Durability of Physical Elements: Subthemes and Illustrative Quotes
| An interesting ARD design commands attention | There’s enough interest in what’s going on with the water and these runnels and the lighting at night. . . . And the sound of water is part of that. So that’s critical: the auditory sound of water. |
| Sculptural elements in an ARD can be durable, eye‐catching contributors to the rain message | Typically in those art and state programs somebody designs a mural and they stick it inside the building, and only the people who go into the building see it. Early on our design team advocated for bringing whatever that art was outside. . . . That [sculptural] element I think is enough to get people interested so they may stop and say “what is this about?” |
| Hardscape rain message elements can require little maintenance | I think that really making the stormwater visible has been a really nice thing, a real advantage to this project. Actually those visible [hardscape elements] require very little maintenance at all. |