In many big cities in Europe and America, a kind of pocket park is popular at present, and the word first appeared in the 1960s. There is an elegant name in China called Pocket Park. These unique parks are usually built by using open spaces on flat land, roofs of buildings and other forgotten and idle open spaces.
Pocket parks usually use less space. In a city surrounded by buildings, such green space has become precious. People can rest, communicate or relax in such a pocket park and enjoy the limited outdoor activities in the city. Some pocket parks are also places for children to play. In many communities, this kind of pocket park has even become an important place for making friends and conducting business exchanges, and it is increasingly welcomed by people.
This kind of pocket park is a public place, which can be designed in small and irregular places, such as sidewalks, corners, buildings, parking lots and other small open spaces, to achieve greening and beautification, and the beautiful design will be pleasing to the eye. In many cases, this kind of pocket park is an integral part of community green development, and its excellent design is combined with green buildings, urban culture and environmental protection concepts to become a form of urban agriculture and urban gardens.
Because it is more grounded, the pocket park design in the community is often only a few minutes away from where people live. As a green decoration of the environment, it is welcomed by urban residents and has become a new fashion. Pocket park and traditional park complement each other, which is an important part of urban green development and humanistic care, and also a necessary condition for sustainable development of modern society.
The significance of pocket park construction;
Pocket Park, also known as Pocket Park, refers to the use of planned small green spaces, urban corners, idle land, etc. Combined with the greening construction along roads, beside subway stations, under viaducts, commercial spaces and open communities, we will provide citizens with safe, healthy and comfortable green rest spaces. , including all kinds of small green spaces, street parks, street gardens, community small sports venues, etc. The implementation ways include planning greening, upgrading and temporary greening.
With the rapid development of economy and urbanization in China, the building density in the central area of the city is increasing. People have gradually given up the pursuit of large-scale activities, and the demand for small-sized outdoor activity space is growing. City parks are usually designed to relieve people's inner pressure and release unpleasant leisure places.