Neighborhood Park
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Insights and Solutions
The Neighborhood Park is an open public space in a residential area designed as a gathering place for community events. Providing combined parks and landscapes that offer places for activity and respite connects people and enhances city harmony.
- Multiple paths for walkers, joggers, and cyclists encourage healthy activity and spur interaction between neighbors.
- A water feature and climbing wall serve as a focal point in the space while promoting relaxation and contemplation.
- Furnished areas facilitate communal gatherings for respite, socialization, or dining.
- A large centralized open lawn area offers space to run, play, or picnic. Movies can be projected on the rear side of climbing walls.
- GO Outdoor Tables with canopies and Chipman stools add shared spaces for casual or spontaneous get-togethers and opportunities to re-charge.
- Parc Centre tables and Parc Centre chairs invite dining and gaming in a relaxing setting near the pond.
- Hi-Glo pedestrian lighting extends safe illumination into the evening hours, but can be dimmed while movies are projected to minimize glare.
- Lo-Glo path lighting effectively lights pathway without creating glare for movie viewing.
- Rails near the climbing walls support leaning and resting between climbs.
- Collect litters provide attractive options to conceal and recycle waste.
- Rest benches offer respite along circulation paths and also provide comfort while viewing climbing activities or movies.