
Hermann Park Play
Industrial Design Thesis
Spring 2021
Reviving The City Park
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Problem
How can I reconnect and strengthen the bond between people and their city parks?
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Goal
To design a maintainable, adaptable, and interactive system that will give a second life to existing urban parks
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Solution
Hermann Park Play is an interactive physical and digital system that reconnects people and their city parks. The platform and signage duo integrates historical knowledge, facilitates community interaction, and tackles the park-specific issues of maintenance and navigation. Houston’s Hermann Park serves as a case-study for sparking adventure and responsibility in regular park-goers.