To find a concept for the site I looked at two ideas that interested me, the park as a centerpiece of the community and the sidewalks that were cracked and displaced. I created several concept models, paintings and altered photographs to help support these ideas.
In my first model I explored the idea of how the community was affected by Katrina. The chipboard symbolizes the homes that were damaged and being rebuilt.
The second model I looked at the idea of the park being a centerpiece of the community and how it is linked with other places and programs in New Orleans.
The Third Model also looks at the idea of the park being the centerpiece and how the surrounding community is in pieces since Katrina. The plywood block in the middle represents the park and the broken glass symbolize the community. I express three ideas I will use in designing the new park, rebuild the pieces, strengthen the community, and remember the lost.
In my paintings and altered photographs I studied the cracked and displaced sidewalks. I used the colors green because of its relationship to nature, growth and fertility and blue because of its relationship to water, depth, and stability.
