The redevelopment of Brunswick College Parkette was prepared as a total magnification of a picture that represent a natural area, where the pixels that compose the photo shows only natural colors. Surfaces with grass, wood and water surfaces represent the pixels that form the Parkette. The plan of the Parkette has been thought with a Cartesian stiffness which contrast with the soft curve of the benches, also used to create the shape of the two shelters and street lamps. The Parkette is a good small area of contact with Nature and can be use as a meeting place where everyone in the city can relax or do outdoor activities.
(Competitor's text)
A cluttered design with a pink aluminum canopy at its south end. (It covers the three existing payphones, which should, probably, be removed.) And another shelter at the north end. "Four Leaf Clovers" are benches of that shape which allow uncongenial sitting - back to back! The existing double bunker wall is removed and replaced with a grassy slope up from the lower level adjacent to KHC to the upper level of the park space. Grass planted here will receive very little light - maybe not enough to grow. A children's slide at the south end of this slope, another slide down a grassy mound in the park space, a nearby swing set, a fountain/waterfall and a large, wooden maple leaf sculpture add to the decorative and play features of this ambitious design.
Too many things going on. Fountain wall seems extraneous. Patterned area of plan interesting, but needs to be edited a lot.
(Excerpt from the jury's comments)
