Comments on: Gehl: Disrupting the fabric of unique societies???

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 01:52:39 +0000

Oh dear. Looks like Hobart’s car culture is getting torn apart at the seams!

Much like the Menzies Research Institute.

By: healthytransporthobart

healthytransporthobart — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 01:36:30 +0000

now now dave, kelvins just a little bit misguided. but point taken

By: healthytransporthobart

healthytransporthobart — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 01:35:00 +0000

comment taken mark. I’m heading to melbourne at the end of the week to dapper up my wardrobe. trakkies, boardies and hoodies definitely are the extent of my cycle wear these days.

By: I Love U Kelvin XX

I Love U Kelvin XX — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:24:04 +0000

Kelvin = Knob

Massive one.

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:17:10 +0000

He might also critisize the car park out the front where the landscaping is meant to be, but it terms of amount of good vs. eyesore I’d take the bike cage anyday.
Glad it’s was our Melbourne correspondent talking, L might have struggled for “the most fashionable ” , more at the ” practical clothes ” end.

By: Daniel Baldwin

Daniel Baldwin — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 07:30:05 +0000

Im not sure about that Ray, if the bike storage was too elaborate then im sure Kelvin would still whinge.

Something along the lines of why spend so much money and effort on a place to park “bloody bicycles”.

Hes whinging about seeing bikes in Amsterdam FFS!!

While to some extent I agree that a wire cage is not the best looking thing around its functional which is what matters. Plant a few small native trees/plants around it and you get both form and function.

By: Ray

Ray — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 20:40:23 +0000

I love having secure bike storage at my place of work and where I shop, etc. but that chain-link fence bike cage is FUGLY. It looks like almost zero concern was taken in designing it to fit in the environment.

A criticism of the form is reasonable, the function is great. Why not call out very weak design for what it is and ask for better? Even car parks have more attention paid to their design.

The complaint about the architect is stupid, but if the architect approved the ugly blemish nearby, well then it is fair.

By: Ray

Ray — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:56:57 +0000

My first reaction is that it looks like a dog kennel.

By: Ray

Ray — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:55:57 +0000

A criticism of the form is reasonable, the function is great. Why not call out very weak design for what it is and ask for better? Even car parks have more attention paid to their design.

By: Ed

Ed — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 09:08:50 +0000

Amazing that Kevin complains about a little bike cage but takes no objection to multi-storey car parks.