into consideration.
Production of maps of public and private spaces and related sections. Maps of street and building patterns, overlaid with patterns of flows of money, incomes, expenditure, types of businesses, economies and participants. Forms of trade versus build forms of public and private nature.
Investigative Analysis
Diagrams, Maps and Sections
C 24/7: Timetables + Programmes - charnelle - take more images + located them on your plan with captions (yellow)
What happens when, where and why?
Investigation into the multiple activities in the various sections along the corridor, per time per day and per day per week, as accurate and comprehensive as possible. Distinguish between formal, informal, legal, illegal, contract work, day jobs, self employment, scale of business. Leisure, religious, educational activities. Locate those activities in space and try to find out patterns of activities.
Production of timetables for different sections of the corridor, using maps, sections, photographs and diagrams. Pointing out peak points and densities of activities and their specifics.
Observation, Drawing and Photographs
Plans and Sections, Photographs
D Borders, Boundaries + Movement - vanessa - caption images + break aerial to 3 or 4 squares (red)
How do people, goods and information move through the different territories?
Documentation of movement in various contexts. What role does the corridor and surrounding areas play on a local scale, metropolitan scale, national scale? How does it accommodate those different roles?How do cars, taxis, buses, bikes and pedestrians interact? How are the different parts of urban fabric distinguished from each other? What goods are transported? What are the borders and boundaries? Where do people come from, where do they go to?
Production of maps, sections and photographic records for the different scales of flows. Dissect the different layers of pathways of pedestrians, public and private transport, waiting areas, parking spaces, and connected infrastructure. Identify the various parts of urban fabric and their borders
Catalogue and Inventory
E Landscapes, Languages + Typologies - tjaka - get a grip on your theme (green)
What kind of buildings are along the corridor in what context?
Recording of building types along the corridor in their specific context. What different landscapes do emerge along the road? Who is operating within them? What languages are spoken in various parts? What is the relation of private and public space? How do the buildings relate to public space? What thresholds can you identify? What is the market price of those buildings?
Production of a catalogue kind of inventory of existing buildings and their relation to public space and context (physical and cultural landscape). Layers: programme, heights, thresholds, form/ appearance, plans, sections, original/ alterations/ additions, formal/ informal, good/ bad condition, in use/ abandoned, languages. Plan, cross/ section, photography.
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