PLAY!
A playful community park and adaptive retail space in Edgemere, NY. This area struggles with flooding. This project goes beyond the site (red dot) to create a burm design which protects the coast from the water but it also acts as a fun area for the community to walk, skateboard, kayak, rock climb and more, with some indoor spaces which can be used as classrooms or storm shelters. PLAY has over a dozen adaptable ‘kit of parts’ pieces that can be moved, built, or taken down for different programs and desired use.
Introduction
Want to learn more about the research, main focuses, and how the design was imagined? Check out this fun video filled with simple 2D animations.
Edited in Premiere Pro, drawings made with Photoshop, and animations done in the Procreate App.
Video created by Katie Eveleth!
Narration by Katie Eveleth and Grace Rankin
Specific goals and solutions that the project aims to implement.
Design Goals
Block pieces (pink) are made of materials that absorb water. They can be moved and stacked, if needed, before a storm.
I drew all the people, plants and entourage used in this project!