Site Observations - Part Two

Site Survey: 

Roma Street Parkland

Time Surveyed:

11:00am Saturday 12th May

Features:

Roma Street Parkland is a unique park with:

·        A small rain forest inside.

·        Different habitats for special animals.

·        Huge green grassy areas open for people to relax.

·        Play sport and BBQ areas for public use.

·        Free Wi-Fi

·        A train goes around the whole park

Types of People:

The parkland is been visited by various group of people:

·       Families who love to enjoy their weekends barbecuing and playing with their kids.

·       Youth go to the parkland on weekends to play some rugby and football with their friends in the larger green grass areas which also used by different sport training.

·       Main demographics of people who visit the parkland are youth from the age of 16-25 and adults form 35-50 with their kids, live in Brisbane greater area and from different nationalities.

Time:

I visited the park on a Saturday morning because:

·       In that period it gets packed with visitors who want to enjoy their weekend far from the noise for the city and BBQ.

·        In addition, in that period free long bench chairs are been distributed around the park for public use and free guide through the park.

Culture of the Area:

The parkland with its huge free spaces drives people to use it for social activities and the free long chairs provide a sense of group gatherings which normally located near a BBQ to emphasize social group engagement and that challenge the theses of “Public spaces are anti-social spaces”.

UQ Entrance to Food Court

Time Surveyed:

11:10am Tuesday 12th May

Features:

·       A large shady area whereby the main direction of travel by the users is either east or west.

·       Many large pylons which could be utilised to hold up potential installation.

·       Many signs that are used by the shops to invite people in.

Types of People:

·       A multitude of students of different age groups would generally walk through the area in either two ways: looking down on their phone if they were alone or if they were in a group they would be chatting and sociable. 

·       The majority of the people walking into and out of the food court are on a break at this time of the day.

·       The people moving through the area were predominately alone or in a group of 2 or 3.

·       Generally people were moving in a slow fashion, none were really in a rush to get anywhere.

Time:

·       At 11:10am people are constantly walking through the area seeking an early lunch.

·       There isn’t a huge rush that may be seen at 11:50 or 12:50 where students are swarming into the area after their lectures.

·       It is busy enough to create a manageable crowd around the installation. But it is also quiet enough to allow all users of the area to keep moving if they please. 

Culture of the Area:

·       This area is often regarded by as students as the place in which they can get “freebies” from marketing campaigns from certain businesses. It is very often that students will find themselves immersed in freebie stalls as they walk through to the food court.