Image by Ivy Verlaat. 5/03/2012

- HOWARD SMITH WHARVES -


Brief History of Space:
 Three projects attempted and rejected
 - for hotel, sport, entertainment facilities and tourism project, this was  rejected by public 
 - for greater public space, entertainment, outdoor recreation, community space, this was rejected by Government bodies after flooding
 - for a restaurant dining, entertainment, retain and commercial space also rejected. 


The buildings on the wharf were air raid shelters during the war and date to the pre 1940's where they were port of Brisbane facilities. They are heritage listed. 


Note: Some resident concerned over losing views.
Wikipedia. 2012. Howard Smith Wharves.Accessed March 3, 2012.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Smith_Wharves




Types of learning spaces that have potential to be manipulated into a new type of environment(prior to group discussion):
- language, through audio visual technologies. 
- cooking
- yoga or pilates
- music
- reading
- writing
- culture
- art (graphic, graffiti, visual, dance, theatrical)
- photography
- astronomy

Image by Ivy Verlaat 5/03/2012