Summary

"Park" sends many visual memories of playing on the green grass at age 6, swinging on the swings wanting to go faster and higher, going down the long slides as if i was on a ride, the blisters on the palms of my hands from the monkey bars, and most recently, playing sports with my three brothers and my uncle. All great memories which have effected my design for the better because some things are loved by all ages and others, there's a point in which it doesn't work anymore. There are lines drawn separating ages, ethnicity, and income because it gives an idea of what portion of the population would like the pocket park and who would go.
The area code of the site I am using is 89101 which is next to the school's area code, 89106. Information I considered for the design are the percent of the ages of the population, the percentage of ethnicity of the population, the average income, and specific details about buildings and houses in the area. People between 25 and 34 years old makes out the highest percentage of the population at 16% while the percentage of people between ages 5 and 9 is 7%. The park should focus on people in their twenties and mature teenagers as well as for those few that still act like a child. In the area, the make up the population ethnicity is 61% Hispanic, I am Hispanic and think that the colors and partial objects in the pocket park should reflect Hispanic heritage. The average income people have in the area is $22,479 which is the lowest of all the area zip codes in Las Vegas. This information helps with understanding the area. A problem with the area is graffiti and the amount of trash on the streets. Sometimes graffiti hides the artistic abilities of a person and replaces the positive with the negative. In the pocket park design, I want to incorporate places such as walls dedicated to art. The park design will emphasize a green universal design since loitering is an issue in the area and because no one grows up completely, most people , as they get older, know how to hide or have just slightly forgotten how to be a kid. Also because the design should fit with most interests.
For this project, vegetation and orientation are two important factors in design a pocket pocket. All flowers are beautiful and every flower has a specific meaning and purpose, same with all sorts of plants and trees. Plants will emphasize the park if the right ones are chosen. Things to consider with vegetation are what's already on the site, trees, the fact that the park is located in the desert but it is downtown, and what type of plants are in the area. Most plants will follow the sun and some need more sun than others. The site, where the park will be located, at will be facing North. The sun rises from the East and sets on the West but most heat comes from the South. There's a wall on the South side of the site.