Park-itecture
This is the park with vegetation in place before rendering; I didn't change the shape of the pathways much, but the addition of the horizontal pathway towards the middle is the only 'major' change to my park's actual shape, because I felt that I needed to find a way to allow more traffic flow, and another walkway was the solution. After doing research on suitable plants for this desert climate, I decided on using American Beech, Acacia, Daphne, and White Pine. American beech changes with the seasons, which I think will be a nice added touch to the park, as it is split into four quadrants and a possible addition to the park would be flowers within each quadrant to symbolize each season. Acacia and Daphne are both shrubs suited for the desert climate, although Daphne requires more maintenance with its requirements to thrive. I selected White Pine because of their shape to add variation away from the 'circular' plants and to serve as natural barriers between the traffic and the people within the inner grass area.
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Comments
Overall, the design is very good. The park is very open and allows for a very efficient flow in concerns to foot traffic. However, I have one major concern: the wood panels. I'm quite concerned with their durability with the weather. In addition to the heavy foot traffic they'll be introduced to, they will also experience both extreme heat and coldness. But the most threatening hazard (though Nevada sees very little of it) is rain. I fear that the lifespan of those wood panels will be short lived.
Although they might wear down after a while, these are composite wooden panels that will have some kind of solar-absorbing material in order to add sustainability to the park, but I understand what you are trying to say, and I will take that into consideration!