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Informal Use of the Built Environment around the Markets Area, Dublin 7
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Informal Use of the Built Environment around the Markets Area, Dublin 7
The following is a documentation of a series of walks which were taken around the markets area on 18th and 26th of January 2011. Along the way unprogrammed behaviours and traces of unprogrammed behaviours were documented as a way of investigating the social norms of the people in the area and how the the built environment is actually used as opposed to how we imagine it is used.
Dérive 1 - 18.01.’11 - 06.45 - 08.45
No. 1
Streets used for loading and unloading
No. 2
Streets used for forklift fun
No. 3
Bringhtly lit deep spaces of warehouses as theatres on the street edge
No. 4Warehouses lights as street lights
No. 5
Streets used for loading and unloading.
No. 6
Streets used for storage. Pallets filled with boxes of cabbage and brocccoli lined the streets
No. 7
Shopkeepers as street police
No. 8
Empty lorries as empty stages
No. 9
Oversized lorries squeeze down tiny streets
No. 10
‘The Coffee Shop’ used as a meeting space
No. 11
‘The Coffee Shop’ used as a space to be alone
No. 12
The outside of bedrooms is used as a park-ing space for HGVs.
No. 13
Shoes on the wires used as signage
No. 14
Street used as a bin
No. 15
Empty stalls as theatrical space
Dérive 2 - 18.01.’11 - 11.00 - 13.00
No. 1
The dome at the four courts used as schmoozing space
No. 2
The markets as a day out
No. 3
Clothes lines as parking space delinators
No. 4
Street as footpath
Dérive 3 - 26.01.’11 - 12.00 - 13.00
No. 1
Railing as place for broken bicycle locks
No. 2
Roof as a garden
No. 3
Domestic wondow for selling goods
No. 4
Street as rubbish bin
No. 5
Footpath as a garden extenstion
No. 6
Footpath as rubbish bin
No. 7
Street as storage
No. 8
Broken window as coat rack
No. 9
Markets as meeting place for friends
No. 10
Crash barrier as bicycle rack
No. 11
Footpath as place to display goods
No. 12
Fire Assembly point as a perfect spot for grafitti
Dérive 4 - 26.01.’11 - 12.00 - 13.00
No. 1
Railing as seat and swing
No. 2
Traffic Island as place for storage
No. 3
The street as a shop
No. 4
Hoarding as advertising space
No. 5
Luas journey as a site seeing adventure
No. 6
Luas tracks as cycle lanes
No. 8
Pedestrian island as space to chat to passers-by
No. 9
Domestic window used for personal expression
No. 10
House as a celebration of holidays
No. 11
Public street reserved for personal use
No. 12
Front railings of house as an airing cupboard
No. 13
Derelict site as a rubbish bin
No. 14
Footpath for kicking football
No. 15
Swing set for pull ups
No. 16
Footpath for having arguments
No. 17
Footpath - a space for contemplating and drinking a beer
No. 18
Window cill - a space for drinking a beer and listening to music
No. 19
Windows for display
No. 20
Laneway for storage
No. 21
Doorway for smoking
No. 22
Street for storage
