The next move
February 24, 2008
During my presentation and with the jury’s comments, i realized that the deck that i had integrated into the design was very inadequate and completely neglected my entire concept. This deck appears to be placed on top of the site and responds in no way to the topography, which is the theme of my project. They suggested some sort of pavement, but i am hesitant to use such a material. I was thinking of some bricks or pavers that do react to the terrain and try to assimilate the growing “roots” which form the topography. I was thinking it could be nice to have these pavers in a way that it provides a path and a solid area to hold events, yet grass and such can grow in between them. Not only that, but maybe the pavers slowly dissipate into the ground material or are slowly replaced by another material(dont know yet what). I would like to create a gradient effect, between change of materials because i dont want to separate areas…instead, have them all gradually mesh.Apparently I still have to work on my connection to the neighborhood…im having some trouble understanding what this implies because i dont see a disconnection between neighborhood and park. So I am a bit lost as to what this means…physical connection? as in entrances? or visual? cognitive? help me out guys…thanks
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bcantrell | February 24, 2008 at 11:31 pm
I think the decking material can still be used, I believe the form was the major issue, the fact that it was a single plane that sat above everything seemed to negate your overall concept. Possibly it is a combination of pavers and decking…
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amy | February 25, 2008 at 5:08 am
i think you had something when you were talking about the park as part of a greater system. Maybe that is how it connects.
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Steph | February 26, 2008 at 4:22 am
i thought they were talking about using pavers during your review because after they first said concrete, they realized that it will crack and isn’t a good idea after all. i think if you’re creating a space for events, there should be a continuous surface of all pavers or whatever without having gaps between them….the grassy gaps could be a tripping hazard, have the plant material overgrow the pavers, or allow too much space for bugs (or at least people could think that it would let more bugs into the event); you’d also have to consider how the grassy spaces between the pavers would be controlled: could they be mowed over? i wouldn’t count on human traffic keeping down all the grass…. i do like your idea of having the pavers peter out into the grass…could be interesting.
re: connection to the neighborhood, part of it is circulation: where would people enter? i learned that main entries are at the south corners of the site (no need for you to try and have big entrances along the sides since i already had that idea shot down). but there may be secondary entrances, too. we all need to make sure that we’re created spaces that invite people to come into them, not make it too complicated to get into the space. also (and this questions has been asked about my design), what would it look like from the second story of a house? that’s one point of connection. also, how will your design - materials, height, etc. - fit into the look of the neighborhood: are your materials fitting with what’s around, in a good size? hope something i’ve written may help a little.