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For Power the Path’s future development, I will separate into two parts. The first part is the development at Northshore. If Power the Path can install at Northshore, I think the best future development is to add more Pavegen panel on it slowly, so it can generate more power then before. Furthermore, because it is generating power for Eat Street, I think maybe it can give people free entry of Eat Street when they walk on Power the Path, so people will have more motivation to walk on it.

The other development is to put it in the middle of Brisbane City - Queen Street Mall. It is the place where people keep coming and going in streams. If we put Power the Path along the street, I believe the power it generates can provide all the store’s electricity non-stop. Moreover, because people help generate power for those stores, they should get rewarded. Pavegen has an app that can track how much power they generated, we can use this data to reward people who generate a certain amount of energy. The reward can be a discount in-store, or free food/drinks.

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Self Reflection

Since our group does not really have a role given to each of us, our work is collaborating equally according to our skills. I am better at the software side so I can use Unity to create the prototype, I also in charge of the power source section in the report. For the presentation, because I cannot speak English fluently, I decided to just click the powerpoint. I think this is the best option to let the presentation go smoothly and avoid the chance that the audience can’t understand what I am talking about.

After all of this work done and group work, I developed some technical skills such as learned how to use SketchUp, enhance Unity skill. Also, I learned how electricity works and how to calculate the cost. But most importantly, the opportunity to work with interdisciplinary students are such a special experience, in order to maximize our strength to complete the project we need to carefully distribute the work, therefore, everyone can use their skills to make the project perfect.

However, I have found some problems with myself. I knew I am so shy, I didn't talk too much in the group meeting, even I have some idea, I would rather stay silent than speaking it out. It is not good for my future, I need to overcome this obstacle to have better teamwork, otherwise, I will miss a lot of opportunities to talk about my thought of an idea.

Since the last meeting, I tried to figure out how to use Unity to make stuff. I found out there are some open-source assets are created by other developers such as the character I control. It saves my time to create a new one, in fact, I don’t know how to make a 3D character as well. After I have finished the first version of the prototype, I sent it to my groupmates and asked them to evaluate it. Then they pointed out that I still miss something that I forgot about such as the Pavegen panel, shipping container, and railings. This reminds me that it is important to let others evaluate your work after you finished so you can know what you have forgotten, not doing well, etc.

What's next

In today’s meeting, our tutor Caroline told us a lot of useful information like what should we put in the presentation, how can we make it better, what things our client wants to know about and how can we visually present our idea. One suggestion is to use Unity to create the Path visually, to simulate what can we actually see on the path. I have learned how to use Unity before, however, I am not really familiar with it. I hope I can make something looks professional and can present it to the client.

One of my role in the group is to research how the power source will work in this project. To know how much power needs to be generated to power Eat Street, I need to do some research on how to calculate volt and Walt. Also, I need to find out which type of battery is the best to store electric generated by Pavegen.

In today’s tut, I saw different classmate’s concepts, most of them are quite interesting. The one I really like is the open plan cinema, I can imagine what is it feel when people sit at outdoor and watch a movie together. I also formed a group with Abby, Fletcher, and Kelera with a concept called “Green Road”. Green Road is a street plan with lots of panels which name Pavegen. Pavegen is a panel that can generate energy when people step on it. I hope we can make introduce this concept to the client at the end of the semester.

Family Fisher Fishing in Fish Farm (FFFFF)

The concept is to build a fish farm beside the riverside. The fish farm contains freshwater native fish which is farmed fish. These fish are farmed and not wild so fishing it would not affect the river’s ecology. Nevertheless, fishing is suitable for family and friend to do together.

I believe this concept has fulfilled most of the client brief requirement. It reflects and aligns with Northshore vision such as enriched life and embedded wellbeing. Fishing is an activity that can enrich people life experience, people can fishing and enjoy the view of the brisbane river at the same time. Never the less, it is a commercial possibility to attract companies to enter Northshore and open a fishing-related business, it is a supportive ecosystem to encourage business. Last but not least, fishing can train your personal attributes such as patient, mental health, etc(Romano, 2019). My key measurement of success is to attract people to come to Northshore and enjoy their fishing time after they fished, and willing to come back next time.

Northshore was an important food source in the past(Northshore historic doc), fisher caught fish from the river and feed themselves or sold it to other people. This fish farm can actively engage in making meaning(Gray, 2019) at Northshore by encouraging people to fish like people used to be, create the placemaking of Northshore. Also, the fish farm can use the timber the site already have to build the farm, it can make the farm sustainable by recycling the timber. Lastly, if people feel hungry after their fishing, they can visit Eat Street and get delicious food, enjoy the community in Eat Street, it gives the fish farm diversity of activities.

To know what impact can be created by the fish farm, first, we must know who is the target audience. My target audience is family, people in a group want to do group activities and people who want to fish, most are people who want to spend the whole day fishing at Northshore. There are few impacts that can be expected, family can enhance their family relationship by fishing together, friends can do something they never did before so they can have the experience of what actually fishing is. The most important impact it can deliver to the audience is the historic fishing history that Northshore had.

As I mentioned about, to issue of sustainability and diversity, the fish farm can use of timber to build so it can reuse the timber and wouldn’t waste other materials to build it. Also, to issue diversity, people can go to Eat Street and enjoy the community there, get some foods after they fishing the whole day.

The ideal skills that I want to work for this concept are people who can calculate the cost of this fish farm and people who have a good writing skill. Also, as I am a very shy person, I hope there is a peer that can lead me to talk more.

For the skills I acquired, I know how to use illustrator, inDesign and premier, also 3D modelling application is included in my skill set. In addition, I am familiar with the technology kinds of stuff, I know the newest technology news and might can contribute to the project.

Source:

Gray, J. (2019). KKB285 Creative Enterprise Studio 2: Placemaking[Lecture recording]. Retrieved from: https://echo360.org.au/lesson/ea9c582f-c201-4d33-8ebd-3403af0b8672/classroom#sortDirection=desc

Northshore Historic doc. Retrieved from: https://blackboard.qut.edu.au/bbcswebdav/pid-8005893-dt-content-rid-26060932_1/courses/KKB285_19se2/Northshore%20History%20doc%20-%20QUT.pdf

Prior Lake Association. (na). Prior Lake Association. Retrieved from: https://www.priorlakeassociation.org/event-calendar/2018/8/5/family-fishing-tournament-time-tbd

Romano, A. (2019). Why Taking a Fishing Trip Is Good for Your Mental Health. Retrieved from: https://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/yoga-wellness/fishing-trips-good-for-mental-health

After I have the idea of building a fish farm, the first thing that popped in my head is “is there any fish in the river since I never saw one”. To solve my concern, I open the most powerful tool - google to google the answer. Luckily the answer is yes, there is fish in the river. According to Fishingspots(na.), there is Bream and Flathead and even more in the river, so it is possible to fish something huge in this river.

Source:

Fishingspots. (na). Brisbane. Retrieved from: https://www.fishingspots.com.au/s/brisbane/

Rob. (2016). Bull sharks William Jolly 2. Retrieved from: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-21/bull-sharks-william-jolly-brisbane-river/7105514

I am thinking about the riverside again!! I found out build a fish farm might be a good activity to spend time as long as I love fishing a lot in the past. I searched on google and try to find out is it legal to fish at the river, here is what I found from Queensland Government website “ You do not require a license to fish recreationally in Queensland, except if fishing in some stocked impoundments. ” Which means it is ok to fish at the riverside.

Source:

https://www.qld.gov.au/recreation/activities/boating-fishing/rec-fishing/rules

I went to Northshore this Sunday instead of on tut because of the traffic jam on Tuesday. However, I found out the gate is locked so I cannot get in and get the best photo of the riverside and inside there. I walk around outside and found out the warehouse is HUGE!! I thought the warehouse is like bigger than normal but I never think it is like a giant warehouse. Maybe those warehouse is also a good spot to generate some concept. P.S Northshore is so windy, I need to care about this

To deliver the best of the Northshore, maybe I should consider more about the warehouse part instead of just stick to the riverside. I should first discover the uniqueness of Northshore so that I can build a connection between place and community, as well as actively making meaning to people that visit this place. This is what placemaking means to me.

Source: Gray, J. (2019). KKB285 Creative Enterprise Studio 2: Placemaking[Lecture recording]. Retrieved from: https://echo360.org.au/lesson/ea9c582f-c201-4d33-8ebd-3403af0b8672/classroom#sortDirection=desc

I found out water park might be a good idea to deliver the uniqueness of the riverside. The idea is to build the water park exactly in the river but not on the ground so people can play in the river.

Source: na. (na). Outdoor aqua playground water house structures, water park equipment oem. https://www.waterpark-equipment.com/sale-601440-outdoor-aqua-playground-water-house-structures-water-park-equipment-oem.html

For this week’s lecture, we have a guest from Northshore that give us a brief of what we should notice and care about. I marked down some of those that I think is the most important such as it needs to to be delivered in 1-5 years, 40,000-70,000 budget, sustainable and engaging to target audience. I hope I can create a concept that matches those requirements tightly.

I search Northshore image on Google and found out that the riverside is incredibly beautiful. I am thinking to build something at the river to deliver the beauty of the river to people.

Source: excitemedia. (2015). Northshore hamilton – ferry_07. Retrieved from https://www.dww.com.au/citycat-ferry-terminals-westend-hamilton/northshore-hamilton-ferry_07/

As the picture showed above, if I want to go to Northshore from the south side of Brisbane, it would take me more than 1 hour to get there. The challenge here is how to attract people that are far from Northshore, my idea is to build something that south side doesn't have or something that really can attract them from the south, since people would not waste 2hour driven from home to someplace that is not interesting.

Northshore is a place that locates next to Eat Street, which is an underdeveloped industrial site. One of my objective this year is to try to find out how to increase Northshore brand awareness and attract people to come. According to Osbina(2018), the first step of system thinking is to find out reality users and understand which stakeholder is affected, therefore I might need to research which stakeholders are affected the most and define what there need.

Source: Google Map Captured screen

Ospina, D. (2018). Beyond design thinking: the systemic design thinking framework. Retrieved from: https://medium.com/@conductal/beyond-design-thinking-the-systemic-design-thinking-framework-8d4952271222

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