Site survey - Indooroopilly interchange bus station

Site scenes:

Platform A

Buses mainly come from Brisbane CBD.

On the rush hour, people are most likely to gather around this platform. With the entrance/exit of the shopping centre and trolley bay located at this platform as well, platform A could be very crowded on rush hour. 

Platform B

Buses usually head to the Brisbane CBD.

This platform have more buses than the others. Therefore, even there are many people taking buses to the Brisbane CBD, the waiting time at this platform is shortest among three platforms. 

Platform C

Buses usually heads to UQ. Some are loop lines to the southern Brisbane.

Buses head to UQ are mostly stopped at this platform. The waiting time varies from different period of time throughout a day. (e.g. more buses in the early morning but less in the noon.)

Overall

As a large bus interchange ", Indooroopilly bus station is often busy. Depends on the different period of time, different stations would be gathered by various groups of people.

People

•  Student 
• Students are usually gathered on platform C at 8am~10 am and on platform A at 3pm ~ 5pm on weekdays. 
• Students on Platform C are mainly waiting buses to UQ. Normally waiting for buses along and did not communicate with each other
•  Students on platform A are mainly junior/senior high students who enrolled in different schools in Indooroopilly suburb. Usually waiting for buses as small groups of friends or classmates. 3pm ~ 5pm is the peek of time in weekdays for these students to gather around platform A.
•  Constantly checking timetable and information board.
•  Behaviour: Chit-chat. Listening to music. Playing mobile games.
• Seniors
• Appeared on all three platforms, usually being seated.
• Waiting for buses with the grocery they bought from the shopping centre.
• Behavior: reading, plain waiting without to much things to kill time
• Adults of age from 30 to 40
• Usually appeared on platform A and B.
• Some of them waiting as pairs or with families
• 6 of 10 during observations are buying grocery from the shopping centre. 
• Behaviour: chatting, playing mobile phone, checking timetable

Conclusion

• There are many different demographics of people travelling through Indooroopilly bus interchange station
• It should be taken into consideration on the topic of "public spaces are anti-social spaces" of this site
• "Our modern built environment drains joy from our life" might be also considered at the point that the built of bus station did not bring people joy so they usually find it hard to kill time while waiting. 
• "Society has too many prohibitions and too few invitations" might not be a suitable topic for this site. 

More specific concepts would be drawn later.