Group+9+Parking+Redesign

Reem Moussa **  Noor Al-Jebouri ** Mahnoor Aziz **  PACT (People, activity, context, technology) ** __People __ __Activities __  Emergency exits, elevators, parking, entering/exiting, different levels for different groups (Level for students, level for Professors, etc) __Context __ //Cons: // ·   Too many parking lots!! At the same time it is always hard to find parking.  ·   parking is too far from actual buildings, long walk  ·   dangerous for those walking late at night to their cars from the library for example  ·   <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">too much ground area wasted for parking lots <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> ·  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Parking Ticket stands are located in few spots which increases student lines and time in waiting. ·  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Congestion and pollution impact the environment. ·  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Poor Parking guidance leads to wastage of time in looking for available parking spots. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> //Solutions:// ·  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Design a multi-storey parking ·  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">More parking spaces available, design multi levels, for example 6 levels ·  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Less ground area needed!! Could eliminate other parking lots ·  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Connections to all buildings (indoor) ·  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Location should be around the student centre, close to all buildings ·   <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> Safety: Security devices such as video, audio and emergency buttons that call into the booth or local police station ·   <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> Safety: Open, glass stairwells and glass-backed elevators, no blind or hidden spots ·  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Have electronic signs that tell you where to turn ·  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Have electronic signs that tell you how many spaces available on each floor, or displaying if one parking floor is full ·  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Different parking spots for biker students. ·  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Introducing advanced cameras which take a photograph of the plate number and automatically send the parking bill to the students address or charge the students account. <span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Limiting parking duration at the front of major buildings to ease the flow of traffic and reduce the level of congestion. <span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Improving boring parking facilities by making them attractive and appealing by adding landscaping, indoor lighting, paved walkways, and quality building materials, public art, and other aesthetic features. ·   <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> [|Handicap accessibility] with vehicles close to stair and elevator cores having a direct path to key movement patterns of the garage ·   <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Saves time! Students can go straight to this parking garage and look for parking, instead of driving around and checking different parking lots <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> ·   <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">One floor designated for professors  <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> __<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> Technology improvements __ <span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: red; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Initial research <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> Parking design tips: [] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">[] <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> Methods of Communication <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> Collective Rules <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">
 * <span style="font-size: 20pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Copperplate Gothic Bold','sans-serif';">Proposal and Group Formation **
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: red; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Group Resume **
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Currently working at Best Buy- familiar with technology
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Good understanding of iMovie, Illustrator, Flash, Google Earth, and Dreamweaver
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Solid understanding of MS programs
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Strong time management skills
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Dena Amara **<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Currently working at Bath & Body Works <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Great communication skills <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Ability to work effectively in a group and independently <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Good understanding of Adobe Photoshop <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: windowtext; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">, Flash, Google Earth, iMovie, and Illustrator <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Currently working at TD Canada Trust
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Work well under pressure, and good organization skills
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Works well independently and with a group
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Good understanding of MS programs, Google Earth, Adobe Photoshop, and Wikispaces
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Works for Scotia Bank - familiar with technology
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Good understanding of Adobe Photoshop, Flash, Google Earth, Dreamweaver, Imovie, and Final Cut Pro
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Work well independently and with others
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Good organization skills
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Rana Mohammad **
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">
 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> Professors
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> Students,
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> UTM Staff
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> Visitors
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> LED signs: []
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> Surveillance: []
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> Traffic tracker- indicating if the level is full: []
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> Light bulb on top of each parking space. Green indicating it’s free and red indicating it’s taken.
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> Sensory light indicating if a car is exiting, so the car entering would stop and wait
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> Different level for visitors or non-pass students. These members take a pass card from the machine and they pay when they are exiting.
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> Group meetings held regularly via MSN
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> Communicate regularly via email
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> Group meeting at UTM or Sheridan
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> Phone call conversations between members
 * Every member contributes equally to the team work
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> Honesty between each other regarding the work and the effort placed on the project
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> Everyone must attend the group meeting, if someone is not able to, they must notify the rest of the team ahead of time
 * <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> Respect each other