Parallel

Spatial strategy
for everyday places.

One courtyard study.
Existing / proposed.

Bring a project question

A picture proposes.
Evidence helps decide.

The aligned pair makes a spatial proposition readable. It does not supply the facts needed to approve it. These records keep visible intent separate from missing evidence.

S

Movable seating

Visible in the paired images

The proposed image shows chairs around one table. The same area is bare paving in the existing view. Neither image tests reach, access or actual use.

What the images cannot establish

Loose furniture needs a storage, placement and maintenance agreement. The image does not show how people will actually move or sit.

Priority and consequence

Prioritise flexible seating. Keep the chairs movable, accepting the need for a daily placement and storage arrangement.

Explore a fixed edge bench. Explore a more predictable furniture position, accepting less flexibility and the need for a separate designed bench option. A bench is not depicted in this proposal.

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H

Shade position

Visible in the paired images

The image shows canopy placement and its relationship to the table and walls. It contains no sun-path model, structural assessment or measured comfort data.

What the images cannot establish

The overcast illustration cannot establish useful shade, thermal comfort, drainage, wind behavior, structure or permissions.

Priority and consequence

Study the canopy position. Retain the left-side canopy as an option, with seasonal shade, structure, drainage and permission questions to investigate before commitment.

Trial seating before a canopy. Leave the canopy undecided while testing the gathering location, accepting that the trial would not answer the longer-term shelter question.

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R

Clear route

Visible in the paired images

The right-hand opening and paving line up in both images. No survey dimensions, access assessment or observed movement are supplied.

What the images cannot establish

A clear-looking image does not establish route width, inclusive access, emergency requirements or how furniture might drift during use.

Priority and consequence

Prioritise route review. Make the movement route a first review item, accepting that furniture or canopy positions may need to change after actual requirements are established.

Test a placement agreement. Explore a furniture placement and management agreement alongside qualified route review; management cannot substitute for a suitable physical layout.

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Before an option
becomes a commitment.

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