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A Flight of Fancy Becomes Reality05-08-06 | News

A Flight of Fancy Becomes Reality




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In order to allow people to overview and participate in the park, even during construction, lead designer Ken Smith would like to begin hot air balloon rides so people can get a sense of scale of this huge space and the wondrous expansive sky.


The Great Park Design Studio, the architects and designers responsible for creating the master plan for the Orange County Great Park, kicked off their master planning efforts with a comprehensive design team roundtable at their new on-site studio located on the grounds of the Great Park, the 1,347-acre site on the former El Toro Marine base in Orange County, California.

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As a continuation of the intense public participation that has occurred throughout this process, the team is full of ideas. ?EUR??,,????'?????<

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The Great Park Design Studio is working to find solutions to 13 critical master plan development issues that have been identified since their team won an intensive international design competition to be Master Designer of the Orange County Great Park in January of 2006. ???????(R)?EUR??,,????'?EUR??,,?EUR Their winning conceptual design features a two-and-a-third-mile long canyon and amphitheatre and retains the old runway as a linear monument to the Marine history with fighter plans stationed along its entire length. They plans to present a refined master plan that resolves the all critical issues to the board for final approval in August of 2006.

Among the 13 critical issues identified include natural systems, park infrastructure, sustainability, neighborhood integration, park management, security, and hydrology.

For more information about the Orange County Great Park, please visit www.ocgp.org

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