Pop-up

Abstract

From August 2014 to December 2014, the Roosevelt Plaza Park brought flexible seating, trees, umbrellas, flowers, public art, and conversation starters to downtown Camden’s central public space. As a temporary installation, the Pop-Up park was meant to enliven the existing park and encourage residents, employees, students, and visitors to spend time outside in the city. For downtown Camden, the Pop-up is an entirely new type of public space, meant as an experiment to guide future public space investment. Using time-lapse photography, the design team recorded how users interacted with the space. Data collection was used to see which elements of the park worked best, and which could be improved. Findings were summarized to guide future park improvements.

Keywords

Iterative Placemaking / Social Life / Underserved Communities / Urban Design

RIGHTS & PERMISSIONS

2014 Higher Education Press