HiPark was designed in response to a design competition called Juxtaposition in the Summer of 2015 to develop an architecture proposal that explores the intersection of urban culture and architecture. Participants were asked to design spaces that accommodate the 4 elements of hip hop culture; graffiti, break dancing, emceeing, and DJing. For this competition, the project's location and scale were left to the participants to identify.

As the four elements of hip hop - DJing, MCing, Breaking, and Graffiti – become an accepted form of public art, an architectural typology that fuses these elements will emerge in urban environments. HiPark provides interrelated spaces for each of the four elements of hip hop and invites the community to join, learn, and spectate. This urban culture of self-expression that engages all senses will create timeless spaces that continue to grow with use.

HiPark is a place that develops character through its growth and consolidation of self-expressive works, voice through the messages embedded within each work, and memories of the sounds, movements, and words of every performance.