Liveability
in HASS we did a unit on liveability and how we can make a place more liveable. We brainstormed ideas like having assessable shopping centres and schools, good workplaces and ensuring that the place had clean water and good food. we looked at how we can implement these ideas into our designs we thought about the positioning of our houses relative to our shopping centres and other useful places.
Walkability
Walkability is a big part of liveability because if something is walkable from your home then it means that it is easily accessible for you. Anything within 30 minuets walk from your house is considered walkable and you will be surprised how many things in your area are walkable. in class we did an activity that showed us how many things in our area were within a walkable distance
We were told we are looking to increase the number of places we can walk to from the apartments/housing.
vision board
Were put into groups of 3 or 4 and created a vision board. the vision board included all or most of our group’s ideas for the space. my group (Emma Caleb and Jake) came up with a recreational, sustainable pier. The pier is there for fun and recreation but also there to help stop erosion. this pier was represented on our vision board with this photo
This is a picture of the Santa Monica pier.
The model
This is the original view of the map before we divided it into the sections. our job was to make our section of the port functional and future forward.
after we submitted a report about our vision board, we were put into separate groups to create a model of a certain area of the port. my group got given the top end of the port and we decided to have a solar farm, senior centre, green spaces and housing. our model came together pretty well in the end, but we could have had some more details included. every week for innovate ed a few experts came in to give us advice and i think that really helped. They really gave us some good advice that we could include.
unfortunately, this is not the best picture but as you can see, we had flag like things to give a bi of insight into what the inside of the building or facility. we also included multiple green spaces which is shown by the green spots throughout the space we thought this was a good idea as it is accommodating children and adults as it is nice to have a walking in the park or go and play on the playground every now and then, be made these spaces considerably close to the apartments just for this reason.
The Showcase
Once we had all finished the model, we invited all the parents and experts that had helped us along the way to come in and look at our models and listen to our speeches that me made for this. the showcase went really well, and we all pretty much learnt our lines with the exception of a few. I think my group handles questions pretty well, but we didn’t share them around the group mostly one person did all the talking. on the day we had a few dilemmas like one of our members not being there, so we had to make up a speech in her place on the spot, but I think we pivoted really well and covered most of the things in her speech.
overall, I think that our presentation went well, and our model looks great.