To effectively distribute this design across Australia I am proposing that each of the Capital cities host a Parliament stair. Upon looking at each of these cities and the planning it was relatively simple to pinpoint and suggest appropriate sites that met the following requirements:
- Located in the central activity hub of the city
- Located close to the parliament house of the city
- Located in an areas of public parkland/ green space with enough space to create sufficient circulation routes to from, and around the stair
The locations I am proposing for each of the cities are:
(The existing parliament house is shown as a dark square. The proposed parliament stair is shown as a green circle)
For this project, I will develop the Brisbane site further to work out the issues with access and circulation.The selected site in Brisbane is in the place of a current rose garden in the Brisbane Botanic Gardens. The main reasons I chose this site to house the Brisbane parliament stairs are:
- It is central in the CBD yet sheltered enough that traffic noise will not be an issue
- there is plenty of space to develop on this site.
- It is on the axis connecting public places in the city. This is significant as this design proposal is about creating a space FOR the people.
- There is excellent access to the site by all persons. It is accessed through one of the main entrances to the Botanical gardens, off Albert St. The circulation paths are wide and suitable for persons with a wheelchair also. There are no steep inclines to get to the site from the entrance. It is easily located and will be visible from Albert St.
- The existing rose garden is continually being replanted so it is proposed that this cycle of planting simply be relocated to another area in the gardens to retain the display of roses in the gardens.
These ebimap image shows the area along with the existing circulation routes clearly:
The photos show the condition of the site and the neighboring garden beds with flat grass:
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