Queen St now is a diverse region - it has mixed use mainly retail and then finance, hospitality, transport and some commercial amongst. Do we want to change that? What about the city? Developing mixed-use typologies which address insuffiencies in the urban region is an interesting study to look at.
There is a trend recently of retail moving towards online shopping. How can this be incorporated into a proposal for 2050? Do we want to move away from human personability? What if regions around retail encouraged more use of retail?
There could be two main possibilities that happen:
1. Trying to retain the experience of shopping in stores and malls.
2. Accepting the fact that online shopping will continue to develop and then potentially reducing or removing retail from a region.
This could be an interesting study for next assignment.
Queen Street currently is a busy public spot during the day, however, at night time seems to be empty which is lacking a lot of potential. By using mixed-use infrastructure, a more diverse CBD could be established which improves economic, social and environmental aspects. The issues raised in the previous tutorials can be addressed also by mixed-use.
Developing a northbank riverside attraction would also benefit the city. Providing a user-friendly riverside walkway/ public space could attract more economic and social function.
High-speed rail link from sunshine coast to brisbane to gold coast expands the social and economic possibilities.
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