Pocket Park in Downtown Tulsa, OK
|This pocket park would be 14,400 square feet and would be located between 4th and 6th Street across from the Cox Business Center in downtown Tulsa, OK. It is designed on a very narrow lot (60' by 240'), meaning the design plans had to be creative in order to make the areas flow from one space to the next. The park features elements and components that bring the community together in a variety of purposes, appealing to a variety to age groups. The park would bring a modern recreational area to a part of downtown Tulsa that is in need of some redesigning.
zackad19's work for the Collect Information step:
Summary
First, I drove around midtown Tulsa looking for an urban place that I thought was in need of some redesigning.
A panorama of the site from the northeast end. To the left is the police department, at the end is...
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This is an aerial shot of the site using Google Maps. The dimensions are approximately 60' by...
This image shows the disrepair of the existing structure. The structure is outdated, old-fashioned...
This shot shows the stained, old fountain at the center of the existing structure but also...
Growing up in Tulsa, I used to like to visit the parks in midtown often. As I grew older, though, I...
I saw this image of a park in Toronto which had a slide built into a hill. I decided this would be...
Upon doing a brief online search for "community park," this image caught my eye as a park...
zackad19's work for the Brainstorm Ideas step:
Summary
Using some of the elements I had seen from parks around Tulsa and others online, I began to try to blend together an area which could suit all ages and fulfill many purposes.
I began to design individual components I thought would fit nicely into my park. Shown above is my...
I decided that I wanted the majority of the park to be grass with other elements, such as seating,...
This screenshot shows the measurements of the proposed site according to Google Maps. I used their...
I began to design individual components I thought would fit nicely into my park. Shown above is my...
I began to design individual components I thought would fit nicely into my park. One thing I knew I...
I began to design individual components I thought would fit nicely into my park. The above image...
This is the first sketch I made on how I wanted my hill slides to look. I made the SketchUp model...
zackad19's work for the Develop Solutions step:
Summary
After making a list of which components I considered to put into my park, I narrowed down the list, then expanded on some of the broader themes to break them down into more specific components.
Above is my final site plan for the layout of my pocket park. The design is to scale and shows its...
This was my Top 10 list of components to incorporate, a list which was a result of the initial...
This was the first of three original layouts I considered. I decided against it for a number of...
This was the second of three original layouts I considered, and this was the one I ended up...
This was the third of three original layouts I considered. I decided against it for a couple of...
zackad19's work for the Final Design step:
Summary
I created my final design in SketchUp, a free CAD software which I am very familiar and adept with.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc_N_4RilZU
This link leads to a YouTube video of a walkthrough of...
A rendering of the entrance end to the park, featuring the shelter, the end of the fountain, and...
Rendering of the park's open grassy area. The translucent colored sculpture can be seen in the...