Emma J DavisStudies
Projects

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



Inventory of the In-Between (2025) explores Melbourne’s urban laneways as spaces of transition, ambiguity and possibility. Through walking, observation and iterative acts of recording and response, the project attends to the material conditions and everyday rhythms of Flanigan Lane, McLean Alley and Paynes Place, investigating how overlooked spaces are experienced, interpreted and imagined.

    Scope: Spatial research
    Type: Site-based study
    Format: Website
    Sites: Flanigan Lane, McLean Alley and Paynes Place
    Location: Melbourne, Australia
    Status: Developed within the design studio Textualised Object and Urban Interior at RMIT University, under the supervision of Dr Brett Jones and Yawen Hu
    Year: 2025

Through walking, sustained observation and iterative acts of recording and response, the project investigates the laneway as an intermediate and generative space shaped by movement, ambiguity and latent spatial potential.

View the project website


    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.





    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





    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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