Saeri

**Saeri's park Page:**

 * 1. Park design

2. Report** __**Key:**__ A=playground B=picnic area C=pond D=flower garden E=another garden with flower F=tree G=pet free area H=community areaer I=picnic table J=bathroom K=water fountain L=guard house M=safety check area N=exercising area

__**Dimensions and area:**__ Dimension: 42m by 60 m. __//(Scale: 1 grid unit to 2m.)//__

A: W=22, L=30 (rectangle) =660square meter B: W=20, L40 (rectangle) =800square meter C: Long Radius=16, Short Radius=8 (oval) =100square meter D: Height=10, Base=12 (triangle) =60square meter E: Length=4, Width=4 (square) =16square meter F: Length=2, Width=2 (square) =4square meter G: Length=6. Width=8 (rectangle) =48square meter H: Length=4, Width=6 (rectangle) =24square meter I: Length=2, Width=1 (rectangle) =2square meter J: Length=2, Width=4 (rectangle) =8square meter K: Radius=4 (circle) =50square meter L: Length=2. Width=2 (square) =4square meter M: Length=2. Width=1 (rectangle) =2square meter N: Length=8, Width=12 (rectangle) =96square meter The community park I have designed is going to be one of the politest park in the future. It is a park where everybody can have a good time. I have designed it thinking about how different people might be feeling everyday. For example, lots of old people have a very hard time going place to place, but they still like to go out and spend their time. People usually think of little kids running around if they imagine of “park”. But my idea is different. I imagine park as a place where every single person can have a nice time.
 * 3. Persuasive letter**

The area of the picnic area is 800sq.meter, playground is 660sq.meter, pond is 100sq.meter, flower garden is 60sq.meter, another flower garden is 16sq.meter, trees are each 4sq.meter, pet free area is 48sq.meter, community area is 24sq.meter, each picnic table is 2sq.meter, bathroom is each 8sq.meter, water fountain is 50sq.meter, each guard house for 4sq.meter, safety check area is each for 2sq.meter, and exercising area is 96sq.meter.

The park is going to have a picnic area, playground, community area, 2 flower gardens, and other places such as pond, benches, etc. I have designed a big picnic area because it is the place where many of the families gather around and talk. I have set the playground right next to the picnic area so parents can sit in the picnic area and still see their kids playing. I thought the pond was very important because I figured that people like to sit by the pond and watch all the fishes swimming. I have also planned big flower garden and it’s going to allow kids, and families to take care of the flowers for free. It is to make them think about how these plants can be important to their life. Community area is especially for small kids, old people, and handicapped people to talk to each other and understand how people in different situations are feeling. The park is going to allow wheelchairs and they are allowed to use it all around the park except for the playground, anytime they want. The park is going to be surrounded by natures and there wouldn’t be any poisonous plants since guards are going to check every single week. The park is also going to contain one pet free area so those people who want to walk their dogs can do that. In the middle of the park, there will be a big water fountain that everyone can enjoy. Next to that, there will also be one exercising area for people who want to run or walk.

The main reason why my park should be chosen is because it’s very safe. There would be lots of guards and if you were the first time entering the park, you will be checked if you are allowed to go in. Once you do inappropriate things, you will not be allowed to go into the park. As long as you are friendly and not do any bad things, you will be safe all the time. Another reason is because people can communicate to each other and have a nice time. I think communicating is one of the most important skills you need to have and it’s going to allow anyone to talk to people. I would really like to try this new park and I am hoping that everybody can have a nice time and learn a lot from it.
 * 4. Reflective Journal

1. How has your understanding of access to public spaces been changed by your experience of trying to access the Upper Field by wheelchair?** I realized that it was very hard for people using wheelchair to go around places by themselves. For example, if they wanted to go to a place such as park and if it didn’t have any special access for wheelchair, I think they’d think that the place is very inconvenient for them. I didn’t have any chance to actually try the wheelchairs, but I learned how important it was to think about these handicapped people and how they would be thinking. If all of your friends were playing on the field and you didn’t get to even go there, I’d feel very sad and that it’s not fair. I think we should start thinking about these people who are left out without any chances of having fun.

I learned the ideas of designing the park. At first, I thought I mainly had to have picnic area and big playground so kids can play because I was thinking that park was a place where you can run around and play. But by reading at the wiki, I learned that it was also a place where people can just come and talk. I also learned how to get area of different shapes and how to draw shapes on the grid paper.
 * 2. 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?**

First, I think next year’s students should get more time to work on the project because we didn’t get lots of time and we didn’t really get to think about how we should design the park. Then before designing the park on the computer, I think students should design on their notebook first so they can think what they need to include in and not, and also because computer can have lots of problems.
 * 3. What suggestions can you make for improving the process for next year’s students?**