“Path to the Summit” Buckhead Neighborhood Park: International Student Design Competition
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Honorable Mention: 4th year Landscape Architecture students: Wes Landon, Bob Dompiere, Sara Pachota and Dustin Higbee-Corr.
Faculty mentors: Pat Crawford and Trish Machemer.
Park Pride 8th Annual Parks and Greenspace Conference, 2009.

The design challenge is to create a two-and-a-half acre park on a half-acre densely urban site in Atlanta, Georgia. The park must support recreation amenities and activities for all age groups (infants through seniors), facilitate active recreation (strength enhancement, health maintenance, aerobic exercise, physical skills development) and passive recreation (contemplation, enjoyment of nature, people watching, general socialization). Submission includes a model of the park design, 3 graphic design boards and written story describing a visitors experience.