Workshop 1 Thursday 9 Sept 2010 8.30h – 17h DP (compulsory) To do between now and then: take a walk through your neighbourhood and record what you see
To bring (compulsory):
- photographic panoramas from the street you live in (from cross road to cross road, from both sides of the road, possibly different time of the day)
- typical section 1:200, line drawing
- google earth location map, a) within suburb, b) within greater Johannesburg
- recordings of the streetlife/ plan/ section – sketches/ notes :indicate who’s on your sidewalk, who is on your street, what is happening in the buildings along the sidewalk. Are there people? What are people doing? Walking from a to b? Talking? Sitting? Waiting? Selling sweets? Are there busses? Minibus taxis? Private cars? What is present on the sidewalks (if there are any)? What is missing? In some cases this might be the sidewalks themselves!
some of the things you might (not) find are: bus stops signs benches, shelters newspaper boxes, mail boxes garbage bins trees and other greenery public art food carts animals
pedestrian crossings (marked or unmarked) curb ramps, stairs, overpasses or underpasses
places to stop and rest places to get out of the rain construction barriers and broken sidewalks
boom gates security huts street lights
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