FLEXIBILITY//

So how is our design flexible?

What is being made flexible within Canberra?

capital stratgey:

Firsty, the tram system will provide an adequate public transport system that will allow people to view all major points of interest within Canberra's Capital Circle within a day. Future developments that will extend the project to outer parts of Canberra (as shown in previous diagram of stage 2-4) providing flexibility for residents of Canberra. I think this is an innovative solution to the current problem in which we, as a group, have identified. It will reduce the 84.5% of Canberra residents that use private vehicle.

The buildings are more flexibile in the way that they are visited. Each space/icon is getting activated by the use of the tram system. It is doing so by condensing Canberra and making it less sprawled out as it will be easier to move about the city.

Flexibility within parliament will be provided through the 'political' space on Capital Circle. This is a space that will be filled with current government/political issues that will allow tourists and locals to have their opinions voiced.

Capital infrastructure and presence:

The design and layout of the tram system is to follow the current systems that are currently in place in Canberra. As seen in the image below, the proposed tram system layout is following the current layout of roads and path's in Canberra.

As I said in previous posts, if you compare LA to NYC in terms of public transportation, NY is known for is sophisticated and effective subway system, in contrast, LA is known for how poor its public transportation is and the heavy rely on vehicles. I feel that if Canberra had an effective transportation system, it could very well put the city on the map. A state of the art, sustainable public transport system to allow visitors and locals to see the icons of Canberra that make it so unique in a single day will add great value to the city.

The investigation that was taken to recognise a problem within Canberra was researching statistics mainly. As it was not possible to visit Canberra, we were to go off what we could find in research. Firstly, we went off what we currently know of Canberra, which most of us know is what we saw when school camps were taking us there. We knew of the iconic places such as questacon, Parliament house, Capital hill, the War Memorial and various galleries and museums. Next we researched the current public transport system. It was shown that there was little public transport for the size of the city and multiple, complicated ways to get from one side to the other. As it evolved, we decided to go down the public transport route. The statistics were the most helpful in terms of transport.

As seen in the link above, 84.5% of people use private vehicle and only 8.8% use public transport. Although it can be seen the use of private vehicles has dropped by around 3%, the ideal use would be at least 20-30% initially and then hopefully to expand to 50% for future stages.