EVENT
PICTURE YOUR STRETFORD
The diagram's below depict the way in which the space around our event was used. The way in which we were able to notice this, and take advantage of the patterns that became apparent, was pivotal in allowing us to extract the most from the event.
MAPPING MOVEMENT
THREE TYPES OF PASSER-BY
THE AVOIDERS
The areas of the diagrams marked in grey represent the group of people that would simply walk past, or intentionally give the event a wide birth, in order to avoid getting involved. Generally, if you approached these people you would have little luck in attracting them to get more involved.
THE WARY
Those areas and arrows marked in the darker red represent people who's interest was peaked by our event and tended to hang around the edges of the square in order to have a better look at what was going on. These people were much more approachable and tended to just need a little encouragement in order to get involved with the event.
Finally, those marked in bright red represent people that needed no encouragement and were happy to make their way over to the event and get involved. Some came over and just started playing with the board, sticking on images and writing comments, others were more interested with talking to us personally.
THE BEE LINE
ADJUSTING TACTIC
What became apparent quickly was where the areas people tended to hang back and take a look were. Once we noticed that people held back in certain areas we kept an eye out for people hanging around in these areas, and taking an interest in our event, so that we could approach them and encourage them to get involved.
What we learnt most from the first day of the event, and carried in to the second day, was the necessity to approach people, rather than waiting for people to come to us.
Even people that showed no interest in the event, assuming we were selling something, sometimes became really involved once they understood what we were doing. This was a priority in order to try and gain some information from younger people, as they rarely approached the event themselves.
LEARNING FROM CIRULATION
IMPROVEMENTS
We all had a fantastic time taking part in the event and found it a great way to unlock personal stories about a wide range of experiences of Stretford. We were all surprised at the willingness of many passers-by to choose to engage with us and were touched by the personal nature of some of their stories. We were particularly surprised at the overall feeling of hope for Stretford, problems were rarely blamed on buildings but instead solutions in the form of new additions or alterations offered.
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RECORDING DATA
To have improved our event we could have recorded data more efficiently, often after chatting to a local we rushed to speak to someone else forgetting to write down our conversation or record the data onto a cloud. As the day progressed it became harder to remember past conversations therefore information may have been forgotten.
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HAND DRAWN
DESIGNS
We would have also liked for more people to have drawn and designed their own additions instead of heavily relying on the stick on options offered. This however may reflect the role of the architect as the one to provide options and the community to be empowered to choose and shape options.
EVENT REFLECTION
PERSONAL PROJECTS
From the event we will now continue to develop our personal projects from our findings