Oklahoma City, OK
Scope: 2 3/4 acre park
Project Goals:
This project is part of Project 180, a redesign of downtown Oklahoma City, and includes the renovation of the great lawn at City Hall and Bicentennial Park located in front of the Civic Center Music Hall. Working with Planning Design Group we redesigned the 4 acre park to include planters, granite benches, walks and water features. Our work focuses on the sculptural elements of the park and included two pavilions and two signs. The pavilions are two large triangular steel frames with stretched fabric canopies. The signs include digital message centers showing information for upcoming events at the Civic Center Music Hall.
Landscape Concept: Sweeping Lines
Imagine . . .
· Inspiration from this feature of the Civic Center…
· the axis and the bookend architecture
· connections . . .
· a grand sweeping gesture . . .
· the rolling prairie
· getting to experience the center of the view . . . being in the view . . .
· think limestone and thick . . .
· strolling on a curving garden walk . .
· a pool to reflect, duplicate and connect City Hall with the Civic Center . . .
· a park with a 21st Century romance
· stage panels to create performance space on the water . . . create a water stage . . .
Common Threads
· A park for all seasons . . . a celebration of each season with a changing landscape . . .
· Our history as inspiration . . .
· Think of the park as a book . . . telling of our past and our future. . .
· We will tell about the evolution of this place. . .
· To create a place where people want to be . . .
· Defining the edges of the park . . .
· Placing public art properly in the park . . . proper scale, proportion, beauty and context . . .
· The sign . . . how to make it better and more effective. . . the color of tree bark?
· We have embedded fragments of our city’s DNA, our land run birth, Iron Wall (railroad), WPA/Art Deco, Arts Festival memories and Bicentennial Monument into concepts.
· There will be programmed events coordinated with the City . . .
