SUMMER 2013

Miami Urban Gymnasium

 

     The Miami Urban Gymnasium will encourage everyone to use non vehicular forms of transportation with the reward of preserving health, physical beauty, and entertainment. This will help solve the vehicular congestion by encouraging downtown Miami citizens to use other non-vehicular forms of transportation.

 

     My intervention is inspired by the creative yet playful training discipline called Parkour. My project deconstructs what parkour is, and incorporates certain elements in order to successfully tackle all forms of exercise and fitness. Specifically, parkour is an exellent example of the Miami Identity I want to create; Beautiful, Active and Diverse. The form of the infrastructure is also inspired by the unique stunts performed by free runners who practice the art of parkour. The project contains the essence of kinteic energy and the involvement of human life.

 

     Lastly, my intervention will also use strategic way finding to numerous healthy spots around downtown in order to fully integrate with the urban conditions. . The Miami Urban Gymnasium will speak the universal language of fitness in order to unite downtown residents, commuters, and tourists to work together and combat the vehicular congestion in a healthy and entertaining manner.