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| View from Lincoln Road. |
As people walk in Lincoln Road the angle of the building’s
façade works as a point of reference for people looking for the New World
Center for the first time either tourist or locals. Also, the projection on the
wall serves as advertisement for the performance catching the attention of
people walking on 17th street and Lincoln Road.
The transparency of the landscape.
The design of the park and the landscape allows
for people to have almost unstructured views to the main wall from many areas
of the park. The pergolas and palm trees are placed strategically to minimize
the obstructed views to the wall. This condition generates a transparency that
at night is ideal allowing people to enjoy the concert, and during the day this
also allows people to see the activities taking place inside The New World
Center.
View between 17th street and the park.
The landscape works as insulation from the noise on 17th
street. The placement of palm trees on the edge of the park minimizes the noise
from the busy street. Also, the foliage of the palm trees works as a protection
from the street lights; this generates an ideal atmosphere to experience the
performance. The exterior noise is minimum and lighting is ideal. It feels like being in an enclose space but
with fresh air.
The main performance space in front of the 7,000-square-foot
projection wall was design to accommodate 700 people. The space becomes ideal
when people feel so confortable that makes the space their own by bringing
chairs, blankets and food. You can find many types of people from youth
families to old couples, teenagers and even homeless enjoying the concert. The
space becomes inclusive giving the opportunity to enjoy music to a large
variety of public.
The white buil-in benches along the park serve as gathering points for people;however,
people using the benches seem less interested in the wallcast than people
trying to sit in front of the wall or around the main space. People sitting on
the benches seem more interested in enjoying the park.
Datum of the concrete pathways.
The pathways become a datum for people to where to sit.
People in the main space in front of the wall sit on the grass between the
concrete pathways. They do not sit on
the paths, but they used them as tables for their drinks. Also, the pathways
inform people of the availability of free space. Early before the performance
pathways are clear and easy to navigate giving the impression of open space;
however, as the performance is approaching the pathways become difficult to
walk on because people use the for their drinks defining occupied space.
2 comments:
There are some good points here, but they seem contradictory. You argue that the trees and pergolas are both transparent - in order to enable people on the street to see what's happening inside the park - and dense enough to provide acoustic isolation. Is this really possible, or is there more of an impression of separation?
You should build penetrating analyses out of your observations. For example, you point out that people on the benches act differently than people on the lawn. Speculate on how the form of the park cues this behavior. How do the benches and lawns inspire different reactions?
You noticed how the palm trees screen the light but allow a view through. You also noticed how the paths direct people. Now get down and study these phenomena. Map the palm trees and the street lights. Map the paths and show how they direct people and how they relate to palm trees.
Drawings and analysis are necessary
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