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In the process of collecting these artifacts, our group has noticed its visibly clear distinction in the people who used and left the artifacts. Our group focused on the garbage we collected inside of the park and the neighborhood community. Garbage provides not only the numbers of people at the site, but also their age group, activities during the visit and other infrastruc-tures near the site. Because the majority of artifacts collected are snacks aimed after children, our group assumed that the neighborhood has a heavy population of growing children. While having interviews with three people-two are the neighborhood residents- it was clear that a lot of children not only live, they visit Seneca bluffs with their families. 1) Reese’s cup wrapper and other snack wrappers: a heavy portion of visitor groups are children. According to the interview with an employee, he suggests that the children from the harvest house-where he works-are easily over 70, which increas-es the chances of having higher number of younger visitors. Snack wrappers including this was found near the side entries of the

2) Kool-Aid pack: we heard from a senior citizen that school buses pick up and drop children from school in daily bases. It was probably left by a child on the way on transit. This strongly suggests that a heavy portion of neighborhood population comes from children. During the group’s first visit to the site, 4 school buses passed by the Seneca Bluffs.

3) Beer Cans: they are mostly found under the bush. Discovering this in more isolated area of Seneca Bluffs suggests that some visitors are familiar to find an area to drink beverages. When looking at pictures of the site during the summer, some parts of the land is covered by the bush. This creates incredibly private spaces within a very open landmark.

4) An empty plastic bag for grass seed: most likely used by a neighborhood resident in the past season for gardening pur-poses. This was collected inside of the park, not in the heart of the residential area. It was probably blown away by wind and ended up under a pile of dry leaves.

5) Poland spring water bottle: we can easily assume that some visitors use this site for physical activities: to workout, pow-er-walk or to play with children.

6) Hot pink swimming tube: collected near the neighborhood fences. It was left under a tree. This suggests that a child visitor is likely from the neighborhood and used to swim in the water; during the summer time. Even if abandoned toys discovered are not large, they were very easy to find and very visible near the border. This suggests that some visiting residents are not acknowledged about the nature preserve.

7) Half a gallon bottle of ice tea: It was found in the central zone of the park, which shows that some visitors experience the park as a ’picnic park’ rather than a ’nature preserve’.

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CONTEXTUAL NARRATIVEMin Jin KookRamon A. CapellanJianyu Zhang

ARTIFACT

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CONTEXTUAL SITE MAP

200 feet

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REESE'S PEANUT BUTTER CUP WRAPPER

SWIMMING TUBE

KOOL-AID

ARIZONA ICE TEA LEMONADE BOTTLE

BEER CANS EMPTY BAG FOR GRASS SEEDS SMALL WATER BOTTLE

ARTIFACTS/ IMPRESSION PHOTOS PANORAMA PHOTOGRAPHSOPEN BACKYARD

NATURAL BOUND-ARIES

FRONT FACADE

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There were two villages located inside and at the border of Seneca Bluffs. According to the local historians, they used to be one iden-tical village. They always got into fights in regular basis. They would get into street fights, betted on dog fights against each other and the children were encouraged to fight against each other. Each village thought they were better: One made fun of the other for their business in fishing, while the other made fun of farming. The fishing village was located across the river from Seneca Bluffs, and the farming village was located at Seneca Bluffs' territory. They were always in trouble, and other neighboring villages ignore the two villag-es- since both villages only caused headache to others.

There was one tradition that held two villages away from committing notorious crimes to each other. When villages had to be split due to increase in population, they discussed what will happen to the most precious relic of the region. The story has that it was a trace of the first harvest ever happened in Seneca Bluffs. It was believed to bring good luck and harvest to a village that held the relic. When the two villages were splitting, they promised each other that one village will get to keep the relic for a year; when the next spring comes, the relic will be passed onto the village that did not have the relic.

It happened in the year when the farming village had the relic. A girl from fishing village accidently swam across the river and sneaked into a temple; which was dedicated to the relic. When she walked into the temple, no guards were watching over the relic. She want-ed to have the relic, though she didn't find anything interesting. She swam back to her village with the relic, but forgot to bring her swimming tube with her. The guards and villagers were in rage when they found out the relic was missing. They crossed the river and burned all the houses. The fishing villagers couldn't tell who took the relic. The only clue was the swimming tube, probably used by a little child. Everyone in the fishing village left the burnt village, before the farming village did more harm to them.

When fishing village disappeared, the farming village had lost its character as well. A lot of businesses closed down because a lot less people consumed their goods. Even if two villages hated each other, they knew they had to trade each other's products: fish and grains. It was too late for the farming village when they realized that other villages didn't want to associate with them. The businesses slowly died, the village became dull as they didn't have anyone to hate in daily bases. The boundaries of Seneca Bluffs that visitors see now, used to be a border between the farming village and other neighboring village.

The relic was long-gone for over a couple decades, until we first landed at site. The box was found by the edge of the land, by hidden under a file of mud and leaves. It is still in the process of being confirmed as the real relic: which we will know by the end of this month when we get the test results from a lab. The relic has to be held in a container, because the sunray can damage the relic.z

500 Word Narrative

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PANORAMA FIELD DRAWING

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MIDTERM-PROCESS DRAWING A MIDTERM- PROCESS SKETCHES A

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MIDTERM- PROCESS SKETCHES A MIDTERM- PROCESS SKETCHES B

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MIDTERM BOARD- FINAL DIAGRAM AA

SITE PLAN"THE GROWTH" IS A PAVILION WHICH GRADUALLY GROWS THROUGH OUT THE WINTER SEASONBY INTERACTING WITH USERS. THE GROWING HAPPENS WHEN THE USERS START WEAVINGACROSS THE FRAMES WITH THE FABRIC BANDS, WHICH START FROM THE BOTTOM STORAGE SPACE TOWARDS THE TOP. THE PAVILION CONSISTS OF FOUR MAIN COMPONENTS: PLASTIC FRAMES, METAL SUPPORT BEAMS, FABRIC ROLLS AND FABRIC BANDS.

THE ACTIVITY OF WEAVING GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A GROUP OFUSERS TO FORM A COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO CREATE A PAVILION.

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OPERATION DIAGRAM AA OPERATION DIAGRAM BB

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AXON

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AFTER MIDTERM- PROCESS DRAWING A AFTER MIDTERM- SKETCHES A

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AFTER MIDTERM- SKETCHES B AFTER MIDTERM- SKETCHES C

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PRE-FINAL BOARD PRE FINAL- TIME DIAGRAM

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FINAL BOARD FINAL BOARD

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WORKING MODEL AA FINAL MODEL

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FINAL MODEL FINAL MODEL