Pocket Park Design | 2015 National High School Architecture Competition

05/20/15
The rendering of my design create by Revit. Acacia Mulga trees have been placed to maximize shading in the park and provide a low maintenance cost plant. Each roof on the benches and stage area is to have solar panels to provide lighting during the nighttime hours and keep the park self-sustaining. Inside the roofs misters and radios may be incorporated to provide cooling during the daytime and general audio entertainment. These will be powered by the electricity generated by the solar panels thanks to the strong sunlight in the Mojave Desert. The playground is placed in the middle of the park, since we are targeting the families of the area. By placing a playground in a centralized area, it provides a safe play environment for the children to play and for the parents to oversee in the surrounding benches. The walls are placed to provide some sound barriers for the residents living in the surrounding houses. The vision of these walls is to have local artists paint of them to prevent graffiti and create a relationship between the arts district of the downtown area. Grass has been incorporated on seating and play areas and dirt/gravel has placed for high feet traffic and jogging/walking paths. Overall, this is my solution to the design expressed within the project.