Our scheme is something that can easily be readapted to fit in different climatic, historical, social, political and
economic conditions. An exact replica of the proposed scheme would probably work in every other region,
but it could be easily manipulated to fit into the different contexts.
Suggested this was somewhere where the geographic conditions were not a easily used as Manchester, like
Glasgow perhaps, the travelator could be something built above the ground, elevating traffic and not causing
much interference to the already existing city layout. This was something considered for our scheme, to have it
above the ground level, but we quickly dismissed this as our initial intention was to minimise traffic anyway,
which would mean reconstructing the already existing networks. Building above the ground would also mean
lots of extra expenses that would be unnecessary in a city like Manchester. In this situation with geographic
issues we could also introduce underground routes that matched up with underground tube systems.
Climatic problems would also be easily solved by either making the entire structure an indoor scheme for people
to be sheltered from the weather. In areas that are lacking in warmer weather, such as Manchester, the solar
panels could also be thermal solar panels, that directly transfer the heat gains into the spaces. This would not be
much more costly as the technology to the basic solar panels is very similar. Im warmer more humid areas, either
the entire thing could be closed off from end to end if too humid, or some areas could be opened to allow air
flow and circulation through the travelator. In areas that are quite wet, again such as Manchester, so some sort
of drainge system could be implemented and transfer the rainwater which could be used for cooling or heating
of the internal space.
The scheme in different historical, cultural, and social conditions would be very dependent on the specific con-
text of that individual plan. For example this scheme would fail in Dubai. The city is not built for pedestrians
due to the layout of its housing and services. In general there is a lack of people walking, and definitely not
enough would be swayed to make the scheme worth while. Also, more importantly it not a very student based
city, which in our case is what the travelator has been made for. Historical and cultural conditions in general will
not affect the scheme, as it is not something that is very influential or obtrusive to an areas culture.
Overall, the scheme is very adaptable and would not be diffcult to replicate in a place with different weather or
physical conditions. It is quite a friendly and simple scheme to build.
