Street Scan - Homogeneity or Difference
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This project was embarked on as a postgraduate student by visiting over 40 different streets in “dangerous” and “safe” locations such as Kliptown, Melville, and Sandton.
This project was embarked on as a postgraduate student by visiting over 40 different streets in “dangerous” and “safe” locations such as Kliptown, Melville, and Sandton.
The locations were chosen because of its historical connotations, use in the 1900s and its ability to evolve and adapt to forms of social transformations in Johannesburg. The intention was to understand what makes a street dangerous or safe – such as sidewalks, lights, materiality, technical compositions (height, width, length), furniture (seats, bollards), colour and activities present there.
The locations were chosen because of its historical connotations, use in the 1900s and its ability to evolve and adapt to forms of social transformations in Johannesburg. The intention was to understand what makes a street dangerous or safe – such as sidewalks, lights, materiality, technical compositions (height, width, length), furniture (seats, bollards), colour and activities present there.
This study led me to look at surveillance systems. It was interesting to see how small tools – like CCTV cameras – are dropped in public spaces and potentially start to change the space.
This study led me to look at surveillance systems. It was interesting to see how small tools – like CCTV cameras – are dropped in public spaces and potentially start to change the space.
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