I grouped the problems to two categories, safety issues and wrong replacements issues. Where most of the souq problems
I grouped the pictures, to show the images that might express the problem visually


I try to collage the pictures to explain my idea easily, where the first grouping of the pictures.
The idea of the misleading in the souq restaurants, if you go there for the first time its hard for you to know the location of each restaurant, and also the seating area of each restaurant I bleeding over the other, the dividers between the souq seating is not that clear.



I present the shesha’s and the heater idea by zooming in and out on the images, I try to show my idea without using the cast in my scenario.


I overlap the restaurant signs, and simplify the seating by dots to show the seating of the restaurants.

Souq waqif problem

I would like to list the problems that I found them out there:

1- in the restaurant area the chairs are all over the place where you can’t recognize each restaurant chairs where the dividers between the restaurants aren’t that clear.

2- the heaters in the restaurant area are wrong replaced, where they are between the chairs and the spacing are very small gap that can’t more than two people pass between the chairs.

3- an annoying thing about the wrong advertisement is that the ads and the announcements are placed between the chairs.

4-Other problem with the wrong replacements, the shyshas are placed directly behind the seating areas where any slight movement will break them, or it might cuz fire.

5- the place in general, as they allow smoking there it considered to be danger place for one people that might affect their health.

To sum up my problem
Safety problem:
The area where the heater, shyshas are placed is dangerous. They are using the space behind their seating area where the shyshas are placed
Other than this, the shyshas and the heater machines are very danger and should be put in another separate or wider space, unless there is another way to safe.

Wrong replacements problems:
Some of the ads, the restaurant sign, and the restaurant announcements where it don’t show clearly for the people that passing by the place.
The shyshas are also consider to be wrong replacements problem

Class Discussion

The door literally closing on a person.










The excluded long and defined path for the W.C./ Prayer room.












The dangerous aspect of bench just beside the railing without parents supervision.


The people falling because of the wires.


The Bathroom sign, just in top of her, but she can't even see it as it is placed very far and can't be viewed from anywhere.












The hidden food court.

Trolleys blockage.


In this stage, I have already listed all the problems that I wanted to point. I had the idea of what the photographs should look like. For supporting my problems, I tried to add gesture and emotions of the customers to identify how my problems are facing the customers and what is it affecting exactly?

For the railing problem I took it further by zooming on the dangerous aspect of how could a child fall. Knowing that the problem is parents have to supervise children while they occupy the bench.

For the wires I show how people could get hurt if they did not recognize that it is there.

For the trolleys problem, I focused on it because I found it a major problem. I saw trolleys are all over the place distributed. I focused on how it irritates the customers. It was for more than one aspect

1. Blocking Parking, Cars to park.
2. Blocking entrance and exits to and from elevator.
   Resulting in No trolleys in shops.
   

I think I have to create an awareness by sign to make them place it in the right places, or not place it in the wrong places.

I found to big problems too that I would like to tackle:
1) The automatic door closes on people.
2) The bathroom, prayer room are placed very high distance that can't be seen . I found in front of me while watching people asking about Bathroom while the sign is right in top of their head.

While discussing the problems with Katie and Mahmoud. They have suggested to exclude two problems. Which were:

1. Bathroom has very long path which has unclear sign showing men or women bathroom/prayer room and people stood their trying to figure out.
2. The long stairs problem.

They also advised me to concentrate on the trolley problem, the railing , also to create a sign for the food court and for the entrance door closing on people. In addition, I have to create a sign for the bathroom sign.

My photos were quite expressive and showing the problem, I will now proceed in trying to figure the layout I will be presenting my problems in. (Katie Coston, Mahmoud Abbas,Sara Al-Qatami)

Process 1

After several observations I have found that the area in souq waqif faces a few problems and a few that I have encountered.



1.) The people visiting the souq usually ask to use the restrooms of the restaurants because they cannot find the restrooms that the souq has provided.

2.) Another problem I have encountered, the fragile objects that are displayed outside. People are not allowed to touch it, and there are items displayed on floor.

3.) The donkey passing by that goes back and forth between the crowds and it could be irritating for the people walking.

4.) The crowding of the café chairs which makes it hard to differentiate the different Cafes.

phase 2 process a

P1.2 Research
I went to the place several times, to take pictures and stay there to notice the problems, many of the pictures I eliminated them when thinking about serious problems, the things that I cant solve, and it is technical problem in the place itself. For example the pollution of the factories that are thrown in the see, also the smell sometimes is bad because of the sewer. Thee problems don’t work at all

P1.2 Process a
Other problems that I was thinking of ,but didn’t work very well, the first one was Ory’s sculpture color is being pealed because of the wither and at the bottom because people go there to take pictures and sit on his shoe. Another problem that was very specific and didn’t work, it is the restaurant, the kitchen door is opened by the oil container and there was many things laying on the ground that makes problem for the people wen walking around it. The last problem is the electricity box, some of them don’t have signs for don’t touch or dangerous while others have but still can be opened.

phase 2 process b

P1.2 Process b
When I discussed the list of problems with my group (khadeja and Jo), the things that work well was 3
1: people throw trash in the see without caring about the environment and the species in the see, it also rewinds the places look.
2: the wet grass, people go there for picnics and sit on the grass sometimes they don’t notice that the grass is wet.
3: the ground is not flat, some of the tiles are broken and sometimes teenagers broke glass on the ground.

class discussion

what did my group discuss about my work and did they guide me:
so my group thought that the problem of the platform was working I just had to think of a scenario that would show the people facing this problem I already had the cart bumping the platform shown with images but I have to now create a scenario and photograph it with using people tripping because of it.
a few of my group members disagreed on one of my problems which was people bumping into each other especially when carrying shopping bags out of my observation and me being part of the audience in villagio this situation happens quiet often which sometimes can lead to disturbance for the other person who was bumped some get mad.
my group discussed what other possible problems they could see in villagio for example not having directions for knowing where the toilets are unless you reach a toilet and see the sign next to it same issue with shops.
for next step I'll be trying to look for problems in the shopping area not only next to the gate (Aisha Al Naama, Al Hussein Wanas, Nawar Al-Mutlaq, Wafa alsaffar)

phase 2 process b

after process b it was discussed on how I have to think out of the box and always be "politically correct" I was completely lost but tried to get a few problems that can work in the future as problems that can have a design solution " creating sign"

so a few problems that I observed were people either tripping from the platform in the center of where people circulate or having their carts bump into them.

another problem I found was people having to keep their carts outside the shops but there is no sign for that

the other problem is the queue of the carts coming in from the entrance people have to move aside and make place for the man to push the queue of carts back to the supermarket in villagio

also the abayas getting stuck in the cart wheel

after collecting such problems in class we discussed on what could work as a problem that would have a design solution or not

two important things that were told to me to put in mind that helps me to understans this projec and know how to filter my problems are
1. knowing that the space really deals with the problem often
2. knowing that it is not a personal problem like I've once suggested that for all the females that go wearing high heels get blisters and pain from walking long distances in villagio, this is not a problem that most people deal with therefore there is no need to look at it as a major problem in a shopping mall. also like the abaya getting in cart situation

Problems discussion

I got more images for my book and I tried to get different ideas of problems that I can find in Qatar Academy School. I found two more and I discussed the problems in class with my group (Ameera and Al Anoud). I told them the problems that I had which are the following
1) Sign Toilet saying 'Cleaning room' ?
2) List of classes with no direction. Also placed next to the lift which doesn't help whether you should turn right or left.
3) Students throwing their bags anywhere next to the lockers just because they are in a hurry or because there are no more shelves for their bags to put in. This ruins the look of the school. also it is not safe for anyone who walks pass by that area.

Ameera suggested I should think about showing a clear image of a student tripping, like maybe thinking of macro and micro to show the story in a better way instead of showing students walking in one direction and one way. She also said it wood look better if I actually took a shot of his foot being stuck in a school hand bag or something like that rather than just falling on top of a bag from a far distance. I should consider that to experiment with.
Al Anoud thought there is no problem with the first image (direction) because she thinks it tells you where the classes are in 'that floor', But I don't think so. Even though, you still would want to know where to go if you want to go to a specific class, otherwise you would keep on looking for it or asking people who pass by every minute.

After discussing these problems with my group, I realized there are also many problems i should keep on looking for. I also know what problems the school has already. I just have to go get the shots at the right time.

These problems that I will take shots of will be told for the next process...(Alanood Alattiya, Ameera Makki, Maha)

Class Discussion analysing problems at VCU

Thoughts:
Looking for problems was initially difficult for me since I am so familiar with the place, but gradually when i kept aside the things which we have accepted as a basic norm, i found quite a lot of problems which deal with how the people interact within the space and how people interact with the space plus the objects in space.

Visualize:
I started visualizing the problems keeping in consideration my audience, which are students and teachers. Hence my pictures first set up the environment or the area of the problem and then move to closer shots of it ie i m dealing with macro n then micro.
so i have visualized my first problem as the students use the toxic sprays (like adhesive spray) in class. this is very harmful to be done in an enclosed area, where there is no ventilation and cause breathing problem and other defects for the students as well as the teachers.
Second problem which i have observed is wasting a lot of paper and throwing on the floor. For this i have actually shown a student who is working, cutting paper and then just simply dropping it on the ground, and not using the dustbin.
Third problem is that all the students face a difficulty with the printer. And this problem is created by themselves only which could definitely be amended. So in this one ill show how students just print unnecessary copies and leave it for printing. this causes a problem for other students coz the printer is always jammed our broke.
Fourth problem is the usage of sticky sprays on the floor or tables without putting a scrap paper underneath in order to protect the surface below. Hence if it is sprayed on floor, it gets really sticky and then others student have difficulty in walking and as the shoe sticks to the floor. Even on the table, it gets rough and sticky n then other students work gets destroyed.


the first problem: using sprays in side classrooms
System:
The system i have created to visually represent these problems is in the form of a story incorporating the idea of macro and micro.
For the photographs on these problems please follow the link:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34699106@N07/

Group discussion:
My group members were Jo and Fatima B. This discussion gave me a lot of feedback in terms of if my pictures or my photographs were able to convey the message. Most of my photographs were easily understood except one or two instances which they adviced me to show more exaggerations. And we all together came up with ideas what problems they have also faced like leaving equipment and personal stuff left attended gets lost or stolen; and how many students do not protect the furniture in the classrooms for example not using cutting mats.
Thus i will now work more on these problems and have better visual representation of my ideas and thoughts. (Fatima Buksahisha, Jo, Khadija Safri, )

Sara Al-Qatami, CentrePoint

These photographs were my first approach to Centerpoint's problems.
I made a general understanding of what was wrong. I found that many wires are all over the place . Benches are very near to the railing. Trolleys are spread all over the place.

In the critique, I was advised to be more particular on knowing how those causes effect the customer. I tried to be more specific in specifying my problems, and exclude the problems which are not very major. In addition, I had to add and think more about more things affect the customers.