Rising Public Space

Getting people over the top of the myer centre and then back to ground level is essential to the design. The previous idea of moving floor plates would be effective if only one person were using the space, however the volume of traffic that will be going through the space at peak hour times means that this will become useless. 

There are 3 ways to achieve this without the use of moving floor plates. They can be seen in the diagram below.

The first was is to take people directly up, then over, and then straight back down. While this results in he minimal disruption of the myer centre, it would take longer then simply going around the myer centre and more importantly, it would disrupt the continuation of the space, creating separate spaces that have no real connection to each other, especially to the users.
The second is to move the highpoint over, meaning that it can be accessed by stairs or ramps. While this would result in some parts of the myer centre being disrupted, the space would feel as if it were all one long, continuous space. It would also make travelling over the myer centre faster then walking around. 
The third way is to take people around a ramp and up to that level before they get to the myer centre. This would take longer then a ramp, however it would result in minimal disruption to the myer centre. it would also again help the space to read as one, and gives the option of adding spaces to activate the overall space that would not interfere with commuters. 

For the pedestrian spaces over the myer centre the second and third option will be implemented, to allow for the rapid pedestrian movement through the space, as well as providing something for the people using the space. The main reason that these options were chosen however is that they both help the public space to read as one. The integration of public spaces on the vertical plane was something that was very important from the first assignment (as can bee seen below) and I feel for this to be truely effective the spaces need to have a way of connecting to each other, otherwise they read as distinctly separate spaces.