The High Line: Changing Pace

A really interesting lecture explaining the various stages within the design process. Although at first glance it doesn't look similar to the River Rea. The contrasting experiences it creates are a really interesting point. The High Line sits above a bustling network of streets and business where the pace rarely lets up,this provides the opportunity to create a totally different experience with a completely different pace. As I am currently developing a concept of a changing space, with changing experiences being crucial; how the High Line creates these could be reinterpreted in this culverted river channel separated from the hustle and bustle of the city at street level. 


Ideas such as not letting bikes on the High Line contributes to this experience where pedestrians relax and amble along the route rather than race around. However it is also the the changing experiences as you walk the route with low growing wild flowers to taller dense vegetation and canopy walks could all help to inform the River Rea design.