05 may presentations

just so that there is no confusion re: the presentations next week. all the groups will present their themes as you have done before except that this time it should be concise. no waffle, let the slides speak for themselves and remember that presentations are 5 minutes per theme. the a3's should be presented as sheets of data, landscape orientation with names, legends, theme etc. pinned up on the green wall. these will be compiled and bound as a single booklet.

the next phase are individual collations which are not required for the presentations next week, but will take us to the end of the semester. this individual work constitutes the research report.

DESIGN GUIDANCE

The final component of the process will be an individual synthesis of the themes uncovered during the semester leading to an appraisal of the site with focus on the specific themes and formulating a design guidance employing the following headings:
• Vision Statement – general + theme specific
• Background – Site and context appraisal – general + theme specific
• Policy Review
• Planning and Design Principles – including:
(a) Indicative design concepts, proposals and
(b) Details of the proposed development process
• Phasing

for next week – 05 may 2009

The different groups will present all the collated material relating to their themes to a selected panel in this fashion:
1 powerpoint per theme 5 minutes maximum of an oral presentation
+ a minimum of five A3 sheets per theme and a maximum ten A3 sheets to be pinned up in the lecture room

Group 1: Geoffrey, Mawabo, Putsiso, Eulenda, Yasmin + Gontse
08:00 – 08:05 White City
08:05 – 08:10 Soccer Booster
08:10 – 08:15 Street Life
Group 2: Abdul, Ofentse, Eugene, Mitchel + Mduduzi
08:30 – 08:35 Rooms
08:35 – 08:40 Migrant Neighbours
08:40 – 08:45 Edge Conditions
Group 3: Jarred, Kabelo, Londeka, Lerato, Siphiwe + Richard
09:00 – 09:05 Ponte Tower
09:05 – 09:10 Public Transport
09:10 – 09:15 24h/7 days/ week

Question is why does the JDA not intervene in Ponte’s upgrade?

The JDA is a city agency, their focus is upgrading the public environment. The thinking is often that if investors, developers and communities see investment and care going into the city the JDA will respond and add to that investment. They call it a ripple pond effect. But they have difficulty with a private property. They are not entitled to invest public money and resources into a private development. This is a huge one and the understanding is that there is private investment going in Ponte, so the JDA would support it in certain ways, as they are doing in a lot of work within the vicinity but they wouldn’t directly upgrade Ponte. The other thing to consider is that the city owns a vast amount of properties and it has a responsibility to maintain those – which is their primary mandate. There are 66 000 stands, not individual properties but stands, under city ownership which is a huge maintenance burden. Thus their focus are those stands and properties.

this is a fantastic base map by abdul

i would include ponte + the gateways,
otherwise its a great base

mon 06 april 09 -- VENUE

from now onwards, unless stated otherwise, we shall meet in the seminar room on level 1 @8 o'clock sharp.