People and their time
Who might benefit from access outside ordinary hours, and what would they want to do?
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Exploring a civic establishment
A full week.
Open possibilities.
Explore how people and activities might share space across different hours, within a system still in development.
System in development · Brisbane · 8 November 2026
AI-generated concept of an evening technical learning session in shared civic space.
Image credit ↗24/7 as a possibility
Whose hours could this place work for?
People combine learning, care, paid work, creativity and other commitments in different ways. A place available across the day and night could open up different possibilities.
The starting idea is 24/7 overlap and shared spaces with KYC. There is no settled daily timetable, room calendar or operating system for this building.
Which activities could happen alongside each other? Which could use the same room at different times? What would people actually want to use, and when?
Start with the use
Explore overlap without assigning the hours.
Questions for development
What would sharing involve?
| Question | What could help explore it |
|---|---|
| What could overlap? | The activities people are interested in and the resources they might share. |
| How might people use the space? | Preferences about access, KYC, privacy, availability and assistance. |
| What happens between uses? | Room setup, equipment, changeover time and the practical differences between activities. |
| Who might take part? | People and organisations interested in exploring a role, with their own expectations and questions. |
Different measures
People, visits and hours answer different questions.
| Measure | What it helps explore |
|---|---|
| Concurrent occupants | How many people might be inside at the same moment? |
| Desk-hours and room-hours | How much space-time could be available under a chosen scenario? |
| Visits | How many attendances might occur, including repeat visits? |
| Weekly user equivalents | What level of use does an assumed average number of hours represent? |