Master of Design Futures Program

Queensland College of Art

Brisbane 2048 these times they are a changing

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heat & fire

heat islanding

flash flooding

storm surges

cyclonic winds

hail

vector carried disease

risks

2048 concepts / two days + ten years Warning systems

Risk code/ sign

Retrofit guide

Environmental refugee profile

SES ODF climate defence org. +

Medical aid volunteers

Change of work patterns

School curriculum

Visual campaign

Infill model – plan for development

Traffic: human powered

Traffic: lightweight renewable

Traffic: solar/ night delivery

Traffic: walking lines

Traffic: car share (hire pools)

River/ sea transport

Evaporative cooling using river water

Food: 20% city target (into urban

farming)

Urban Farming, incl roof gardens

Home protection

Climate clothing

Cyclone washers

Community equipment stores

Shade provision

Stormwater

External insulation

Urban firebreaks

Barriers: mech eg levees

Protective core

Science shops

Emergency housing

Secure services

Decentred city

LAREN

Total transport system

Community hubs

Urban resource management

King George Square redevelopment; completion June 2009

www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/BCC:BASE::pc=PC_2072

Definition ‘Decentred city’ is used in order to characterise City Business District (CBD) as a heat island which is formed due to adsorption heat from the thermal mass produced by the city.

City Business District (CBD) includes: • Infrastructure • Population

risks / de-centered city

Causes:

• building materials

• building and street design

Result:

• heat islanding

• little day and night temperature difference

• a warming of 20 from 2048

• +100 temperature difference from outer suburbs and the city centre

de-centered city/ thermal mass

Brisbane Square

www.construction-innovation.info/index.php?id=1028

stage 1:

• money leaving

stage 2:

• rush of departures

• business closures

stage 3:

• poor move in

de-centered city/ thermal mass

stage 4:

• poor move out

• CBD becomes too uncomfortable for the poor

stage 5:

• hyper neglect

• very undesirable place

flickr.com/photos/craigjewell/2185542104/

Abandoned Albion Flour Mill ,Brisbane

de-centered city/ thermal mass

stage 6:

• demolition

• city is getting flattened

stage 7:

• recolonise city in a climate adaptive infrastructure.

flickr.com/photos/81021905@N00/427863618/

Bellevue Hotel demolished 20 April 1979

de-centered city/ thermal mass

Tokyo

www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=2008

www.flickr.com/photos/15040225@N06/1568872956/in/set-72157602415317285/

Johannesburg 2007

Detroit 1958

mywebpage.netscape.com/urbandetroit1/vintage/1797.jpg

Detroit 2004

mywebpage.netscape.com/simcityfreak4/IMG_1376.jpg

Brisbane 1956

upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Brisbane_seen_from_air.jpg

Brisbane 2006

commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Brisbane_seen_from_air.jpg

Brisbane 2048

DISCUSSIONS – PROPOSALS – SCENARIOS

Brisbane 2048 / environmental refugees

3 potential ‘waves’ of environmental refugees:

1. internally displaced persons (gradual movement)

2. externally displaced persons (gradual movement)

3. mass influx (caused by peak global event)

environmental refugees / internally displaced persons

People Image – murray basin Built Env. Image – infill (informal density??)

environmental refugees / internally displaced persons

Built Env. Image??

environmental refugees / internally displaced persons

Built Env. Image??

environmental refugees / externally displaced persons

People Image – pacific islands? Built Env. Image – infill (i.e. squatter)

environmental refugees / externally displaced persons

People Image – pacific islands? Built Env. Image – infill (i.e. squatter)

environmental refugees / externally displaced persons

People Image – pacific islands? Built Env. Image – infill (i.e. squatter)

environmental refugees / mass influx

People Image – pacific islands? Built Env. Image – infill (i.e. squatter)

environmental refugees / mass influx

People Image – pacific islands? Built Env. Image – infill (i.e. squatter)

environmental refugees / mass influx

People Image – pacific islands? Built Env. Image – infill (i.e. squatter)

Brisbane 2048 / environmental refugees

creating a profile of future environmental refugees

climatic adaption

knowledge/skills

economic

physical state

social integration

retrofitting

retrofitting thermal mass

retrofitting traffic congestion

retrofitting

empty shops

retrofitting overhead power lines

retrofitting buildings in bad repair

retrofitting family home

retrofitting / internal core

retrofitting / internal core

what is available

retrofitting / internal core

what is available

retrofitting / internal core

for existing building

retrofitting / internal core

for new buildings

Brisbane 2048 / external insulation

retrofitting external insulation…

onto existing buildings…

to reduce heat load on building envelope…

and reduce energy consumed through cooling…

Brisbane 2048 / external insulation

retrofitting external insulation:

shading

- ‘green screens’

- façade structures

thermal insulation

- aerated concrete

external insulation / green screens

Images – ken yeang or etc

external insulation / green screens

Images – ken yeang or etc

external insulation / green screens

Images – ken yeang or etc

external insulation / façade structures

Image – existing building ‘before’ Image – existing building ‘after’ (photoshop)

external insulation / façade structures

Image – existing building ‘before’ Image – existing building ‘after’ (photoshop)

external insulation / aerated concrete

Image – existing building ‘before’ Image – existing building ‘after’ (photoshop)

external insulation / aerated concrete

Image – existing building ‘before’ Image – existing building ‘after’ (photoshop)

external insulation / aerated concrete

Image – existing building ‘before’ Image – existing building ‘after’ (photoshop)

retrofitting / infill development

urban infill suburban infill infill housing

infill development / urban

infill development / urban

infill development / suburban

infill development / suburban

infill development / infill housing

cultivating, processing and distributing food in or around a city Bailkey, M. and J. Nasr. 2000. From Brownfields to Greenfields: Producing Food in North American Cities. Community Food Security News. Fall 1999/Winter 2000:6

retrofitting / urban farming

50% of the world’s population lives in cities; by 2015 26 cities exceed 10 Million People

average produce item travels 1500 miles

4 liters of fuel / 100 lbs when shipped by truck

Braddock, Pennsylvania, USA http://flickr.com/photos/warmestregards/2413243209/

Cheong-ju, South Korea http://www.flickr.com/photos/daxmelmer/184771143/

Antwerp, Belgium http://www.flickr.com/photos/duvel1000/2868641876/

urban farming / what it is

Cabrini Green, Chicago http://www.flickr.com/photos/paytonc/259829347/sizes/l/

Vancover, Canada http://www.flickr.com/photos/sillydog/63252751/sizes/l/

retrofitting / urban farming

disconnected pockets of urban farming

urban farming / utilizing roof space

urban farming / utilizing roof space

retrofitting / urban farming

agricultural land is used for residential & commercial developments

retrofitting / urban farming meet current & future food demands

proactively harvest rainwater

reduce heat islands

metabolize food waste

“After five millennia of planning cities for people, in the 20th century we planned cities for cars. Yet no one goes to France and says - what great highways Paris has”.

Enrique Pe alosa

retrofitting / transport system

reclassify streets for a more efficient traffic flow scenario which caters to alternative forms of transport

adjust power balance of existing forms of transport

explore and encourage alternative forms of transport

build responsive infrastructure

build amenities along bicycle and pedestrian paths

adopt a new culture

retrofitting / transport system

reclassify

Home Street, Fairfield Kent Street, Perth http://www.bv.com.au

transport system / reclassify

Annerley Road, South Brisbane

Bike actuated signals, Toronto

http://www.toronto.ca/cycling/bikeplan/pdf/chapter04.pdf

Bicycle Push-Button – Vancouver http://www.toronto.ca/cycling/bikeplan/pdf/chapter04.pdf

transport / human-powered

transport / power of the pedal

Strida foldable bicycle

http://stridaaustralia.com Trisled recumbent http://www.trisled.com.au

transport / lightweight vehicles

transport / pedestrian-power

transport / car sharing

retrofitting / from road to water transport

retrofitting / coastal tramping Brisbane Gold Coast

http://flickr.com/photos/faraway/173111943/

retrofitting / river transport

retrofitting / river transport

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retrofitting / river transport

retrofitting / LAREN

retrofitting / LAREN

retrofitting / LAREN

retrofitting / LAREN

retrofitting / LAREN

retrofitting / LAREN

actions / communication

communication

http://flickr.com/photos/bmoyle/2402526793/

communication / science-design shops

communication / science shops

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communication / visual campaign presenting how to see the city in another way

visual campaign / micro-metabolic city

http://flickr.com/photos/offchurch-tam/2066559553/sizes/o/

Contemporary Art Center, NY, NY, USA http://flickr.com/photos/lingualx/2685750767/

Brisbane Park(ing) Day http://flickr.com/photos/30258821@N05/

visual campaign / community map

City of Memory http://www.cityofmemory.org/map/index.php

visual campaign / re-imaging cityscape

Nuage Vert, Helsinki http://www.pixelache.ac/nuage-blog/

communication / visual campaign

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inkahoots http://flickr.com/photos/lightsight/2662870162/sizes/o/

inkahoots http://flickr.com/photos/lightsight/2662870162/sizes/o/

design futures / dialectic of sustainment

the coming moment of sustainment