The shape of the given plot, surrounded by two-to-four story houses, has been 
redesigned to open it up to the south toward the main street. Next to this main access,
the planned parking has been turned ninety degrees to form a bean-shaped surface
paved in brightly colored asphalt and screened by an earth dune recalling the river dams
of the surrounding context. A main hard surface area of small white pebbles cast in white
concrete unifies the pedestrian paths, varying in width, shape and level to become in turn
a seat, an open-air auditorium, a fountain, a gathering place for kids, a bicycle route, and
a picnic spot. A spiralling wooden screen shelters a playground lit by a high lamp pole in
the shape of a sprout. A series of ¡°ripples¡± in the concave higher slope acts as an
informal amphitheatre for events. The central lateral height is offset to create a
low-pitched ramp for wheelchairs. An artificial water spring, programmed at half hour
intervals with variations in strength and volume of flow, cascades down from the highest
mound through a series of slits to a moon-shaped pool..... 

(To be continued...)