We do not have a new reading for this week. Instead, we should be developing our written statements through the ideas expressed in the readings over the course of the semester.
Please provide short (1-3 sentences) responses to each of the following questions:
What is/are the processes at work within your park?
How do this/these process(es) contribute to the organization of your park?
Which elements of your park are open?
Which are closed?
How is your park legible? Give a specific example.
How is your park resilient? Give a specific example.
If you do not understand these questions, it means you need to review the readings from the past few weeks.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
What is/are the processes at work within your park? The major process at work in my park design is that of puncturing the man-made and allowing the natural processes to take hold and eventually take over in these designed areas. The puncture speeds up the natural processes already in the works on this site, while seizing the opportunity to strategically site spaces for human use.
How do this/these process(es) contribute to the organization of your
park? These processes are based on a grid that works from the bottom left of the site in a gradient both horizontally and vertically. This organization takes advantage of the natural area to the left of the site, in hopes that the combination of favorable conditions and natural succession being sped up by the design would culminate into a new and unique park, while retaining the sites historical significance.
Which elements of your park are open? The punctures are an example of an open part of my system as they depend on succession as they age and the concrete gives way to plants. Some puncture are flexible, so they allow for a range of activities as well as the opportunity for natural succession to take place and give the park a range of flexibility into the future.
Which are closed? Some of the sports field areas are closed in my system as they are predetermined for a specific activity or range of activity while some other punctures are left flexible to allow for active or passive recreation.
How is your park legible? Give a specific example. The park not very legible for its greenness now is designed in a way that after the design is finished the natural process continues as the plant material with the favorable conditions supported by the design will continue to fill the punctures and afford plants the opportunity to spread to areas that were well out of reach before this design.
How is your park resilient? Give a specific example. This park is resilient in a way that I have designed disturbance, in the form of the puncture and set in motion a process which will eventually reverse the amount of paved surface into vegetated surfaces, not quite the land that existed before it was filled in but never the less a usable space for the surrounding residents and visitors that can transform as the need for changing or evolving programs arises.
How do this/these process(es) contribute to the organization of your
park? These processes are based on a grid that works from the bottom left of the site in a gradient both horizontally and vertically. This organization takes advantage of the natural area to the left of the site, in hopes that the combination of favorable conditions and natural succession being sped up by the design would culminate into a new and unique park, while retaining the sites historical significance.
Which elements of your park are open? The punctures are an example of an open part of my system as they depend on succession as they age and the concrete gives way to plants. Some puncture are flexible, so they allow for a range of activities as well as the opportunity for natural succession to take place and give the park a range of flexibility into the future.
Which are closed? Some of the sports field areas are closed in my system as they are predetermined for a specific activity or range of activity while some other punctures are left flexible to allow for active or passive recreation.
How is your park legible? Give a specific example. The park not very legible for its greenness now is designed in a way that after the design is finished the natural process continues as the plant material with the favorable conditions supported by the design will continue to fill the punctures and afford plants the opportunity to spread to areas that were well out of reach before this design.
How is your park resilient? Give a specific example. This park is resilient in a way that I have designed disturbance, in the form of the puncture and set in motion a process which will eventually reverse the amount of paved surface into vegetated surfaces, not quite the land that existed before it was filled in but never the less a usable space for the surrounding residents and visitors that can transform as the need for changing or evolving programs arises.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Reading #8
The reading for this week is:
Julia Czerniak, "Legibility and Resilience", in Large Parks (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2007) pp. 214-251.
Julia Czerniak, "Legibility and Resilience", in Large Parks (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2007) pp. 214-251.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Reading #7
We will return to our readings this week with:
Anita Berrizbeitia, “Re‐Placing Process”, in Large Parks (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2007), pp. 174‐197.
and
“210‐15, 320‐13, 320‐15, 320‐16, 320‐17, 320‐18, 520‐3, 520‐4, 520‐5, 520‐7, 520‐8, 520‐11, 520‐12, 520‐14, 520‐15, 520‐16, 520‐19, 520‐20” , in Time‐Saver Standards for Landscape
Architecture: Design and Construction Data. (New York: McGraw Hill Publishing Company, 1998).
Anita Berrizbeitia, “Re‐Placing Process”, in Large Parks (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2007), pp. 174‐197.
and
“210‐15, 320‐13, 320‐15, 320‐16, 320‐17, 320‐18, 520‐3, 520‐4, 520‐5, 520‐7, 520‐8, 520‐11, 520‐12, 520‐14, 520‐15, 520‐16, 520‐19, 520‐20” , in Time‐Saver Standards for Landscape
Architecture: Design and Construction Data. (New York: McGraw Hill Publishing Company, 1998).
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