To bring an interesting, robust and inclusive space to West Virginia University's Parking Area 7, a public space that provides simultaneously diversity of use and experience was proposed. The design is both accommodating and flexible to all existing and future users in a way that fosters community engagement, promotes charity for those less fortunate and creatively accommodates and reconciles a variety of different uses.

Beechurst Avenue is a major arterial connecting the downtown area to the Evansdale campus which serves those in the surrounding community. It also contains a major PRT hub for students commuting between classes. Looking to take advantage of such a heavily-trafficked area in town, the need for an interesting yet meaningful space easily seen from the street was identified.

An initial inventory of the site determined the need for such an improvement. Inventory findings included challenging topography extending from the Caperton Rail Trail to the river's edge, poor views and a lack of shelter and sanitary living conditions for the existing homeless population on the site. In addition, masses of invasive plant material encompassed the site in areas that were not paved.