Week 7 Blog Post, Akosua Omari-Dottoh

There’s a garden on the right side of my residential building. While taking the 6 train to school you always see it, it always grabs your attention. In this garden the floor is formatted out into a sort of maze. The designer logically makes this decision so that it will, without words, convince the enjoyer to walk around the garden. There are big plots of bushes assorted though the space, the garden is broken apart so you have the ability to walk through the different sections. There are an assortment of flowers that vary as you walk through the sections. On the very outside block, a long array of flowers and bushes are created, circling around you. 

There are benches all around the outer side of the circle, indicating that you are welcome in this space, to view, to appreciate the nature around you. Occasionally you will see a couple spotted rats running around and within the bushes, this is in fact New York after all. The creators wanted you to be able to walk through the garden with close proximity to the plants so that you yourself can analyze what you see up close and personal. Benches are spotted in the rear so that after you are down walking around and seeing everything, you have an opportunity to reflect, and view the space as a whole. At night, lights appear in the garden making it accessible for evening experiences that give off a whole new aura than daylight ones.

I added in the use of logos the designer used to attract consumers to do certain things. I did this because I believed it was relevant to add in the sort of function of the garden, to help the reader understand the vision of the artist. Also to show that the layout of the garden was no accident but an important detail the designer made for the consumer.