Walkshop: Part 1 - Botanic Gardens

First Stop at the octagonal information booth located at the meeting point of paths from the Albert street entrance to the park and the walkway between A Block and B Block.

This drawing shows the right angles used in the formation of the paths in the botanic gardens. Whilst standing at the octagional booth one is able to view directly up the path to QUT, directly along Albert street into the city, or down to the bottom of the botanic gardens which is not shown in this drawing.

Thoughts from this space:

This image above corresponds with the drawing below, looking along the path into Albert street.

This drawing shows the channeling of views using lights, poles, trees, paths and other features within to direct views along albert street. However, The trees along the border and within the botanicv gardens give me the impression that they are trying to keep people within the away from the urban world. In this case the views along albert streetcould be intended to allow views into the site rather than out. Obviously if the trees are trying to block the views out, they are not succeeding because the height of the buildings is growing taller andf faster than the growth of the trees, allowing them to peer over the top.

It is all about channelling views. The trees block and allow views thoughout the park and beyond into the city, QUT or surrounding river environment. This blocking of views seems like it is trying to hide the city and surrounding environment from people within the park, and acts as an escape from the city.

This drawing, whilst showing the right angles within the park, shows a general positioning of trees along paths and within the gardens. While it does not show all of the trees or correct scale, it gives an indication to the laout of the park and the channelling and blocking of views

The growth of trees cannot keep up with the growth of the city. It cannot continue to hide it with the construction of such tall buildings. The trees only allow a small window to see through along the edge of the park. Its like the park is trying to allow the view into the park to attract people and draw them into it, but trying not to let a view out of the park, to hide the city from view and allow people to escape from the city and be with nature, a luxury becoming more scarce in this modern day.

This drawing shows the right angles within the city and the limit and edge of the botanic gardens. The fence is a physical limit blocking access most of the way along (except for the gate) and the edge means the border of the two areas. The gardens acts as one area and the limit is the line of trees continuing along the street while the limit of the city is Alice street, also continuing along the length of the gradens.