CRYING HEADS

SITTING TOWER

CAMBRIDGE VAMPIRE PATIO

• Large pyramid-shaped seating area
• Shaded

• Climbable "heads" that can be used as seating
• Whiteboard coating and markers
• The heads' underside is shaded
• Represents the struggles that teenagers face in Cambridge

• Shaded gothic-style patio
• Could potentially organize and host activities and art

PROTOTYPE PICTURES

A pyramid-like structure that gives multiple levels of seating.

Heads that represent the struggles of Cambridge teens.

Sitting Tower

Crying Heads

• Everyone we spoke to agreed that there aren't enough third spaces in Cambridge
• Teens are particularly affected by a lack of third spaces as they usually don't have a consistent source of income
• None of Central's public seating is properly shaded. In our changing climate, this is an immediately relevant issue.

• Studies have shown that the importance of play never diminishes as you grow older
• A vertical design allows people to sit closer without encroaching on personal space

RESEARCH

SITTING TOWER





How are you connecting this precedent to your design intervention

Precedent 2

Parachute



 Mountain Top

By Rosan Bosch

Parachutes provide a colorful, shaded canopy. Light shining through the parachute projects colors onto the object below it.

Mountain top is a structure with different layers of seating that create a sense of community.

Playground

Verticality and a "playful", compact design are incorporated in all of our prototypes.

Questions to explore...

Next Steps!

How would you build this?

Higher fidelity models + models of our later designs

What stands out to you most?

Incorporate multiple ideas into one

3d renders of our potential designs

How would you imagine this in Lafayette?