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INTERVENTION How might a ‘drive-in’ cinema activate marketplace facades and underused streets at night?
Crowding of streets due to multiple activities; parking of motorcycles, serving of food, gathering to eat
Brief
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How might we provide a ‘drive in’ experience for motorcycle drivers to maximise the usage of street space at night time?
Timeframe Users Location Author
Wide streets lacking activity at night time
Olivia Irwin
Most people travel by motorcycle with parked vehicles using a high portion of street
In order to be successful, the form of the intervention is to be in modules that are collapsable so they can be easily packed away and stored
Phnom Penh
In wide streets; in front of shops that shut down at night time
The proposed intervention combines the functions of parking, eating, gathering and cinema to effectively utilise valuable street space. It utilises unused building walls, maintains road space, provides an opportunity for market sellers to sell/ serve food and provides a unique cinema experience. The intervention could be implemented in multiple locations with similar spatial features.
Temporary event occurring weekly Motocycle users; all demographics
The streets chosen are to be wide and must have inactive/ closed shops behind, so not to detract sales
Issue Response Considerations
Motorcycles as urban furniture... How is a stationary motorbike used in the street at night time?
Crowding of streets due to multiple activities; parking of motorcycles, serving of food, gathering to eat
Wide streets lacking activity at night time
Most people travel by motorcycle with parked vehicles using a high portion of street
Evidence
Quiet, inactivated space at night time...
How might we provide a ‘drive in’ experience for motorcycle drivers to maximise the usage of street space at night time?
The proposed intervention combines the functions of parking, eating, gathering and cinema to effectively utilise valuable street space. It utilises unused building walls, maintains road space, provides an opportunity for market sellers to sell/ serve food and provides a unique cinema experience. The intervention could be implemented in multiple locations with similar spatial features.
In order to be successful, the form of the intervention is to be in modules that are collapsable so they can be easily packed away and stored
The streets chosen are to be wide and must have inactive/ closed shops behind, so not to detract sales
Motorbikes are used for multiple functions other than transport; resting, sitting, leaning, eating, collecting food roll down screens with film on unused wall films shown will be from upcoming & emerging directors serving of food wide street sit, relax, eat, view
How does it work?
Motorcycles as urban furniture... How is a stationary motorbike used in the street at night time?
Motorbikes are used for multiple functions other than transport; resting, sitting, leaning, eating, collecting food
Quiet, inactivated space at night time... roll down screens with
How does it work?
How might an app allow those new to a city to better understand local street food culture?
‘STREET FOOD SCANNER’, YUXIN (CYNTHIA) WANG
