The Love of Urban

F . L. Olmsted once quoted "Parks are the lungs of the city" in his work during the World's Fair and overtime more cities began to realize the importance of this quote. Urban planning is the combination of forest and city as it makes a more healthy environment in terms of productivity and citizens. Throughout this term, Olmsted's words is what my class and I had tried to learn. We had learned the basic of trigonometry and volume to figure out space of an environment. We also learned the science and history behind how to handle a dense city. We went to MSI to understand electricity and what technology was used during Olmsted's time.

What I had to do within the class was to pick an environment that wasn't used and create a preposed idea on what could be done to it. I had choose a vacant lot next to my home and measured it out by hand. The struggle was when I measured the lot multiple times and problems took more time than I hoped for. However, I am proud of this plan since it I had thought about urbanization before the assignment was announced and I now have a basis for the project.

Overall, I'm pretty proud of what I've done. I worked hard on the calculations but had a discomfort while finishing the measuring. If I followed up on this project, I would look at the cost and supply of the park. I also would ask if the whole community would actually want this park to be made. I would use watercolor to visualize the park in an unique and professional way.