Road Tree-Net

Road Tree-Net

BrainStorming Ideas

Idea #1

Each road is like a tree trunk, with each intersecting with other roads as branches. Looking from a map, a city looks like a net, weaving with Road Tree-Net.

Idea #2

When a person walks on a road, she is guided by various navigation system, she uses these navigations according to a set of conditions, one is: how familar she is with the routes.

Idea #3

People love using metaphors/analogies about road to describe their discovery of the world, for example, 'The road not taken', 'criss-cross', 'climb the mountain' , 'discover American continent',

Idea #4

People might project other things into city, in a fantasy way. For example, 'animates a cell'.

Idea #5

In Driscoll's (2005) book, an example for multiple modes: from enactive, to iconic, to symbolic. How I evaluate this example, with my own rich experience of navigating in the city.  >> More

Idea #6 

How do I criss-cross the city, with meaningful tasks driving my actions.

Idea #7

The multiple navigation systems in a city

Idea #8

The multiple transporting tools in a city

Idea #9

The multiple communication tools in a city