This image shows the straight composure of the city and the right angles of the streets. It shows Albert street leading into King George Square and the rough layout of King George Square. King George Square seems to be the first part in that direction of the city that alters from the straight perpindicular lines and contains features that move at odd angles. moving out the the city further the streets begin to also move at odd angles.
This image shows the walk heading from Albert Street into King George Square. As can be seen from the photo the square allows views directly into the site and even through to the other side. Whilst it is not visible in this photo, town hall takes prominance within the site, a possibility to the reason why there are no features close to or surrounding it. The building in the distance to the right gives an indication of the loss of uniform and straight lines a one gets further out of the city.
This drawing shows the views along albert street into King George Square, the rough layout of King George square and the odd angled streets moving further out of the city. Whilst the drawing is not to scale it gives a rough indication to how the site works.
As discussed in the botanic gardens blog this site also acts like an 'edge' of the city', whereby the axis stops. I believe the open space in the area is so bare so as to give the town hall as much of the spot light as possible. As there is no physical object blocking the alternative spaces there is no 'limit' to the spaces. This allows free flow into and out of the sites and allows high pedestrian flow and interaction with the sites.
This photos shows a view from the opposite side of King George Square (West side) into the city. The view down albert street is not, in this photo, visible but one is able to see the gap between the buildings where the street runs. Though it is not visible in this photo, due to the building heights, the city takes on a very uniform and straight positiong of buildings.
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