Urban Activation and Animation
Following Up LC2010 - More
13/04/11 13:23
Following on from the last BLOG entry, here are a few pics of the new tenancies inserted into the building beside the lane/driveway located next to the hotel. There is a new restaurant, 3 Monkeys Pizza, and a new coffee shop, Grinders. Both have been open for a few weeks and seem to be doing well.
Sophie and Megan, landscape architects from the VERGE office had a quick look at this area and came up with a rough concept that acknowledged the need to retain vehicular movement (although in a one-way system), improve pedestrian safety and improve pedestrian amenity - not to mention, make the whole place look a bit better!
They incorporated some of the LC2010 Green Team’s ideas and used the phenomenon of “pop-up retail” to assist in activating this new precinct and get the ball rolling for new shops and shoppers to inhabit this area. Download here.
The term “pop-up shops” was originally coined by Trendwatching.com (http://trendwatching.com/trends/POPUP_RETAIL.htm) and was applied to mainstream or emerging retail businesses that took over commercial or other spaces for temporary retail ‘events’.
The concept presented here borrows this term, but applies it to small, diverse, creative and interesting retail enterprises to occupy space and introduce new retail concepts. There have been a few examples of this recently in Brisbane - at Southbank and ‘The Fleet Store’ in the Wintergarden which was run by QUT fashion students - but the concept has been used throughout the US and UK over a number of years.
We are still working on the best way to incorporate COMMENTS into our blog, but in the meantime, if you have an idea or would like to input, please email us at the contact link at the bottom of this page.
Sophie and Megan, landscape architects from the VERGE office had a quick look at this area and came up with a rough concept that acknowledged the need to retain vehicular movement (although in a one-way system), improve pedestrian safety and improve pedestrian amenity - not to mention, make the whole place look a bit better!
They incorporated some of the LC2010 Green Team’s ideas and used the phenomenon of “pop-up retail” to assist in activating this new precinct and get the ball rolling for new shops and shoppers to inhabit this area. Download here.
The term “pop-up shops” was originally coined by Trendwatching.com (http://trendwatching.com/trends/POPUP_RETAIL.htm) and was applied to mainstream or emerging retail businesses that took over commercial or other spaces for temporary retail ‘events’.
The concept presented here borrows this term, but applies it to small, diverse, creative and interesting retail enterprises to occupy space and introduce new retail concepts. There have been a few examples of this recently in Brisbane - at Southbank and ‘The Fleet Store’ in the Wintergarden which was run by QUT fashion students - but the concept has been used throughout the US and UK over a number of years.
We are still working on the best way to incorporate COMMENTS into our blog, but in the meantime, if you have an idea or would like to input, please email us at the contact link at the bottom of this page.