Although it would be a nice idea to replace all the buildings and project 3D images onto the exteriors, it is not very practical, and would be very much a long term game plan. Another idea which could be used in the present to achieve the main goal of rejuvenating the areas life and soul would be by turning the everyday things we don’t notice, but hate, on the street into educational and joyful objects. If I look at the basic aerial map on Union Street and roughly block out the street furniture we all dislike but need, you can see how much space these items (street lamps, bins, pavement, bus stops etc) take up physically and in our subconscious.
To that end, if we were to take these necessary and transform them into objects of joy, this would in turn improve the area, and its aura.
A historical time line could be literally embedded into he pavement, and even the material of the street could change along the line, from cobbles to modern slabs, to help represent this history. Also a thing like the ‘Chalk bot’ could go up the street every morning and print peoples messages on the pavement, or 3D art could be used to represent/change peoples moods.
Street lamps could change the colour and intensity of lighting, linked to improving people’s happiness. The inputs could be weather sensors, sensors in bins which have compartments for both trash and recyclables, when people recycle more the light changes to a warmer, friendlier colour. When it’s cold out the lights could become an intense red to compensate.
The bins themselves could give out a positive message or feedback when people use them to help encourage people to use them, and the bus shelters could display images which people would laugh and smile at.
To that end, if we were to take these necessary and transform them into objects of joy, this would in turn improve the area, and its aura.
A historical time line could be literally embedded into he pavement, and even the material of the street could change along the line, from cobbles to modern slabs, to help represent this history. Also a thing like the ‘Chalk bot’ could go up the street every morning and print peoples messages on the pavement, or 3D art could be used to represent/change peoples moods.
Street lamps could change the colour and intensity of lighting, linked to improving people’s happiness. The inputs could be weather sensors, sensors in bins which have compartments for both trash and recyclables, when people recycle more the light changes to a warmer, friendlier colour. When it’s cold out the lights could become an intense red to compensate.
The bins themselves could give out a positive message or feedback when people use them to help encourage people to use them, and the bus shelters could display images which people would laugh and smile at.
All these little ideas could and would add up to improve peoples moods, and bring back a history to the area.
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