Kids Paradise Park

A paradise for kids, animals, and vegetation

Part of the park is spilling into Town Square to invite children into the park

A shallow pond

A sand field with wood logs

A variety of nests for animals

Play equipments integrated into a group of trees

A shallow pond integrated into existing river

Natural stones integrated into the pond

Orchard with colorful flowers that are for recreation and education for children

Colorful, exciting, and safe kids’ landscape

This currently green location already has some playgrounds for children. However, the amount of exiting mature trees are small. Thus this is the perfect location to place a large new children park KIDS PARADISE PARK integrated into the river cutting through in the middle. A wide variety of vegetation and a range of nests for animals are making this place as a mecca for biodiversity of fauna and flora

1. Diverse kinds of kids playgrouinds made with a variety of materials are spread across the park to fulfil the adventurous wishes of kids

2. Existing river in the middle is fully integrated into the park with shallow ponds to be a wonderful water playground where small kids can play safely

3. A variety of nests for animals such as birds, bees, and bats are placed

4. Diverse range of vegetation including an orchard are placed

MATERIAL & IDENTITY

The new changing room has a elegant metal grid structure and white durable textile.

New shower poles with a simple design are introduced for quick showering and foot washing.

The current beach toilets will be replaced with a clean cube clad in hardwood and champagne gold metal.

The bridge becomes part of the promenade with elegant metal railings.

As is currently the case, comfortable wooden seats will be placed on a retaining wall along the beach.

An elegant bench with a backrest suitable for long periods of sitting and reading.

Two-way cycle lanes for both directions

The existing retaining wall will be retained to prevent sand from blowing onto the promenade. Subtle wall lights will be installed on this wall.

Smooth finish sandstone paving provides comfort for pedestrians, wheelchairs and strollers. Strips of white granite give an elegant look

Litter bin with 3 separate compartments

Cycle rack to park your bikes

A metal gutter subtly separates the space between pedestrians from bicycles and cars.

Wall lights along the existing retaining wall grates

BUDVARD delivers a set of public furniture and paving materials, stylized and materialised in a chic and timeless design that will be loved by the city of Budva for a long time.

The sandstone paving gives a sense of authenticity to Budva, and the addition of white granite stripes adds a chic accent to the paved surfaces.

The ‘champagne gold’ coloured metal is used for a range of street furniture including lamps, cycle racks, litter bins, tree grates, bridge handrails and bench frames. The colour perfectly matches the subtle warm tone of the sandstone.

The naturally stained hardwood provides comfortable seating for all the benches and gives a warm and soft atmosphere to the public spaces and streets.

Balustrade for bridge

Wooden seat on existing retaining wall

Generously sized bench allows you to sit in all directions. Wooden seat provides a comfortable seat.

LED street luminaires with an elegant look

Controlled one-way lane for cars

Tree grates

Change human circulation in Thessaloniki

Negotiate boundaries with movable architectural designs

Project type: Academic Master thesis | Individual work

Semester: MSc2

Year: Sep. 2021- June. 2022

Supervisor: Nishat Awan, N.N.Awan@tudelft.nl

Oscar Rommens, oscar@iea.be

Pierre Jennen, p.h.m.jennen@tudelft.nl

While exploring the city of Thessaloniki, Greece, found in the city center that residents use the surrounding small spaces effectively at different times, giving Thessaloniki a unique living landscape. It also made me realize that human behavior creates the particularity of spaces. Therefore, I wanted to intervene in more shared spaces in the city that would allow people to do "improvisation" at different times and seasons while reactivating the unused areas.

This project will guide more travelers and pedestrians into the center of the block, giving the block a chance to revive the previously hidden and poorly run shops and allow travelers to experience residents' lifestyles more deeply. There is a mechanism of gates to protect the residents' privacy and quality of life in the area. These gates will limit the places that passengers can reach in specific periods. This project will be a negotiated boundary between residents and tourists, allowing residents and tourists to have different territories at different periods.

Informal Usage in Insterstitial Spaces

Informal Usage on Rooftops Informal Usage in front of Empty Shops

There are four design steps in this project:

Step 1. Decide where to cut off.

Step 2. Decide the accessibility at different times. Step 3. Decide the height of the cut-off spaces Step 4. Decide the usage(program) of the cut-off spaces.

When walking and shuttling through these cut-off spaces, pedestrians will feel different spatial qualities because of their different heights, widths, and depths. On the other hand, when you step out of these spaces, the scenery you can see and feel is also different, from narrow alleys surrounded by buildings to open and vibrant squares to crowded markets. These originally existing local sceneries are connected through these cut-off spaces so that pedestrians can have a new experience. After a complete shuttle of this project, you can feel 17 different spatial qualities in this block.