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Kevin Casas Northeastern University College of Arts, Media and Design In collaboration with The Emerald Necklace Conservancy An emerald experience Design for Boston’s Emerald Necklace public park system Experience Design 1 Fall 2016 Kristian Kloeckl Professor Kevin Casas Student A Walk in the Park Have a nice walk in the park! Walk by a path marker to be reminded which way to go to get to your destination. If you want to explore the park and veer off your path, tap this card to a path marker to pause your walk. Initial Research Final Designs Playground & Victory Gardens • Playground & Victory Gardens • No signs pointing to any locations in the park • Playground located in isolated location • Victory Gardens also set apart from everything Interviews • People use the park mostly for a passage to locations other than the park (eg. Target, Fenway Park) • People usually don’t stick around to explore the park People have trouble finding and knowing about all of the attractions that the parks have to offer. I propose that a unified wayfinding system that shows parkgoers how to get to their destination while keeping off of their phones, is the best solution to this problem. Further Observations Conclusion 1. Benches • Benches are very low to the ground, dirty • No benches on the crossing path 2. User Retention • People mostly walk straight through the park • People usually don’t stick around to explore the park 3. Security • People think about the Back Bay Fens in a negative light “A Walk in the Park” is a project with the intention of helping visitors navigate through the Emerald Necklace park system, as well as giving them the feeling of exploration in the parks. Welcome to the Back Bay Fens! Tap on any of the locations to be given more information. You Are Here The Kelleher Rose Garden sits just behind a yew hedge in the Back Bay Fens and greets visitors with a dazzling display of more than 1,500 roses along its garden paths and trellises. Adding to the drama is a reconstructed 1930’s-era fountain encircled by statuary. Open from mid-April through October. Kelleher Rose Garden 5 minute walk Navigate Here Get information about other parks in the Emerald Necklace: Franklin Park Arnold Arboretum Jamaica Pond Olmsted Park The Riverway Public Garden Boston Common

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Kevin Casas

Northeastern University College of Arts, Media and DesignIn collaboration with The Emerald Necklace Conservancy

An emerald experience Design for Boston’s Emerald Necklace public park systemExperience Design 1 Fall 2016

Kristian Kloeckl ProfessorKevin Casas Student

A Walk in the Park

Have a nice walk in the park!Walk by a path marker to be reminded which way to go to get to your destination.

If you want to explore the park and veer off your path, tap this card to a path marker to pause your walk.

Initial Research

Final Designs

Playground & Victory Gardens

• Playground & Victory Gardens• No signs pointing to any locations in the park• Playground located in isolated location• Victory Gardens also set apart from everything

Interviews

• People use the park mostly for a passage to locations other than the park (eg. Target, Fenway Park)• People usually don’t stick around to explore the park

People have trouble �nding and knowing about all of the attractions that the parks have to offer.

I propose that a uni�ed way�nding system that shows parkgoers how to get to their destination while keeping off of their phones, is the best solution to this problem.

Further Observations

Conclusion

1. Benches • Benches are very low to the ground, dirty • No benches on the crossing path

2. User Retention • People mostly walk straight through the park • People usually don’t stick around to explore the park

3. Security • People think about the Back Bay Fens in a negative light

“A Walk in the Park” is a project with the intention of helping visitors navigate through the Emerald Necklace park system, as well as giving them the feeling of exploration in the parks.

Welcome to the Back Bay Fens!Tap on any of the locations to be given more information.

You Are Here

The Kelleher Rose Garden sits just behind a yew hedge in the Back Bay Fens and greets visitors with a dazzling display of more than 1,500 roses along its garden paths and trellises. Adding to the drama is a reconstructed 1930’s-era fountain encircled by statuary.

Open from mid-April through October.

Kelleher Rose Garden

5 minute walk

Navigate Here

Get information about other parks in the Emerald Necklace:

Franklin Park

Arnold Arboretum

Jamaica Pond

Olmsted Park

The Riverway

Public Garden

Boston Common