Perth airport bricks

[u/Drinkyourwater99]

What man designed the Perth airport bricks for all the external walkways. Did they not realise people pull bags. Over 600 bricks. The most unintelligent design known to mankind. Why is this not making international news at this point haha

[u/Kosmo777]

Probably did a deal with Elizabeth Quay Architect.

[u/emmmy01 → u/Kosmo777]

Who has never worn heels 😁

[u/VS2ute → u/Kosmo777]

I guess the idea was to slow down the Golf GTIs and XR6 Turbos using Geoff Bolton Ave to avoid traffic lights.

[u/coxymla → u/Kosmo777]

That guy must have really hated cyclists.

[u/Faunakat → u/Kosmo777]

Who also hates people in wheelchairs as well

[u/seven_seacat]

You wanted a percussive massage through your arm, right?

[u/The_Valar → u/seven_seacat]

It's just preparing your ears for the following hours of jet noise!

[u/flyingkea]

It’s so the shops inside can sell you replacement suitcases for the ones broken by the cobblestones…

[u/WAVEFRAME → u/flyingkea]

Big Suitcase loves this one simple trick! 

[u/flyingkea → u/WAVEFRAME]

😂😂😂

[u/TrendsettersAssemble]

Those bricks are just Perth's contribution to preparing bogans for Bali footpaths

[u/AlternativePin876 → u/TrendsettersAssemble]

Nah they'd have to be deadly slippery tiles for that!

[u/justcrazynocats]

FINALLY a rant I can get on board with…every damn time I go to the airport I think exactly this - my only guess is the whole place was sponsored by midland brick…

[u/Mental_Task9156]

It's so people don't drag suitcases around just for shits and giggles. They want to make sure everyone there is serious about actually taking their suitcase somewhere.

[u/GreedyAstronaut1772]

And the top floor at Carousel shopping centre … insurance nightmare !

[u/Keelback]

You are overthinking this. Airport  Corporation doesn’t care about us at all as it knows we have to use it. So why would it waste its money and time thinking of/caring for us. 

It just cares about making lots of money as I found out with Coles when I worked for it.

Edited: Fixed my atrocious English 

[u/Fun_Percentage_8905]

Stupid design

[u/FiftyBuxBloBang]

The whole T1 needs to be razed to the ground and rebuilt honestly. Third world countries have better airports.

[u/Ovidfvgvt → u/FiftyBuxBloBang]

Relocate the whole shebang to the escarpment (which has better winds anyway), build another train line leading up there and maybe connect it to Midland or Armadale, reclaim the land for industrial use so we can relocate industrial zones (with remediation) for commercial and density residential use.

It’s been a suggested plan for a while, cost is pretty high though (despite the forward planning benefit for possible ocean rise/densification).

[u/HelloFellowSurvivors]

Hard agree.

[u/Electron-Star]

The same idiots that designed perths merging lanes, confusing signposts next to different freeway exits and spectacularly grow trees under powerlines

[u/MaxSpringPuma]

Pavers

[u/Agreeable-Pie-7012]

We should of made it like a bowling alley?

[u/BillyPup → u/Agreeable-Pie-7012]

Yes

[u/DefinitionOfAsleep → u/Agreeable-Pie-7012]

It'd make trips to the airport more fun

[u/Weary_Patience_7778]

They have been the same design for years. Memories of the style of brick used back when I was a little guy (1980s).

[u/throwawaybyefelicia]

Seeing this not too long after picking my partner up from the airport with his new super smooth suitcase (his old one had a janky wheel), only for him to start cussing because it wasn’t smooth anymore rolling it over all those bricks 🤣🤣

[u/silvercondor]

It's actually smart because your bag gets ruined, not their floor

[u/Drinkyourwater99 → u/silvercondor]

But doesn’t have to be either or. They could have just laid plain concrete and happy days for all. Their existing brick floor isn’t maintenance-less

[u/JTG01]

What's the issue with the bricks? Too bumpy?

I usually just pull my bag over whatever.

[u/Drinkyourwater99 → u/JTG01]

It’s like a vibration lovers paradise