Final major project: Target audience

The primary target audience of my projects are children between the age of 3 to 12 and the secondary target audience are families. I want the playground to be a safe place for parents and children to relax, enjoy and have some fresh, natural air. As the chart below show, the population in Zambia have been growing wider over the years resulting in overpopulation in certain city.

Zambia population

Research from 2023 show that the median age in Zambia is 17.3 years (Worldometer, no date)

Median age in Zambia

The 2023 population density in Zambia is 28 people per Km2 (72 people per mi2), calculated on a total land area of 743,390 Km2 (287,024 sq. miles). ( Worldmeter no date)

Population

Zambia Age structure and Population pyramid ( no date)

Chart

References

Zambia Demographics 2020 (Population, Age, Sex, Trends) - Worldometer (no date) www.worldometers.info. Available at: https://www.worldometers.info/demographics/zambia-demographics/.

Live Zambia Population Clock 2023 - Polulation of Zambia Today (no date) www.livepopulation.com. Available at: https://www.livepopulation.com/country/zambia.html (Accessed: 22 November 2023).

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Eunine Fay Jones - Research

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Final major project: Form and function

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Initial ideas

After looking at the project brief and the theme, we generated some visual ideas for our respective projects in order to develop them later. The exercise consisted of folding a sheet of A3 paper and folding it into eight sections. After doing that, we spent two minutes making quick sketches for each section. After sketching these, we discussed with our partners to find out which of our sketches were better and chose ideas to develop further. This time, we used a sheet of A2 paper that we folded into eight sections as well, and we developed our chosen ideas. For my first idea to develop, I chose this sketch because of the feedback I got from my classmates and tutor, and I also thought it had some potential to be developed into something better.

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