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Van Alen Launches "Parks for the People: A Student Competition to Reimagine America's National Parks"
Submitted by Shaun Eyring on Thu, 2011-08-18 08:21
Van Alen Institute launched "Parks for the People: A Student Competition to Reimaging America's National Parks" on Friday, August 8. Parks for the People is a design competition that will reimagine America's most spectacular public places — its national parks — by using design as a catalyst to creatively rethink their connections to people and their role as revered natural, social, and cultural destinations.
As a culminating project of Designing the Parks, Parks for the People invites student and faculty teams to help build a common foundation of design principles for these extraordinary sites as the U.S. National Park Service embarks upon a new century of park design.
Preliminary Design Principles
Six design principles emerged from the rich and varied discussion that took place last year during Designing The Parks Part II at Cavallo Point. They are:
Park planning and design must demonstrate:
• Reverence for place;
• Engagement of all people;
• Expansion beyond traditional boundaries;
• Sustainability;
• Informed decision-making;
• An integrated research, planning, design, and review process.
