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youth on park

[cornell university, fall 2023]

The proposal is for a youth village where kids can play freely year round and local youth organizations can host programs and meetings in flexible spaces.
The lots are organized with grids that arise from the surrounding youth infrastructure and engage key youth orgiented zones in the neighborhood. Each lot offers a unique program of indoor spaces such as an art center, nature center, and science center. The nature center offers gardening supplies and planters with grow lights suspended from above. The art center has work tables and an exhibition area, in addition to art sinks. The science center has space for running experiments and also has sinks. In addition, there is a storage space for sports equipment, restrooms, a library/study space, and a dance center spread amongst the two lots. Suspended from the viaduct is a rail system of steel that supports various suspended structures such as hanging seating, a climbing zone, adjustable basketball hoops, and swing sets, which can be sid along a rail to adjust the positioning. The rail system also allows for the suspension of lighting to counteract the darkness of the space. Each space has two entrances at the north and south sides and is otherwise enclosed with a fence that is interwoven with vinyl colored cords that creates intermittent openings for transparency and protects the safety of the children in multiple ways.

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