Nicole's+park






 * __These are my dimensions__**


 * __Report__**
 * Legend || Repesentitive || Length and width || Area ||
 * A || picnic area || 18m width 34m height area || 612 meters squared ||
 * B || playground || 22m width 34m height || 745 meters squared ||
 * C || pond area || 22m width 12m height || 264 meters squared ||
 * D || triangular flower garden || 12m base 10m height || 120 meters squared ||
 * E || swimming pool || 22m width 12m height || 264 meters squared ||
 * F || tree pots || 4m for both width and height || 16 meters squared ||
 * G || trees || 4m radius || 25.12 meters squared ||
 * H || jaccuzzi || 4m radius || 25.12 meters squared ||
 * I || pond || 6m radius || 37.68 meters squared ||
 * J || garden area || 18m width 24m height || 432 meters squared ||

Scale: 1 unit = 2 meters


 * =__FORMULA__= ||


 * Rectangles/ Squares || Area= L x W ||
 * Triangles || Area= B*H/2 ||
 * Circles || Area= πr2 ||


 * __Letter__**

23 Newsweetzland Chocolate street Vanila street Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Dear Mathsland Community Planning Committee (CPC),

If you are looking for a park that looks great, is amzing and fun! My park should be the choosen one because it is suitble for all ages and has unique structures. It is a great place for kids to have fun, working adults to get a breathe of fresh air and senoir citizens who just want to relax. There is a big parking lot so people do not need to worry about traffic jams. At the entrance, people can see a beautifully designed fountain which is a unique shape of a semicircle. There is a huge playground for children to play. A large comfortable picnic area with a lovely garden with all the variety of flowers you can think of. There is an enormous swimming pool accomplimented with a big jaccuzzi. Swimming lessons are also provided because the pools is big enough for everyone. A huge garden where there are shops and resturaunts. Parents can drop their children for swimming lessons or let their children go to the playground and go shopping. Parents are not to worry about their children because the security in the park is very tight. I hope you like my park and hopefully we will be able to work on it further.

sincerely the park designer

Nicole Lim


 * __Reflection__

Self-Knowledge**: //**Reflective journal**//


 * Q1• How has your understanding of access to public spaces been changed by your experience of trying to access the Upper Field by wheelchair?**

My understanding of access to public spaces has changed because I realise that handicapped people would like to go to the park too. Handicapped people usually have no access to public places. Having just a simple brigde or pathway for them gives advantages to a lot of people such as the companies who make bridges and pathways, the workers building it as they get paid for building those structures, the government as they can solve the problem of unemployment and the handicapped people who can have access to these places. In the beginning of the project, we tried to bring down a wheelchair to the field. We used a lift to carry it down but in a park there are usually no lifts. Therefore, a bridge or a path way will help them get access into the park. These access in the public places helps the handicapped to move around easily in their wheelchairs as they are not mobile.


 * Q2• What have you learned about the process when designing the park? Eg, how did you manage to convert real dimensions to grid dimensions and vice versa?**

I have learnt from this project that we can help the handicapped get into a park with no trouble. I have also learnt how to use the " Macromedia Freehand " software. It made planning and designing the park so much easier, accurate and more organized. I learnt how to put in the colors and making shapes on the grid such as changing the rectangular shape to the triangle and circle shape. Converting real dimensions to the grid dimension was really difficult because I could not picture the real size of any shape and design. I found it hard to convert every single design on my park plan match the scale of 1 unit= 2 meters.


 * Q3• What suggestions can you make for improving the process for next year’s students?**

I think giving the next year's students more time to learn and experience using the " Marcromedia Freehand " software. It is really effective as they will not be clueless on how to do it and will pick it up very fast. If they work on their park straight away ,like we did, they might make mistakes and have to start doing the park all over again just like some of us did. They should be given more time to be familiar with "Macromedia Freehand" because they will have many assignments and projects,thus they will not be frustrated and stressed. I also think that it will be good idea to make the scale less confusing for the students. My classmates and I found it extremely confusing and restricted. I feel that giving the students more choices will make designing the park much more easier, instead of the scale of 1unit = 2 meters or 5 meters. I feel that adding more unusual shapes instead of rectangles, triangles and circles will make their park stand out and be more interesting.