What makes a park so special...is it the prospect of a reprieve from the seemingly restless motion all about...?
What is it with park designers obsession with variations on the same tired theme of trees and bushes with the occasional playground set or some sports oriented field or court...
Parks should be areas of great creative expression where the limitless is given voice.
A SAMPLE...
(Waterrock Park)
Both natural and artificial rocks and rock formations
illuminated by many lighting effects, with natural water and
colored water (food coloring) flowing this way and that.
(Rose Park)
Artificial Roses made from plastics, metals, wood, and
ceramics, complimenting the natural growth cycles of the
different natural roses, those in the free air and those greenhouses growing full year-round.
(Playset Park)
Nothing but Swings, Ostacles, Rope, Bars, Doors, etc..
(A Mazing Parks)
Mazes made of mud and brick, bushes, wood, man-made objects, and the like.
(Lego Park)
Everything From Legos
(Marvin Gardens)
Theme based on Marvin the Martian (Marv, as Buggs Bunny would call him), a smaller cousin to high-rise park located directly over the interbay industrial area...100-200 feet elevated.
(Vertical Parks)
Buildings that are converted or designed with the use of vegetation in mind...layered with flowers, small trees and bushes, small wildlife, vines, and artificial enhancements like waterfalls, miniponds, etc.
Multistory layers of park with each layer adding to the tranquility that the city rush takes away.
Sauna's and small bubbling pools where people can relax.
Plenty of benches and places to lie down.
A thousand parks (the aim) spanning the whole greater Seattle area, some very large others as small as a half a block in size.
