Summary

After I finished modeling my proposed pocket park I then but the model into Lumion (a fantastic rendering program that anybody can use and creates wonderful renderings). My final design consisted of three areas or I like to call them environments. The first environment is the Urban Market where people of the surrounding community can sell or barter their crops - they grew in their urban garden. The Urban market consists of a large shading structure that would shade the actual market with a little sitting area off to the side for people to enjoy the community and chat. The back half of the Urban Market is a landscape retreat with a path that leads to entertainment environment of the Tri-Pocket Park. The path consist of arched bridges that cross over the rock sections and concrete pads that run along the grass section. This makes for an interesting experience and contrast that will bring life to the current community. The second environment of the Tri-Pocket Park is the entertainment environment. The entertainment environment consists of a amphitheater, grass lawn, and a large shading structure. All the elements of the entertainment environment are made such that the community can hold gatherings, parties, encouraging community interaction. The top of the entertainment environment (look up from the Urban Market) is a landscape retreat that will show off beautiful and vibrant native plants to the Las Vegas area. The last of the three environments of the Tri-Pocket Park is the Urban Garden or farm. The urban farm is also made up of three elements. The first of those elements is the large grass area for children to play while parents use the urban farm and/or adults to relax. The lawn will slope upwards and be retained by a retaining wall, this is such to accommodate for flooding giving the water a direction to go rather than puddling and killing the grass. The second element is the path way to the urban garden, which consists of concrete pads mixed in with rock and grass rectangle areas to create a unique, interesting yet relaxing environment for people to relax, rest from riding their bikes down the path which runs adjacent to the park, and experience the vibrant native landscape around them. The last of the three elements of the urban garden is the actual urban garden. This consists of a shed/shaded deck and rows of containers for the community to grow vegetables and other healthy foods. The containers will be raised off of the ground to accommodate for flooding and the lack of nutrient soil in this area of Las Vegas.