Design CriteriaWe are looking for designs that function simultaneously as a useable park for the surrounding park-starved neighborhood and a significant memorial to the AIDS Crisis. Designs will be evaluated in their success at creating a functional park, available for both passive and active recreation, and a significant memorial with a strong commemorative narrative. Designers should consider reusing existing below-grade space to expand and extend the commemorative narrative: As a space for exhibition, teaching, meditation, or memorial elements. The park, memorial features, and any use of below-grade space must be integrated both functionally and aesthetically. Additional evaluation criteria call for park designs that: Creatively and comprehensively integrate the important commemorative narrative into the fabric and essence of the park to create a living memorial Seamlessly integrate any adaptive reuse of the below-grade space, including issues of access/egress and ventilation Are welcoming, accessible and usable by all Seek to maximize planted areas and gardens Include ample seating and pedestrian walkways