Inventory of the In-between

Digital collage-montage compiled of site analysis and creative development material

Inventory of the In-Between (2025) examines the urban laneway as both material condition and spatial subject. Through iterative acts of observation, recording, and response, the project investigates the laneway as an intermediate, transitional, and generative space — one defined less by fixed function than by ambiguity, movement, and latent spatial potential.

Inventory of the In-Between

Scope: Spatial Design

Type: Spatial research, site analysis

Sites: Flanigan Lane, McLean Alley, and Paynes Place

Location: Melbourne

Status: Completed within the design studio Textualised Object and Urban Interior at RMIT University under the supervision of Dr Brett Jones and Yawen Hu

https://456117.cargo.site/

1/5 Inventory of the In-Between (Desktop view). 2025.

2/5 Inventory of the In-Between (Desktop view). 2025.

3/5 Inventory of the In-Between (Mobile view). 2025.

4/5 Inventory of the In-Between (Desktop view). 2025.

5/5 Inventory of the In-Between (Desktop view). 2025.

The project is housed within a non-hierarchical digital platform that organises fragments of the investigation, including video, drawing, collage, and text, without seeking formal resolution. Functioning simultaneously as archive and interface, the website supports an iterative design process through tagging, grouping, and reordering, allowing relationships between materials to remain fluid and continuously reconstructable.

Rather than operating as a static repository, the inventory is structured as a spatial journey shaped by open-ended assemblage, textual drift, and keyword navigation. The project can be explored through six thematic terms: Transition, Ma, Latent, Flow, Threshold, and Liminal.

Site map of three laneways studied: Flanigan Lane, Paynes Place, and McLean Alley. Scan of a digital file with a drawing.

Digital collage-montage compiled of site analysis and creative development material

Site Analysis Material: Digital video recording in McLean Alley.

Video montage created from site analysis footage and photography, including a 360 camera, an iPhone, and an Olympus Camedia C-70.

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