Week 4

This week we had to choose the city in which will be basing our assignment on.
Our group decided to join the Rhine River tutorial group.
The Rhine River tracks through several European countries and is a major transportation and economic route.

We have bene given the choice of two cities which lie along the Rhine River to do our assignment on. They are Mainz and Koblenz, both in Germany.
We decided to go with Mainz because I am already slightly familar with the city, having read a bit about it last year.


Tutorial

I wasn't able to attend this weeks tutorial due to illness, however i read the tutorial exercises online, and while they are pretty vague without having a tutor to explain them further, i still tried to complete them.

City Diagraming

1 - Brisbane Timelines -
Using old Brisbane City maps we were asked to create a quick expansion diagram based on the information within these maps.
because i was sick and not able to go to the tutorials, I've tried to follow the tutorial exercises on blackboard but they are pretty vague. so i did a quick colour mapping of the site indicating the growth shown throughout the maps.
Red is from the earliest map showing a cluster of developments where Newstead is now. Dark blue is the development of Fortitude Valley and new farm. Light blue is the continued development and increase of density in the CBD and New Farm. Green shows the outward growth clearly defined by the 1920's map.

2 - Mobility - main roads and access routes. cars vs. pedestrian traffic

Using a street map of Brisbane I highlighted the main mobility aspects of the city. The purple lines indicate major roads throughout the city. The red dots are ferry and citycat terminals and the routes connecting them. Blue dots indicate major bus terminals. Green dots indicate train stations and the green lines show the railways connecting them.

3 - functional analysis - what the area is used for

The functionality and zoning of this site is shown above. Blue is commercial buildings such as shops, restaurants etc. Pink is high density residential buildings, apartment complexes. Green is low density residential housing.

4 - morphologies