At this point the project is well underway. After meeting our correspondents at Science World on February 1st to gain a better understanding of the scope of the project, much progress has been made. Last Thursday, a team meeting was held to discuss the best possible course of action to deal with the traffic problems Science World has faced after renovations. After realizing how large of an area we were dealing with, we decided to divide our team into two smaller groups of three.
Herman, Jordan, and Janlie were assigned with coming up with solutions to the issues involving the north side of Science World. Major issues in this area included proper signage for bike paths and the Sea Wall as well as blocking unwanted vehicle traffic from travelling down the Sea Wall.
Baitao, Brian, and Daniel will be dealing with the South Side and loading bay. Tasks here include coming up with an efficient way to get large trucks from the parking lot to the loading bay without jeopardizing the safety of cyclists and pedestrians on the bike path.
Both groups will come up with individual solutions for the parking lot and share these ideas after the reading break. The best way to utilize the drop off zone seems to be an area of concern for Science World and the City of Vancouver. In addition, prevalent exterior signage is needed along Quebec Street to ensure truck drivers know which entrance they are suppose to use.
Here is a map of the major areas of interest around Science World.
At this point there are four major milestones left in this project.
1- The 2 smaller groups collaborate and come up with solutions to the problems in their respective areas as well as a solution to the parking lot.
2- The two groups join together, presenting the ideas, and deciding which way is best to handle the parking lot issues
3- We draft a report of our findings and solutions to the client (Science World)
4- Create a poster of our completed CBEL project and present it on March 25th in the Design Studio
We will post our progress again in two weeks after reading break.
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