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A new leaf

The new space is called The Leaf, and will sit in the arc in the sidewalk on the side of the park where the Liberty Warehouse and Liberty Arts Pavilion are. The structure, whose shape resembles a leaf, will have seven steel columns, and a series of wooden fins that will hang from several steel ribs that connect the columns. Those wooden pieces will help create shade, while at the same time allowing visitors to see through the space. The space will have benches. A piece of fabric, which can be removed when desired, will sit on top of the structure and provide additional shade. The structure was designed and is being built by a group of N.C. State University students of architecture, who have been taking a class that Durham architect Ellen Cassilly, of Ellen Cassilly Architect, and Randy Lanou, who owns Build Sense, have been team teaching. "We told the students, We want a place to sit and a place to perform," Cassilly said, although she suspects once the structure is built, more of the latter will take place. In their design, the students took into consideration practical issues, as well as the mission of Durham Central Park. The students first went to the site, and met with members of the Durham Central Park board and other potential users of the space, said Ben Minachi, a student in the program. "The concept was to have this shading structure," he said, but allow for concerts, puppet shows, film screenings, and, equally important, a place where parents can sit and be able to watch their children play, Minachi said. (The structure is near the cardinal and turtle climbing sculptures.) The structure takes advantage of its angle to the sun, and some portion of the space will have shade all times of day. "We did extensive lighting and shadow analysis, and we found that all times of day there will be shade," Minachi said. One challenge for the students, Cassilly said, was to determine "how much shade can we create just by adjusting the [wooden] fins." In addition to the Liberty Arts Pavilion, the park has the Farmers' Market Pavilion and a skate park. Durham Central Park also is becoming a popular public space. In recent years, the park has been the site of an organized water fight, the Community Portrait of Durham, the monthly Durham Cinematheque outdoor film screenings, and other cultural and recreational events. The new space will not compete with those activities.

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