Civic Square, Wellington, New Zealand
FC-01x Future Cities (1st Run) - Exercise 1 : "Making the Invisible - Visible"
Uploaded on 2014-10-29 by Verda24
The square is direct connection with the business district and with waterfront. Invisible information 1: the square is conencted from all sides with the streets around, connects the part of the city "where we work" with part of the city "where we go after work", everyday walks through this place here many people. Invisible information 2: Although from Civic square is entrance to the library and also gallery, during the weekend (the time when the picture was taken) the square is empty, people just walk through there, and do not spend some time there, which is possibly coused by lack of activities provided on this square. The second invisible information can be used as a bad example as a public space. People are using it just as a pathway, but this square has much more opportunities to become alive public space, I think this square is very beautiful, but human-unfriendly. The lack of places for sitting or lack of greenery and no activities provided on the square makes from this beautiful place unused and wasted space in the middle of the city center. [1]: http://s13.postimg.org/pswcdwotz/P1090016.jpg