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Would you answer this question? Yes or No? Another one of the five projects created by the students of the Universities of Melbourne and Pretoria during their travelling studio received positive responses from the audience during their presentation. The challenge posed by the students was how to give a voice to people's dreams and ambitions while also regenerating public space in the inner city of Pretoria. This project centered around a design for a number of interactive art installations that could be connected to an existing frame in a prominent, but currently underutilized public space; Lilian Ngoyi Square in the inner city. The art installations would be linked to reflect the theme in question, in other words a question series centered around water, might be built up using water sprayers while one dealing with communication might involved live performances. The information gathered by the installation would be useful in two ways; 1. it creates a vibrant public space for the inner city community to interact with each other in a playful environment (even thought topics may not be), and 2. it creates an opportunity for city officials, researchers, and community groups to get an understand for the needs, ambitions and aspirations of people in Pretoria.
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Of the five schemes designed and presented by the students during the travelling studio, the City Council felt that Share the Glow would be the most feasible and easily adapted to their needs of the city, as well as their vision. This exciting project, looks at the Upstream and downstream development of informal trade systems to foster social, ecological and economic value, through the implementation of a social network, modular vendor unit, urban farm and administrative hub. "We are share the glow, our proposal aims to improve the street quality and retail opportunity of Paul Kruger Street by establishing a formal market system. This system would allow entry for micro entrepreneurs while providing opportunities for social integration and environmental regeneration.
Given the limited project time frame we needed to quickly identify key areas where small interventions would provide greatest impact and flow on effects to initiate positive social, ecological and economic change. Through the implementation of a social network, modular vendor unit, urban farm and administrative hub we see opportunities to bridge the gap between the existing informal and formal trade economy. The multifaceted system can be implemented through a stage-bystage roll out; whilst these stages can be interconnected they are not interdependent and can be initiated individually. This system aims to uplift the social and environmental development of Pretoria, South Africa." |
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