Site Survey: Streets Beach, South Bank

This is a special place located in the middle of South Bank parkland. Streets Beach is an artificial beach with a pool, where people can swim under lifeguard watching.

Figure 1: Adult is swimming

Figure 2: The pool is closing

Observation time: 10 May, 2015 4 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Site Observation

• This place is an amazing playground for people. There is a beach and pool in the middle of the city and beside the Brisbane river. This location can give people a special feeling. Like figure 1, it gives a player or swimmer a visual illusion - infinite pool, where a nice experience is provided by some hotels in Bali. And the opposite bank is Brisbane City. A contrast has been created between the high building and peaceful beach.
• The pool has different depths. In the middle of the pool is deeper than both sides. So children can play water safely in the edge areas. Due to this, the whole place is filled by happiness (Kids laughing, running, and playing).
• The observation time was a little bit late, so the peak time was passing. There were less people stay in the beach for chatting and relax.
• The whole area has a lot of warning signs showing to people who are playing here for safety issue.
• There are two restaurants next to the beach and people like sit on the outside seat facing the beach and river.
• Also, there is grassland at the surrounding of the beach, on which people sit or lie for picnic. Whilst, some BBQ facilities are provided for people.
• A promenade called Clem Jones Promenade in the middle between the beach and river. walkers, runners and cyclists mixed together use this passageway.

Children are playing in the water

Warning signs is everywhere in this place

laying on the beach for relax

chatting and picnic on the beach

playing cards

seat facing the beach and river

eating on the grassland

BBQ facility

people observation
People on the beach

• more than 10 people, it should have more people in peak time.
• 15 children playing in the water, which means at least 15 parents stand around.

People on the grassland

• In one small piece of grassland has 10 pairs of people sitting on here chatting, fighting for playing  and playing computer.

People walking on the promenade

• This place is very busy on this time, there are more than 100 people passing from observation point. Some of them are walking, some of them are running and cycling. Perhaps, there always has been a lots of people passing here. 

People on the market next to the beach

• Normally, there are so many people hang on in this market. But, it closes at 4 p.m. in Sunday, so just few many people hang on at observation time and leaving crowds.

Conclusion
Here, it is a relax place for people. Child could play water with others safely. Young guys sat on the artificial beach to chat with each other, kill time, picnic and even play cards. Due to this feature, here, people is free and open to try something new. However, certain time, there are too many people in the whole area. Thus, we need to find a place with an enough space to avoid crowding.

Basically, this site is good for conducting an installation.