//week three - Describing the city

This week we had our second workshop on describing the city. this was predominately carried out by experimenting with different types of mapping techniques and gathering information to create urban sections.

ex1: CONCEPTRAL REPRESENTATION

ex2: CITY PATTERN

ex3: FIGURE GROUND MAP

ex4: NOLIE MAP

ex5: URBAN SECTION

ex6: STREET SECTION

reflection... Throughout the mapping process the most interesting maps for me were the nolli and the figure ground maps which clearly show you the public spaces in white. I found these maps very interesting because i never realised before how much public space there is throughout the city and fortitude valley. although the city pattern map took the longest to finish because of how detailed it was, I definitely think it is the map that clearly exhibits the structure of the city (and surrounding suburbs) as you can see where the city starts to morph into a more residential spaces.  It is also evident in  all of these maps the large impact the river has a on the layout of the city.

'The only legitimacy of the street is as public space. With out it, there is no city.' (Kostof, 1992). This quote by Kostof is an interesting thought and quite evident in the maps that distinguish between public and private spaces. Above the maps of Brisbane show more that 50 percent of the spaces in the city is devoted to public spaces. 

        -Kostof,S. (1992). The City Assembled. London: Thames and Hudson

After mapping in plan it is interesting to see the relationship between the built environment and the natural landscape in the urban section above. It shows a whole new perspective on the idea of public and private spaces in relation to heights above ground of which private spaces occupy. The private spaces when considering elevation possibly out way the public spaces within Brisbane city.

Overall I found the mapping experience quite informative as I was able to further understand planning  techniques in Brisbane city and how the Brisbane river and typography of the city has had a large impact on the urban planning.