1. Informal Use of the Built Environment around the Markets Area, Dublin 7

2. The following is a documentation of a series of
walks which were taken around the markets
area on 18th and 26th of January 2011.
Along the way unprogrammed behaviours
and traces of unprogrammed behaviours
were documented as a way of investigating
the social norms of the people in the area
and how the the built environment is actually
used as opposed to how we imagine it is
used.

3. Dérive 1 - 18.01.’11 - 06.45 - 08.45

4. No. 1
Streets used for loading and unloading

5. No. 2
Streets used for forklift fun

6. No. 3
Bringhtly lit deep spaces of warehouses as
theatres on the street edge

7. No. 4
Warehouses lights as street lights

8. No. 5
Streets used for loading and unloading.

9. No. 6
Streets used for storage. Pallets filled with
boxes of cabbage and brocccoli lined the
streets

10. No. 7
Shopkeepers as street police

11. No. 8
Empty lorries as empty stages

12. No. 9
Oversized lorries squeeze down tiny
streets

13. No. 10
‘The Coffee Shop’ used as a meeting
space

14. No. 11
‘The Coffee Shop’ used as a space to be
alone

15. No. 12
The outside of bedrooms is used as a park-
ing space for HGVs.

16. No. 13
Shoes on the wires used as signage

17. No. 14
Street used as a bin

18. No. 15
Empty stalls as theatrical space

19. Dérive 2 - 18.01.’11 - 11.00 - 13.00

20. No. 1
The dome at the four courts used as
schmoozing space

21. No. 2
The markets as a day out

22. No. 3
Clothes lines as parking space delinators

23. No. 4
Street as footpath

24. Dérive 3 - 26.01.’11 - 12.00 - 13.00

25. No. 1
Railing as place for broken bicycle locks

26. No. 2
Roof as a garden

27. No. 3
Domestic wondow for selling goods

28. No. 4
Street as rubbish bin

29. No. 5
Footpath as a garden extenstion

30. No. 6
Footpath as rubbish bin

31. No. 7
Street as storage

32. No. 8
Broken window as coat rack

33. No. 9
Markets as meeting place for friends

34. No. 10
Crash barrier as bicycle rack

35. No. 11
Footpath as place to display goods

36. No. 12
Fire Assembly point as a perfect spot for
grafitti

37. Dérive 4 - 26.01.’11 - 12.00 - 13.00

38. No. 1
Railing as seat and swing

39. No. 2
Traffic Island as place for storage

40. No. 3
The street as a shop

41. No. 4
Hoarding as advertising space

42. No. 5
Luas journey as a site seeing adventure

43. No. 6
Luas tracks as cycle lanes

44. No. 8
Pedestrian island as space to chat to
passers-by

45. No. 9
Domestic window used for personal
expression

46. No. 10
House as a celebration of holidays

47. No. 11
Public street reserved for personal use

48. No. 12
Front railings of house as an airing
cupboard

49. No. 13
Derelict site as a rubbish bin

50. No. 14
Footpath for kicking football

51. No. 15
Swing set for pull ups

52. No. 16
Footpath for having arguments

53. No. 17
Footpath - a space for contemplating and
drinking a beer

54. No. 18
Window cill - a space for drinking a beer
and listening to music

55. No. 19
Windows for display

56. No. 20
Laneway for storage

57. No. 21
Doorway for smoking

58. No. 22
Street for storage