Reclaiming Evansville : [an honors thesis (HONRS 499)]

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The project objective is to explore LANDSCAPE RECLAMATION with a focus on RESTORATION, EDUCATION, and SUSTAINABILITY while using BROWNFIELDS as the place-type setting. This study explores each topic individually and attempts to synthesize discovered research material in a manner that not only promotes the development of good design but also improves the passage of information to future generations. The selected site is a 20-acre collection of land parcels located in Evansville, Indiana along the Ohio River. Only one of these parcels, General Waste Products, Inc., has been officially deemed a brownfield, but past land use of other parcels supports the argument for similar classifications throughout. Following the assumption that remediation has already taken place, the project focuses on the establishment of a triangulation of nodes that explores Evansville's relationship to the Ohio River and Pigeon Creek both culturally and environmentally. While certain aspects of the design promote

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