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Art as a medium of safety

The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) strives to create beautiful, healthy and safe outdoor spaces for everyone. One of the projects ASLA worked on was called the Underpass Park, a project that transforms a dangerous underpass area into a safe community driven space. This project can give inspiration for

Arts & Lifestyle

Parks are more than the outdoors

Recreation Management is an organization that stays informed on developments, trends and innovations to manage the best experience in recreation, sports and fitness. This article mentions the importance of bringing people to parks and how art in parks can create an impact on people. This article can open the mind

Arts & Lifestyle

Combining function and message in art

This article from Seattle Times shows a range of public art from many artists at the Waterfront Park. These pieces include a variety of sculptures with playful structures. These works are important to the park as they encompass artistic traditions from local Native American tribes. The artworks from this article

Arts & Lifestyle

Art in parks

This page from the National Park Service (NPS) discusses the importance of art in parks. NPS talks about a program, called Artist-in-Residence, that provides artists opportunities to lodge at a park and share their art with the public. Programs like these can give designers chances to share their

Special Interest

Benefits of translucent bags

This article about translucent waste bags discusses the positive effects translucent bags have on promoting sustainability. Even though this may not be a fully credible source, it is interesting to see the use of translucent bags and how that may provide inspiration for a change in park waste bins. This

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Primary Research

This post includes a visit to a variety of parks and some conversations with ODNR park managers. Through these visits and conversations, information about waste in parks were gathered that can serve as insights to guide the capstone project. The parks that were visited include Alum Creek, Glacier Ridge Metro

Business

EcoSpeed [Design Conjecture]

EcoSpeed is a competition between visitors to come together and preserve the environment. Through the literature that was reviewed, they discuss the importance that parks have on the economy. Parks generate over $154 billion USD and support over 1.1 million jobs (National Recreation and Parks Association, 2019) through recreation

Arts & Lifestyle

Hanging Wings [Design Conjecture]

Hanging Wings combine both play and storytelling into a sculptural form in parks. Through the literature reviewed, sculptures are not only used to enhance the visual space of parks, but they also encourage visitors to interact and play with the piece (Laris, 2015). Sculptures can also represent concepts or convey

Special Interest

Eyes of Nature [Design Conjecture]

Eyes of Nature is a waste bin that gets people to be more responsible for their waste through eye patterns and transparency of the bin. Van Doesum et al. (2021) suggests a method that could potentially encourage visitors to use trash bins. They discuss how placing eyes near trash bins,

Special Interest

Op-Ed: Impact of heavy recreation on the environment

Overview Studies have shown that parks are essential to the economy. Not only do parks generate sizable revenue from tourism, travel and recreation, but they support countless jobs and local businesses. This in return increases the property value of areas around the parks, further generating revenue (WeConservePA, n.d.). Aside

Science & Tech

CleanMon [Design Conjecture]

CleanMon is a machine that collects or “eats” waste that is found in the environment. CleanMon is based on a machine that cleans up the beach called BeBot and it sifts through sand to collect waste. This technology developed by the Searial Cleaners was intended to remove waste and have

Numbers

Survey Analysis

This survey was sent to park managers to gather information about park management in regard to conservation and recreation. These questions ask about park trails, waste disposal, watercraft recreation and sustainability. This survey sought to provide information that would guide project designs to minimize the impact of human recreation on

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