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Park Interactive Facility Development: A Study Fulfilled for Saudi Arabia’s Public Spaces
Alkhayat, Dana
Alkhayat, Dana
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This thesis covers in great detail the background of the development of urban furniture in Saudi Arabia's public spaces. Aiming to identify existing urban furniture in multipurpose parks, analyse their properties, and propose a cultural-based urban unit to increase the satisfaction of local and touristic users, this thesis covers. The research addresses the lack of availability of creative urban furniture that can handle extreme heat and the limited presence of appealing and interactive urban furniture in the Saudi market. It also aims to contribute to the improvement of the lifestyle for Saudi residents, support going out into nature, and preserve and cherish the Saudi identity. It is expected for this project to result in at least one scale model of the design with a list of suggested materials and potentially real-life implementation in one of Jeddah’s public parks. This thesis provides a detailed overview of the development of a multi use park unit in Saudi Arabia's public spaces. It highlights the significance of the study in addressing the lack of research on urban furniture design in Saudi Arabia and the potential for improvement in public spaces. Moreover, it lays the foundation for investigating the research questions and objectives, and it is expected to offer a unit designed by a product designer that will resolve and improve the citizen’s needs. Contributing to the improvement of the lifestyle for Saudi residents, supporting the preservation of the Saudi identity, and potentially leading to the real-life implementation of a sustainable and culturally significant urban furniture unit in Jeddah’s public parks, this study is significant. All of this is made clear because data collection is available in different forms; explaining information from various journal articles, websites and books, studying the history of parks, including detailed market research, conducting user and expert interviews, and analysing a 17 question survey is all part of this research.