After the midterm crit, my group got together and had a long discussion about the feedback we received.

One very helpful suggestion that we are going to implement is to take a step back and ask, “Why parks?”, “What underlying need do they serve?”. We are going to the park together to ask park users why they come to the park and how they feel when they’re there. We’re also splitting up to ask others why they think parks exist, why they go (if they go), and what feelings they associate with going to the park.

We are hoping that these exercises will help us to think in a less-solutionist way so that we can back away from our very specific tech ideas and explore park needs more organically and from multiple facets.