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Alana Paz Park

By starfruitCRIME | L Pocket Park Design | 2015 National High School Architecture Competition
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05/20/15
This is the final site plan for the park made in Revit. This shows the concept and the composition of the park. The site plan shows each area in the park emphasizing which area is more important than most for the foot traffic in the area placing where most people will be drawn to.

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Comments

I love your idea of hills and separate sub regions. That along with the walls of your site make it so that everyone is able to enjoy the park with their own space.
With that being said, don't you think it would be appropriate to have pathways that link different areas of your site (i.e. getting from the canopy area towards the benches in the southwest corner of the site)? If you were to come from your main square and head towards the southwest benches or the southeast open space, you would have to walk through grass. Although this would not be a problem to most, do you think those that have physical impairments would have adequate accessibility to these regions of the park?
That's just a concern that I have. Other than that, good work! I love the way you thought of creating different regions of the park, while still keeping them conjoint!

By irososhi, Student at 04:53 pm, 22 May 2015

Overall, I really enjoy this design. The general layout of the park provides ample space for people to walk, with plenty of greenery for outdoor activities. I also enjoy the different sections in the park you made, as well as the feeling of privacy that your walls add. However, I think it would be best to connect the two halves of your park with a short pathway. While you can simply walk over the grass, the open space leaves a sense of division and interrupts the flow of the park. The decision of where this path would go ultimately falls to you, but that little space slightly above the right side of the canopy seems ideal. But other than that, this is a great park! Fantastic job.

By 1135188, Student at 01:40 pm, 27 May 2015