Sunday, September 23, 2012

WEEK NINE: DESIGN DEVELOPMENT




SCENARIO DEVELOPMENT:





The year is 2025 and Paddington central has continues to maintain and develop it's strong sense of community 


This community value has reflected and shaped Paddington's built environment 


Paddington central is the source of common land provided, separately and with deliberation as a social necessity 


It makes it possible for people to feel comfortable outside their homes and allows them to feel connected to the larger social system 


It acts as a meeting place for people 


It provides a framework which is just enough defined so that people naturally tend to stop there and curiosity naturally takes people there and invites them to stay 


Then once community groups begin to gravitate toward this framework, there is a good chance that they will themselves, if they are permitted, create an environment which is appropriate to their activities


Each person can find in the face- to- face life of his neighbourhood at least passing contact with people from every stage of life


Teenagers see young couples, old people watch they very young, people living alone draw sustenance from large families


Provides more private kinds of common land shared by a few groups of families
This common land forms the heart and soul of Paddington

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