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and combining them with some of
the most promising trends emerging
in the field - incorporating
new forms of technology, including
augmented reality or virtual
reality; forging connections between
institutions and sites, especially
ones in the same city or
region; and encouraging visitors
to shape their own experience -
interpretive centers could perform
that delicate act of intertwining.
Here are six tips for park and recreation
professionals considering
creating an interpretive center:
* Create
a
project-specific
mission statement. Drafting
a vision statement and project
goals is an iterative process that
should be undertaken with your
design professional. Whether
natural, historical or cultural,
the site is key. Interpretive
centers are, by definition, site
specific,
and
your
mission
should be site specific, too.
* Make your process as inclusive
as possible. Think beyond the
established stories and histories.
Reach out to appropriate experts
and stakeholders for input.
* Consider every type of visitor.
Visitors can roughly be divided
into three types: streakers, strollers
and scholars. Design your
center so all visitors can take in
your message, no matter how
much time they spend.
* Design for visitors to " build
their own adventure. " Through
robust orientation and intuitive
wayfinding, individuals can curate
their own experience.
* Plan for holistic sustainability.
Can it meet the needs of the
present without compromising
the ability of future generations
to meet their needs in terms of
people, planet and business?
* Architecture and landscape deAs
critical as it is that we share a complete
history in our centers, it is equally
as important that we ensure an equitable
experience.
sign should be part of the story.
Designers should consider using
massing, sequencing, materiality
and detailing in their storytelling.
With many more interpretive
centers, big and small, appearing
in many more of those contested
places that so sorely need them, we
could create a vast interconnected
network - a nationwide, brickand-mortar
system for mediating
between the past and present -
that could help forge a new national
consensus. For a building type
with such humble beginnings, it's
a lot to hope for, and it's definitely
a lot to expect of the architects
tasked with designing them. But
it's a great place to start.
Alan Reed is Principal at GWWO
Architects.
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