Social Affluence/Architectural Interest/Urban Grain - Elevation 2

Social Affluence/Architectural Interest/Urban Grain - Elevation 1

A brief tangent to the 'knowledge economy'

Just a few words about the ‘knowledge economy’ and its value, so we can draw a line under or even come back to it.

The man to credit this to is Peter Drucker, a business philosopher who defined 2 types of worker in his book, ‘The Effective Executive’. One would work with his hands, the other with his head, and it was these thinkers who were the changing face of commerce now. The manner of its conception can bring about parallels in Marxist/Hegelian philosophy.

The problem being that while ‘thinkers’ are the new business, these terms are too simplistic. Labourers now use thought as an important tool.

If this mode of thought has academic merit, it is in two interpretations. An ‘economy of knowledge’ the production and management of knowledge in economic constraints. The ‘knowledge based economy’ the use of knowledge technologies to produce economic benefits.

The concept has some spacial thoughts, the first, (and incorrect as it proved) was a utopian suburb idea, in which knowledge workers could work form their home/office via the internet. The actual ‘true’ effect was of the need to be surrounded by other knowledge workers, for the direct interaction and exchange of ideas. This has led to the reasoning that a knowledge economy is the very thing that defines an urban area.

Elevation of Affluence levels

Social Hierarchy Graphs

Other internet Sites

http://www.trinityleeds.com/ - New trinity shopping centre website

http://www.broadgateleeds.co.uk/ - New Broadgate shooping centre website

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=25896344 - Forum on Retail in leeds

Useful Website for inspiration

http://www.skyscrapercity.com

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=408009 - Future Developments in Hull

define brigate pres

This is a quick power point pres to accompany our definition of briggate A0 board

The effect of the credit crunch

This is a sort of mind map or web, as to how Briggate (in the worst case scenario) will change. This is heading into the re-definition territory, but in my opinion ive possibly missed some factors.

Social Hierarchy / North and South Divide

Useful Quotes

Quotes from:
Richard Rogers, Cities for a small planet

'The city has been viewed as an area for consumerism. The pursuit of this narrow objective has sapped the city of its vitality. The complexity of 'community' has been untangled and public life has been dissected into indivdual components'.

'The emphasis is now on selfishness and separation rather than contact and community'

'The existing streets of the city are drained of commercial life and become little more than a no-man's-land for scurrying pedestrians'

'Presence of people need to be replaced by 'security' and the city itself becomes less hospitable and more alienating'

'Soon our public spaces are percieved as downright dangerous and fear enters the scene'

'The street market becomes less attractive than a secured shopping mall'

'In the twenty first century city the economys reliance on small scale employment and creative exchange will generate far more diversity and personal needs'.

Shadow analysis within Briggate

Movement within Briggate

Building Uses within Briggate

define briggate

a0 definition, originally uploaded by john.nall.

this is the groups opening attemp to defien briggate

Briggate represents a social hierarchy of Leeds with a diverse collection of shops catering for wide range of society. The centre and spine of the retail quarter of Leeds. A necessary node which intakes and redistributes consumers around all surrounding circulatory streets. The credit crunch and the larger recession that we are currently entering are putting a squeeze on peoples finances. How will the results of a reduction in consumer spending affect Briggate. Can Briggate be seen as a character for wider society and how it will feel the pinch in the recession. The affluent north and the more value orientated south.

Briggate in the credit crunch

credit, originally uploaded by john.nall.

just testing out uploading from flickr acount straight to the blog, lets see how it turns out

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briggate in the crunch

pgdip year 2

define briggate