pocket park
|A pocket park is a great way to use open spaces and turn them into community spaces. the pocket park provides a great way for people to gather and also to get away from all a hard days work and just rest. cities all over the country have created pocket parks so that the neighborhoods can get back their old spark. the pocket park is a small park that will be build in small vacant lot.
eaguilar's work for the Collect Information step:
Summary
i will be collecting information about where i would put the park and then i will try to think of ideas of how the park will be designed by researching the neighborhood that the park will be in.
i want my park to look something like this because it is a park that is both for teachers and...
the only things that have use in the courtyard are the generator and a tree that has value
eaguilar's work for the Brainstorm Ideas step:
Summary
i will upload sketches of how i want the courtyard and how it will be changed into a pocket park.
this is a sketch of how i want the courtyard to look like. it will have a water fountain in the...
eaguilar's work for the Develop Solutions step:
Summary
i will show my steps into changing the courtyard.
this is the curie courtyard that is in the middle of the school and at the moment the courtyard is...
these are the current doors at curie and i think that they should be removed because they are push...
this is an energy vault that is in the courtyard and it can not be removed because it it powers not...
These are stairs that are in the middle of the courtyard and i was planing to take them away...
this is a tree that is in the curie courtyard and it is a special tree because the tree is a...
this is a shot from autocad and this picture shows more then just the courtyard it also shows how...
the path that is in the courtyard is not best shape so i am going to change it so that it can be...
eaguilar's work for the Final Design step:
Summary
i will upload final renderings of how i changed the way the courtyard looks.
these are new trees and plants that have been planted it makes the place look much nicer then it...
in this image you can see that i took out the stairs that sat in the middle of the courtyard and so...
this is the gazebo that was in curie but the only thing that i did was that i changed how it looked...
these are new doors that i put because the old doors would give a hard time for the disabled to go...
this is the new path i made for the courtyard its a path that leads from the door to the water...
this is a solar analysis that shows what the courtyard would look like through out the day and what...
Comments
Your pocket park design is looking great. One suggestion I have is to spell check and check your grammar on the post. Keep in mind, the judges will look at everything you have written. Overall, great pocket park.
Good summary of what pocket parks can offer to a neighborhood! It would have been nice to see some more discussion of specific needs in your neighborhood in the summary, to set the stage for your program/plan for the space.
It's not entirely clear how you progressed through the steps of the process. I also don't see sustainability features integrated into the design - I left a comment about that elsewhere. This is a definite improvement over the existing courtyard, but there is room for more innovation. Great renderings/3d models, though!
Dear eaguilar. I've enjoyed reviewing your project. I really like how you've identified that an unused space at school was the perfect location to re-imagine for a small new park.
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But one of the things that is important to do when working through the design process is to be as specific as you can about identifying the problems with an existing design. You say that existing space is "barely used", but it would have been helpful to understand more about that, to see photos of it throughout the day, to hear feedback from students who use it about their needs/wants. That way, your research (Collecting Info) and your brainstorming, has a focus. Your final design is interesting, but you haven't convinced me that the new space solves the problem. Overall, it's important to explain how and why you made decisions.
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I did appreciate the nice quality of your final renderings (trees, water, light source, materials) are nicely done. Keep up the good work... but dig deeper!