People and Lifestyles

This tutorial was dedicated to exploring the characters within our future vision. For this project it was determined that our characters are going to be the future citizens of Brisbane within our context. So the first issue to arise was just who was going to be using Brisbane in the next century? A mind map was produced to discuss this.

 

So we'd found out who our characters are going to be, but what will people be like in the future? It could be argued that they wouldn't be very different from how they are today, however, a few slight changes could easily be seen. Again a mind map was produced to discuss this further.

Another thing to discover was how people in the future will spend their days as this will determine the function of buildings within this space in the future. Again a mind map was produced and the results were fairly generic, as there is limited insight into how humans will begin to spend their time. These options were chosen because they have been how humans have spent their days for centuries.

However, while the activities partake in may not change, then their social attitudes certainly will, this can be seen from the 1950s to present day and are sure to be altered in another 50 years time too. This ideas were based on existing social patterns seen today, but taken one step further.

Beginning to delve into deeper and more intimate details, the group decided to create a typical family which would live within our future scenario. We then decided to write what hobbies each one had, what job they did, their personality and their connection to other family members.

The result was a futuristic family with new jobs, hobbies and social attitudes. This exercise helped to further understand the types of people to be expected in the future, what their needs were and they way in which their daily activities can change the built environment around them.

Such social issues as rationing and shift work came to the forefront of the vision which had not previously been there, as well as recreational activities which may take place.

On top of this the group came up with the idea that technology will help the social structure of the city in the future, with one pocket device similar to a smart phone which would act as a number of functions as listed below.