Tutorial 1 - Group Brainstorming

In our first tutorial, we discussed the 4 themes which given to us and try to relate all of the theme into the "what if" scenario.

1. The first theme that we discussed was virtual, with the scenario "What if Queensland Government’s key strategy were to resolve Urban, Suburban and Regional issues Virtually?"

In this discussion we found out that virtual means something that is not physical and sometimes it is even not visible. The virtual theme will relate more to the communication, and experiences. The more it connects you with other people and the more you gain experiences from it will enhance the virtual meaning from a stuff or building. Furthermore, there are still many pros and cons towards this issue, since on one side it will make your like easy but will effect your health and social level within community.

2. Furthermore, we discussed the suburban theme and relate it with the scenario "What if all retail stores in Paddington Central stopped selling goods in favour of online stores, but decided to keep physical presence for customer experiences?"

To begin with, we discovered that this topic is related with the virtual topic. This eventually change the lifestyle of people and will decrease the social activity within a community. However it also has a positive point which the retail shop will be abandoned and converted to public service buildings.

3. Moreover, we try to discuss the regional theme with its scenario "What if Woodford Folk Festival site were to become a self-sufficient community that was to be managed and operated self-sufficiently?"

In this discussion, we talked about how the self-sufficient issue will be achieved and successfully work. In the end of the discussion we find a diagram which actually relates "Resources", "Shelter", and "Energy". In order to achieve a self-sufficient community we need to execute this system. For instance, "Shelter" will become a storage for "Resources" in order to keep the surplus of it, "Resources" will produce "Energy" (not only electricity but also energy for human), and "Energy" will create "Shelter". 

4. Then we try to move our discussion to Urban topics which has a scenario "What if Brisbane City Council decided to introduce London style Congestion Charge to CBD in 2020 to heavily reduce traffic congestion in the area?" 

In the "urban topic" discussion, we found out that by creating this rule, it will only move the traffic around the CBD. In the end it will create more traffic outside the CBD. However, this system will work if the government improve the public transportation service. Furthermore, this rule will also create more space for pedestrian and other public service building to be build rather than build more parking space in the CBD.

In the end of the brain storming process, we discovered that If the Suburban scenario is combined with the Virtual Scenario people lifestyle will change to a negative state. People will be lazy to go out in order to find the item they need, which also will decrease their social interaction towards their community. On the other hand The Urban topic is also related to the Suburban topic, since both of the scenario will create abandon spaces. This will have a good effect towards the community since it will encourage government to build more public service building such as, green area, hospital, or religious places.