Nick Heerdegen

“design a functional, durable and creative solution for bicyle parking at the College, while adhering to set standards”

UCSSCLG Bicycle Rack Solution

Brief ResponseThe objective of the bicycle rack design is to provide a unique, intuitive and secure solution to bike storage at UC Senior Secondary College Lake Gin-ninderra. Additionally, the design has to be durable with minimal ongoing maintenance, while being aesthetically pleasing. The design must adhere to the guidelines expressed in both the 2015 Australian Bicycle Parking Standard AS2980.3 and the Transport Canberra and City Services Design Standards for Urban Infrastructure 19: Street and Park Furniture and Barbecues. During the design process, these standards and guidelines will influence the choice of material, aesthetics and form of the bicycle rack.

These standards suggest the use of materials that prioritise durability. These are unpainted, uncoated materials such as galvanised steel and stainless steel. These materials will resist scratching that would occur with constant use. The design should utilise these materials to influence its aesthetics, mak-ing them prominent throughout the design. Due to their strong, durable properties, the materials should allow for unique and creative design concepts throughout the design process.

The standards assist in shaping the spatial placement of the bicycle racks, as they outline factors that should be considered in the design process. In the placement of the racks, factors such as the suitability to the landscape and proximity to thoroughfares will need to be considered so that bicycles can be easily stored and retrieved. Dimensions between individual racks average dimensions of bikes are provided by the standards and will be used in the de-sign of the bike rack solution. Additionally, deciding on placement in the school grounds for each concept should ensure that design is suitable to the location. These considerations will be an overarching factor throughout the design process.

For ease of use and security of the bicycles, the design should facilitate the securing of both wheels and frame of the bicycle, as suggested in the Austra-lian standards. The rack should also support the bike leaning up against it, by having two points of contact with the bike. These points of contact, and by extension, the whole rack, should not create wear or damage the bicycle. This could be achieved by selecting smooth materials for the rack, smoothing abrasive surfaces, or adding other softer materials such as rubber to point of contact.

Not only should these design elements integrate with the users and the surrounding environment, the solution should be enticing and accessible to ev-eryone, to encourage active travel to school by bicycle. This could be accomplished with designs that are aesthetically unique and interesting, while their function should be familiar and intuitive. This includes good signage on or even around the bike rack to indicate its purpose. This could be done with graphics on the rack, or by creating a visual hint with the design of the bike rack, i.e. making the rack look like a bike.

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Final Concept

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UCSSCLG Bike Rack

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0108.74258.86

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From the side, the rack resembles a section of the UC logo that features in the UCSSCLG logo:

Viewed from the top, the rack resembles the "wave" feature at the bottom the UCSSCLG logo:

Bike engraving to notify the intended use of the rack

• Constructed out of cast aluminium• Concreted in place using supports

formed at bottom of rack• Spaced 1000 mm apart, following

AS2980.3

Final Concept

Currently contains one ring of bike racks. However, the racks are hard to acess for variety of reasons (such as being too closely spaced). This new design would replace this and follow contours of the existing landscaping, moving the bikes out of the way of foot traffic.

Since this is a more popular location for securing bikes than the front of the school, the existing ring would be replaced by many sets of new racks. This would also clear the walkways between the gym and back door, and routes to the carpark.

Front of School Side of School

Spatial Map of College and Surrounds

To ShopsTo UC

To Lake & Parklands

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Cycle Route

Foot Traffic

Existing Racks

New Design Locations

Left: Typical layout and spacing for locations around the school.

Lower left: Side view of bicycle rack and bicycle, illustrating how bike can be secured by three point: the frame and two tyres.

Lower right: Top view showing “wavy” curvature of the rack.

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