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1 ACTIVATING: GATES HILLSIDE Weee Garden BID 2010 | A4: Activating Public Landscapes Alice Grantham | Mike Lin | Spencer Sugarman | Christine Wu | Jacky Yip

2 USER RESEARCH discovering user needs Like it because it is quiet and not many people know about it. Grass is nice. Shade is nice. BID 2010 | A4: Activating Public Landscapes Alice Grantham | Mike Lin | Spencer Sugarman | Christine Wu | Jacky Yip

3 USER RESEARCH discovering user needs Like it because it is quiet and not many people know about it. Grass is nice. Shade is nice. “Please don’t change it. It’s where I go to escape.” “If I wanted crowds, I’d go to the UC where the cut is.” BID 2010 | A4: Activating Public Landscapes Alice Grantham | Mike Lin | Spencer Sugarman | Christine Wu | Jacky Yip

4 20 CONCEPTS ambience, entertainment, needs 4 a # d e I 120 s 300 o m Score 0 h r o M u s U p w e r P o m s 50 r o o 50 m u s h 50 u l t h e o o l r f o n C s e d s p e r 40 y d i o w e r 40 w i d e l a l p 40 n c e a t c o # 2 n t h o b e e a 30 l a w a l s I d c a n 30 30 b u t n g . Idea #5 l e t s s i t t i o u t f o r 20 o o l s 20 s s t 20 e d a u s Zen Water Streams Idea #1 10 Lounging on the lee. Idea #3 10 10 Water streams trickle Interactive Slide Place sets of colorful down between the Skee Ball lawn chairs along plush concrete columns for a An interactive slide terraced hillside for a People can enjoy their makes it quick and easy calming ambience. moment of solitude or for people to get to the time at the hill with a quiet time between two. popular Gates cafe or friendly game of Skee the underused scenic Ball. staircase. Idea #7 Idea #8 H i l l M o v i e Idea #9 Under cover c t e d M o v i e i s p r o j e Abstract animal shapes h i l l , w h i c h o n s i d e o f Interactive Waterfall with hollow center t f o r a w i d e i s p e r f e c shielding laptop from n c e v i e w i n g . a u d i e Lawn areas have pressure glare or to tuck one’s sensors such that if head in for shade while enough people sit on it, concrete blocks move out napping. to block path of waterfall and create patterns. Idea #6 Idea #10 Waterfall Movie Screen made up of water Plinko falling off the side of the People from the cut can Gates building. drop balls down the hill Project movie on it so for a fun game of plinko. people can congregate and watch the movie at their leisure. BID 2010 | A4: Activating Public Landscapes Alice Grantham | Mike Lin | Spencer Sugarman | Christine Wu | Jacky Yip BID 2010 | A4: Activating Public Landscapes Alice Grantham | Mike Lin | Spencer Sugarman | Christine Wu | Jacky Yip BID 2010 | A4: Activating Public Landscapes Alice Grantham | Mike Lin | Spencer Sugarman | Christine Wu | Jacky Yip BID 2010 | A4: Activating Public Landscapes Alice Grantham | Mike Lin | Spencer Sugarman | Christine Wu | Jacky Yip I d e a 1 2 # 1 5 # e a I d R o p e L a d d e r h t s L i g Idea #14 i d e G u C L E D h i l d h o o d d a y s w h e r e c o o p a t S o l . t h e w e r e r l n i e o p e l a d d h t s t , e r s . D l i g e c u Community Garden C l i m L E o t h b a t y o e s t u r o w n G a t r i s k . o m t h e f r o w o s h n g t n e l p i w e e Plant herbs and place h b e t o n d n e c t i e c t e “thirst indicators” along c o n o n n d i s c g y l m i n the path, plus faucets s e e e a s . and watering cans at a r “entrances” and “exits” of the path. I d e a # 1 3 1 1 # e a d I J u n g l e S t a i r s Dome of Silence When audio sensors (e.g., S e n s o r s o n t h e s t a i r w e l l microphones) detect loud a s s g i n a n i m a l c h a r a c t e r s t p e d e o s t r i a n s . A noises from a distance, s t h e p e Spearmint m o p l e o v e u p t h e s t a i r s , t h e y h e a a soundproof dome t h e i r a n r i m a l ’ s s o encloses the public space. u n d s , a n p a s d s i n g o t h e r p e o p l e t c a u s e s h e a n i m a l s t o i n t e r a c t . Italian Basil BID 2010 | A4: Activating Public Landscapes Alice Grantham | Mike Lin | Spencer Sugarman | Christine Wu | Jacky Yip BID 2010 | A4: Activating Public Landscapes Alice Grantham | Mike Lin | Spencer Sugarman | Christine Wu | Jacky Yip BID 2010 | A4: Activating Public Landscapes Alice Grantham | Mike Lin | Spencer Sugarman | Christine Wu | Jacky Yip Idea #16 7 # 1 e a 1 8 I d # e a I d Misty mountain LED Picnic Blankets m o o a s s r C l Colorful columns dotting o o r Communal picnic blankets u t d O p the winding path upward a p with LED lights and solar a l i t y d r e n t e n d m e e s a provide a refreshing, A u g c t u r cells. Collects energy g l e barely there spray of fjne w i n d e v i e n s i during the day and emits f o r o n i n g s - n g g o i b r i mist to cool off as one light at night. (Resonates h e r c a n o t e n t s t u d s . S d e G a t e o u t s i o m climbs upward. with Pausch Bridge) s r o c l a s e r . I d t h e a t h e a # w e 1 9 n i c e i n g d u r P u b l i c T r i v i a P l a y W I a t e r f a l l d e s c r e e n h a # a s 2 t r i v 0 a i q u e s t i o n s w h e r e t h e p u b l i c a r e a r r a n g e d i n Paintball Art t e a m s d e p e n d i n g w h e r e t h e y s i t a n d c a n p l a y v i a Students can use l a p t o p o r s m a r t p h o n e . paint balls to create spontaneous, temporary art on the concrete columns. Water falls from the top to wash off the paint. BID 2010 | A4: Activating Public Landscapes Alice Grantham | Mike Lin | Spencer Sugarman | Christine Wu | Jacky Yip