The Visual Supercity

We’ve been giving presentations over the last couple of weeks about issues facing the new Auckland Supercity and today was my turn to give my presentation. I chose to speak about this idea of a “Visual City” for Auckland. Basically the whole city would be modelled in 3D so that multi-dimensional information could then be superimposed on the model to help city leaders make more informed decisions. It would provide transparency for the public so that they could see changes happen virtually before they became reality. Here is a poster I subsequently made (we had to make one afterwards) that gives an overview of my presentation.

My poster describing the Visual Supercity model

Our presentations were interrupted by a fire drill

A few minutes after I presented, we heard a loud siren bellow out through the building. Admittedly we all ignored the noise at first, but as soon as we saw other people leaving down the hallway, we decided to follow suit. Moments later after we had all assembled outside by the road, we heard firetruck sirens approaching. An array of firetrucks showed up on the scene and some kitted-out firemen emerged from the crowd. Nobody really knew what was going on; we couldn’t see any fire or smoke. Luckily it didn’t appear to be serious and we were all allowed back inside once the all-clear horn was sounded.

The remaining presentations filled the rest of the hour and our teaching assistant Vicky closed with some final remarks. It was our last week of tutorials and I feel like I have learnt a lot about technical communications. Hopefully I’ll be able to use these skills later on in my degree and career.