WK 04 Research and proposal : People and life style in Paddington area

We come up with an idea which Paddington Central could be a community hub besides a retail to respond the various culture and community needs such as artists and student who live in the share house and have a limited budget.

“Largely due to Paddington’s proximity to the Brisbane CBD, tertiary institutions as the UQ( in St Lucia ), Kelvin Grove campus of the QUT ( in Kelvin Grove ), the Red Hill TAFE , as well as housing suitable for “share-housing” and the general culture of the area (former working class and multicultural) many young people, especially students, live in the area.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddington,_Queensland 

This new multi- function and multi-culture area can make a beautiful experience of green space, coffee, music, art, dinning and shopping for the people. Furthermore, it could support the local artist (who converted their houses to the shops) and the local economy.

“Many houses along Latrobe Terrace were converted into small shops in the 1980s and accordingly Paddington has a vibrant shopping scene for speciality shops of all types including fashion (clothes, shoes, male and female), food (chocolate, cheese, alcohol and organic), home wares (bathroom supplies and hardware) and entertainment ( new and secondhand book stores, picture framing, video stores) and is largely devoid of the larger “chain” shop.”

          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddington,_Queensland

We were thinking with setting some green coffee pods, can preserve the coffee culture of Paddington which could be a strongly connected  to their community. However, we thought about some individually activities since we have seen lots of young people are not really interest on churches and mosques anymore, therefore having some areas to support them spiritually such as meditation, yoga, sculpturing would be emotionally supportive.

“Paddington being one of the first, if not the first, suburbs to be gentrified developed a coffee culture in the 1980s which is still significant and vibrant today.”

          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddington,_Queensland

“Gift Wall” was an idea to give a generous identity to the Paddington Central. This wall give an oppurtuinty to the students and artists to illustrate their new ideas for
free.