OPPORTUNITY & ACCESS
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One of the goals of the Festival was to encourage designers to create projects that addressed needs and priorities of San Francisco residents. The needs for each district were articulated in the design brief, a document developed in collaboration with the Community Cohort which summarized the top priorities for residents and businesses. Our evaluation of the prototypes revealed that many of the designs met this challenge by exploring concepts that were built around ideas of bringing public services, amenities and resources to the street.
Bringing new services to the street Many prototypes at their essence disrupted the mono-culture of the street by introducing new programs that provided services and amenities. Some examples: –– Understory - Ecological Habitat –– Data Lanterns - Illuminating Urban Systems –– Ping Pong - Play –– PPlanter - Public Facilities –– Tenderloin ExerTrail - Exercise –– Walk Market Street - Culturally Relevant Signage –– Neighborhood Preparedness Unit - Disaster Preparedness –– ProtoHouse - Housing
“ I WISH THERE WERE MORE EFFECTIVE WAY TO COMMUNICATE THE EVENTS WHEN PEOPLE JUST PASSED BY AND HAD NO IDEA OR NO INTENTION TO CHECK THE WEBSITE.”
-Hsuan Yang, Festival Volunteer
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Gehl – Makers on Market – Lessons from the Market Street Prototyping Festival