In the course of our daily lives, we spend a great deal of time travelling or commuting from place to place. In doing so, we leave the comfort of our own homes and, for a time, become part of a collective culture of mobile people. This ‘mobile collective’ is a fascinating topic of study; with its own language, symbols, codes and rituals. Of course, this culture is also influenced by the spaces in which it takes place; the underground tunnels, the bus stops and the train platforms. Public Transport Hubs have the potential to bring together the mobile collective or isolate it.

Studies show that Brisbane public transport hubs could be better used to support the ‘mobile collective’. Rather than simply ‘moving the masses quickly and easily’, CHANGE IN MOTION explores how design can better accommodate ‘sociality’ at public transport hubs - through interaction types, commuter fields of action and form.

This design at King George Square Busway Station envelops users for conviviality on the platforms, knots paths for sociability on the upper concourse level, and better prepares (unwinds) users for exposure to the elements at the street level. The installation presents a ‘stage’ for public life; offering temporal places to procure, be seen, observe and ‘be with’ others.

At the micro level use and layout were founded on extensive commuter and popular city sub-culture investigation and research, and at the macro level ways that best connect community and enhance commuter culture through the activation/ improvement of such spaces were surveyed and critically analysed.

From inside out CHANGE IN MOTION addresses an Urban Service System Design, changing ‘motions’ of city goers towards a more socially sustainable future of our urban networks.