Virtual Meeting Room

Now looking at how I am going to design these meeting spaces, I am still unsure about the layout of each meeting space. Each meeting space must be able to be seen from the people outside the actual meeting. As well as, what king of technology is going to be used?

Will it be a higher level of virtual experience? Hologram image? Cameras from each angle? Many question to solve that will shape these meeting rooms and how people will interact within them and beyond them, for those that are watching these meetings.

Zone of Transport Elements

Some research was able to provide me with the approximate size required by a semi trailer to allow a complete u-turn. A number of sources displayed a radium requirement of between 18 - 21 metres.

Incorporation of a Bus Stop

When I Began looking at placing a bus stop at the site, I was worried about how accessible it would be for buses to get to Queen Victoria Tce. So I immediately began looking at placing a station on State Circle, on the same level as the road. After having a look at the accessibility for buses and cars to Queen Victoria Tce, I realised that its not too bad, its not a direct route, but its not a route which involves back streets or driving through a residential area. I also began to think of the amount of fumes that would be collecting if that opening over the State Circle is closed and a bus station was imbedded under the existing turfed area. I also realised that this is a large 4 lane round about around New Parliament house, meaning a high level of traffic, high levels of noise, dangerous conditions to be placing a bus stop and drop off zone at. The Site location being studied is shown below.

By keeping the design location where it is, and using Queen Victoria Tce as the bus stop and drop off zone, there is a lower level of complexity involved with providing a bus stop. This also means that the pods can be dropped off , by trucks to each side of Federation Mall (with some extra road provided.)

Further Reseach

Further questions were brought up during the tutorial on Friday, these Included:

• How do people get to Parliament?
• What kind of Parking facilities are available to visitors?
• Where are the parking facilities if there are some?
• Are there bike facilities?

Parking

A large underground car park beneath the Forecourt of the building—time limit three hours—is available for the use of visitors.

There are also extensive surface car park areas for visitors located between Parliament House and the rear of Old Parliament House .

Parking spaces for bicycles are also available in these areas.

Parking is free of charge.

Other methods of transport to Parliament House

There are other ways of getting to Parliament house, which includes buses which are part of the public transport network, and of course Taxi's.

Viewing Parliament House Proceedings

Visitors to Parliament House may view the proceedings of both the House of Representatives and the Senate from the Public Galleries in the Chambers whenever the Houses are in session. At other times when Parliament House is open visitors may visit the Public Galleries.

There are 388 seats available for the public to view proceedings in the House of Representatives Public Galleries. It is possible to book tickets for Question Time in the House of Representatives which is generally held at 2.00pm each sitting day. Tickets can be obtained for individuals and groups. There is no charge for this service and tickets can be booked in advance at any time by telephoning the Serjeant-at-Arm's Office on 6277 4889. Bookings close at 12:30 pm on the day of attendance. Tickets can then be collected between 1.15pm and 1.45pm from the Cloak Room on the first floor near the House of Representatives Chamber. Visitors who do not book tickets are generally able to view Question Time by arriving prior to 2.00pm. There may be a delay because of security screening before entering the galleries.

It is not necessary to book to view Question Time in the Senate.

My First Sketch Design

I thought I would post these quick little renders I did to show the process this building will take to get to the final design. This was my first quick sketch design of my building, As mentioned in week 13 feedback, there are many thing that will be changing dramatically.

3d Imagery on a 2d Image

Just a quick look at what can be done on a 2D screen. Its something that can be looked at for the pods, if required. Same technology could be used for a video stream from one virtual pod to the other.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6Nj-yi5IMI

Week 13 Feed Back

After talking Yasu, it has become obvious to myself now that I have designed a major element of this building for reasons of symbolic nature. The two walls which hold the building together were an initial thought to symbolise the current parliament house, and mimic that design. Refer to images posted on blog directly after this blog. I am going to completely revisit the existing design, and provide functional reasoning to why design decisions have been made. For example, I am now going to look at how this site can provide a public transport hub for people wishing to visit the Parliamentary area, which can include Old Parliament, New Parliament, and the Virtual parliament.

Incorporating Robs pods into the building, we can provide an example of how this pods will be delivered into the hot spots around Australia.

How do people get there? Do they drive, take public transport, walk…

This building will as much become a transport hub for the entire parliamentary area. Local transport hub for this area, they can start their journey here.

Provide streamline access to the building, and streamline direction to the function of the building.

This building will be acting as an educational facility to the general public, this is a new system which must be learned by the public, they must be able to see what occurs when a a pod is activated and used by members. There can be public meetings, private meetings, which provide different levels of privacy, and function. those which are private, can show people who is in there, however they can not hear what is being said. The public ones, they can see, hear and even talk in if possible.

Upstairs will provide conventional office space.

• Ground floor will provide completely unconventional style meeting rooms, will display the pods working...
• Education of the new system, provide information about meetings occurring, outcomes of meetings, maybe on large screens, request of information (public information only).
• This public area will allow public to walk with big name politicians, mix the public with those who they will be working with.
• Provide an area of semi leisure, for eating etc. For those that are working there as well.
• Provide an access hub to the area, must be functional to public transport.

This buildings shape will be dominated by the requirement to provide seamless access to the building, which will then provide seamless direction to the function of both this building as well as the function of the initial idea.