2018 · Individual work

Franklin Park

Landscape and portrait: the culture of celebration at Franklin Park, Boston.

Location

Boston, MA

Term

Core II, Spring 2018

Instructor

Silvia Benedito

Inspired by Kehinde Wiley's portraiture work, this proposal seeks to employ landscape as a means to celebrate the rich cultural heritage in Roxbury.

The design integrates Olmsted's park with the surrounding urban fabric by connecting Franklin Park to the existing Roxbury Memory Trail.

This two-mile trail through the heart of Boston celebrates past and present narratives, emphasizing 20th-century Black history that is often excluded from Boston's history and Frederick Law Olmsted's legacy. While the existing Memorial Trail stops at Franklin Park, this design proposes to make the park an important stage for history.