Potters Field Park

I visited Potters Field Park as part of Parklife module just like my trip to Laban, however the object for this site visit was very different. I was to make a presentation and also a report on Potters field, happy days! When i 1st got to the park i wasnt too amazed, it looked pretty dead to be honest. There was a clear focal points and composition of the park was very good, but everything seemed a bit dull. I was pretty upset, i liked the site and i knew it had potential but the seasons were changing and the plants where dieing down for the winter. Everything about the park worked for me, id thought it would be more busy, but it was a secret haven for the few people that knew about it, the planting made for a calming environment and the large green areas helped to create a calming atmosphere. Things changed however, the closer you got to the river you got the busier it got and it was clear the designers had adapted the design to meet the demand of the thousands of people that pass through the space every day. The calming planting had been replaced by long rows of clever seating, well placed trees helped to keep the site from looking too plain and ordinary, whilst helping it through the transition. Something that i loved at the site was the skate stoppers, as the site has long rows of seating to meet the demand but this would definately attract the wrong people. Thankfully they did their job and the irritating sound of rattling wheels and scraping wood was nonexistant. All in all i think the design of the site is very successful and worth the recent development altough not all agree, you know who you are!