UDALL PARK
OFFICALLY KNOWN AS THE MORRIS K UDALL REGIONAL PARK, IS THE SELECTED SITE FOR THIS PROJECT. THE PROJECT BRIEF WAS TO DESIGN A PARK THAT REFLECTS TIME IN ITS DESIGN. I APPROACHED THIS ASSIGNMENT WITH SOMETHING EVERYONE CAN RELATE TO IMMEDIATELY AND SOMETHING THAT USUALLY PEAKS EVERYONE’S INTEREST.
FESTIVALS
I WANTED TO DESIGN A PARK THAT PROVIDES ITS VISITORS WITH THE SPACE AND OPPURTUNITY TO CELEBRATE ANY OCCASION THAT THEY WISHED TO DO SO . THIS MEANS THAT THE DESIGN NEEDS TO BE INCLUSIVE SO THAT IT ACCOMODATES BOTH BIG AND SMALL EVENTS AND BE FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO FUNCTION IN OTHER WAYS WHEN REQUIRED. I WANT THE VISITOR TO ASSOCIATE NEW MEMORIES WITH THE PARK EVERYTIME THEY VISIT. TO EXPLORE NEW PARTS OF THE PARK AS TIME PASSES AND WITH EVERY NEW FESTIVAL THEY CELEBRATE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. BECAUSE STUDIES HAVE FOUND THAT FESTIVALS ARENT JUST A PHENOMENON ENJOYED BY THE FESTIVAL GOER BUT BY BYSTANDERS EQUALLY .
SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT GO THE PARK BUT NOT TO CELEBRATE ANYTHING IN PARTICUALR BUT YOU CAN EXPERIENCE OTHER PEOPLE’S JOY. AND THAT IS WHAT A PARK FESTIVAL IS ALL ABOUT. COMMUNITY !
FESTIVALS
I WANTED TO DESIGN A PARK THAT PROVIDES ITS VISITORS WITH THE SPACE AND OPPURTUNITY TO CELEBRATE ANY OCCASION THAT THEY WISHED TO DO SO . THIS MEANS THAT THE DESIGN NEEDS TO BE INCLUSIVE SO THAT IT ACCOMODATES BOTH BIG AND SMALL EVENTS AND BE FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO FUNCTION IN OTHER WAYS WHEN REQUIRED. I WANT THE VISITOR TO ASSOCIATE NEW MEMORIES WITH THE PARK EVERYTIME THEY VISIT. TO EXPLORE NEW PARTS OF THE PARK AS TIME PASSES AND WITH EVERY NEW FESTIVAL THEY CELEBRATE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. BECAUSE STUDIES HAVE FOUND THAT FESTIVALS ARENT JUST A PHENOMENON ENJOYED BY THE FESTIVAL GOER BUT BY BYSTANDERS EQUALLY .
SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT GO THE PARK BUT NOT TO CELEBRATE ANYTHING IN PARTICUALR BUT YOU CAN EXPERIENCE OTHER PEOPLE’S JOY. AND THAT IS WHAT A PARK FESTIVAL IS ALL ABOUT. COMMUNITY !
LOCATION
TUCSON, ARIZONA,
USA
AREA
172.8 ACRES
YEAR
2025
CLIENT
UNIVERSITY PROJECT
STATUS
DESIGN PROPOSAL
THEMES
LEISURE, PUBLIC, URBANISM, LANDSCAPE
While designing this project i also started looking into what kind of structures i could make for shade, and then while doing a case study of one such cases (which i will link below) I found that the same cuboid shape could be used to make both the stage platform a quite respite from the sun or a place with the vantage to enjoy nature framed differently. here are some of the attempts i made to make my versions of the same project. i also used ai to render it and show how it could possibly look celebrating the different festivals i envisioned in the begining. and doing so reall brough home the fact that time both stretches and moves by much faster whe your with a community surrounded by nature.
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REFRENCES
https://landezine.com/expanding-landscape-set-and-surplus/
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00291951.2013.784352#d1e629
https://www.archdaily.com/1031738/aydc-public-art-center-atelier-xi
https://www.mvrdv.com/projects/1203/lucky-star
https://www.archdaily.com/1033560/550-madison-avenue-garden-snohetta
https://landezine.com/mooi-mosterdhof-by-veenenbos-en-bosch-landscape-architecture/ CONTACT