Today has been a meaningful day which is started at the Riverside Park South. Although the weather is a little colder, we were in a great passion to experience the landscape in New York City. From the trip today, we notice that human is one of the most important elements for a successful landscape. Whatever the landscape is designed for (only for watching, having a seat, walking and etc. ), human’s feeling should be considered always.
The Riverside Park South which is located at the west coastline of Manhattan is our first stay today. It is a long park which is by the river. This park has several interesting elements which makes it such a lovely park. All this elements are the result of considering human’s feeling. First, there are many old historic remains in this park. This conflict seems to be strange in this modern city in someone’s regular opinion. However, this old pieces just are the memory of human beings. It makes this landscape to fit the culture and history field, and culture and history are just what human being is. It is a great improvement. Second, we have noticed the path way is another important element for this project. The path way of the Riverside Park south is not only a narrow path for walking. Along the way, we have found some small spaces which are attached. At these small rest space, people will able to have a lunch or chat. It make this park more closed to human. We even find a little art park in it. Landscape and the activity of human are mixed in this river park, making this park greater than ever.
Teardrop Park is the most impressive one today. Although it is a small park among the residence, but it is so useful and fit the environment well. In this park, the designer use elevation changing to separate the space and make the park more interesting and private. The people who live beside love to go there is most point. Second is the material it had chosen. It seems be rough, however the “rough” makes the park to be one part of the environment and close to the human at the same time. We really have a happy time there, playing the slide, chatting on the wooden stairs and watching the child playing in the sand poor. All these are fresh evidence for this park which consider human’s feeling so much.
Last, we found that we can see the skyscrapers from all the parks exactly. In our opinion, this is an evidence that the parks are all belong to the city, and the city is the “bowl” for humans. Considering human always will be a good method to create a “real” city landscape.
The Riverside Park South which is located at the west coastline of Manhattan is our first stay today. It is a long park which is by the river. This park has several interesting elements which makes it such a lovely park. All this elements are the result of considering human’s feeling. First, there are many old historic remains in this park. This conflict seems to be strange in this modern city in someone’s regular opinion. However, this old pieces just are the memory of human beings. It makes this landscape to fit the culture and history field, and culture and history are just what human being is. It is a great improvement. Second, we have noticed the path way is another important element for this project. The path way of the Riverside Park south is not only a narrow path for walking. Along the way, we have found some small spaces which are attached. At these small rest space, people will able to have a lunch or chat. It make this park more closed to human. We even find a little art park in it. Landscape and the activity of human are mixed in this river park, making this park greater than ever.
Teardrop Park is the most impressive one today. Although it is a small park among the residence, but it is so useful and fit the environment well. In this park, the designer use elevation changing to separate the space and make the park more interesting and private. The people who live beside love to go there is most point. Second is the material it had chosen. It seems be rough, however the “rough” makes the park to be one part of the environment and close to the human at the same time. We really have a happy time there, playing the slide, chatting on the wooden stairs and watching the child playing in the sand poor. All these are fresh evidence for this park which consider human’s feeling so much.
Last, we found that we can see the skyscrapers from all the parks exactly. In our opinion, this is an evidence that the parks are all belong to the city, and the city is the “bowl” for humans. Considering human always will be a good method to create a “real” city landscape.