It's crunch time...

This week was a very busy week, and I feel the group made some major strives in getting this project designed, including a well received presentation to the Clemson Board of Architecture Review. I've focused most of the week researching and coming up with ideas for changing the apperance of the stage. With the small scale performances that happen here, we've decided that a good way to give some life to the stage would be to create different levels for performing. The levels could then serve as steps or even benches for when the stage is not being used for performances. We've started looking into decking as a component to add to the stage. This would tie into the board walk element that occurs further down the path in the park.

A major goal for our group is to find a way to make this project interactive with children. When I was researching some uses of wood and decking, I came across a picture of park bench that got me thinking. The park bench can be played like a xylophone. We started thinking of ways that the decking can be used not only to create a sound, but maybe even experience for person running through the park. In a way our stage could be a preview for the board walk that that is, somewhat hidden in the back of the park. We could create signage or, even more of this same element that would guide a visitor back to the board walk.