Site 1 survey: Queens Park Brisbane City

Site 1 survey: Queens Park Brisbane City

Site observation 1

Wednesday 06/05 12:45 AM

• Queens Park is a small park across the road from the Casino at the top of the city. Many people were stopped here in suits and business wear enjoying their lunch in the sun presumably on lunch from their work in the city.

• With the amount of palm trees and open space there is an opportunity for a potentially large installation. Perhaps a beach in the middle of the city or something to that extent. While this space helps challenge the idea that society has too few invitations the space itself was still not particularly social with most people eating alone.

• This lane way is just past the park. It is interesting in that there is nothing really in this lane and no real reason to go down it other than exploration. Perhaps there is always an invitation to explore and adventure that people can choose to engage with or not.

Site observation 2

Saturday 09/05 around 2 PM

• Queens Park is not very big and settled in middle of city.
• Buildings surrounded but still has wonderful Open space for installation.
• The park grass grows very well here and has been manicured comfortable to sit and play.
• The view is good in this park, this might be a reason people stay and rest here.
• Several path across the park and have benches beside for people having rest.
• Trees can be seen in middle of the park, but not provide a large shade, people can enjoy the sunshine and have great field of vision, this will helpful in attracting more people around to installation. Otherwise, less shade also need to be considered to a disadvantage for attract people if it is too hot outside.
• Park connects with a side road, people may cross it to bus station on the other side.
• Queens Park is just beside Casino and people work in city nearby might have rest after working time.

People observation

• People rest on grassland

3 female talking (seems on 20 age)

1 female with 1 male together (seems on 30 age)

4 female, 2 male with 3 children (seems to be families play and rest on grass)

1 female with 2 male (having lunch)

2 male and 1 female (individual siting)

• People sitting on benches

2 female siting together (seems on 40 group wearing formal)

1 male siting individual (wearing suit)

1 male siting individual (eating something and use computer)

1 female siting individual (wearing dress)

1 female just leave individual (on phone call)

• People walk through (in 5 minutes)

9 male (7 of them wearing casual, 2 of them wearing suit)

6 female (all wearing casual or dress)

1 group of students with 3 boys.

Conclusion

The park is a convenient pass way for people, in weekend observing, 18 people walk through the park in 5 minutes in afternoon, none of them seems to be hurry and none of them running cross the park, furthermore, one male use the path across the park and walking on the grass and seems enjoyable. It seems have enough walkers having time to look at installation in weekend.

People resting in the park mostly enjoy their time, most of them do not have particular things to do by observing, and they might be easy attracted by installation.

On weekend, People enjoy their time may more interesting in “Society has too many prohibitions and too few invitations” installation here. Otherwise, on weekdays, people working beside hand having lunch hear may more interested in“Our modern built environment drains joy from our lives” installation. However, walkers may be attracted by any theme installation by people surrounded.