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Landscape Architecture Archive
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Returning the Near South to Downtown Indianapolis: Daylighting Pogue’s Run, A Plan for Urban Renewal
Posted on May 25, 2012 | No CommentsWith its effective interstate highway system, Indianapolis has experienced rampant suburban growth, leaving the core hollow from urban decay. The Near South, with its large swaths of vacant lots, is... -
Healthy Neighborhoods
Posted on May 21, 2012 | No CommentsThe purpose of this project is to use principles of healthy neighborhoods and urban design to guide the revitalization plan for the United Northwest Area Neighborhood in Indianapolis, Indiana. The... -
A Post-Industrial Landscape: The use of bioremediation in the creation of urban park space
Posted on July 11, 2011 | No CommentsThe reuse of derelict sites for new purposes is becoming more and more important as time goes on. All across the country (and the globe) designers are now presented with... -
Indianapolis Latino Neighborhood Revitalization
Posted on July 8, 2011 | No CommentsThe purpose of this project is to revitalize a Latino, urban, neighborhood in Irvington, on the east side of Indianapolis, Indiana, using three levels of design. The 350-acre framework plan... -
A catalytic framework for Indianapolis’ bicycle network
Posted on May 31, 2011 | No CommentsIndianapolis has a growing bicycle community, but the city’s current network fails to safely connect cyclists to the places they wish to travel. Out of 51 cities, Indianapolis ranked 44th... -
Daylighting Pogues Run
Posted on May 23, 2011 | No CommentsThis creative project adapts existing methodology to design a stream daylighting project for Pogues Run, an Indianapolis, Indiana stream. It develops methodologies for planning the daylighting of Pogues Run in... -
Fostering Sanity: Adaptive Reuse Sports Campus at Central State
Posted on May 23, 2011 | 2 CommentsThis comprehensive project focuses on the redevelopment of the Central State Mental Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana into a sports campus. The campus will serve professional and amateur athletes as well... -
Alternative Golf Courses in Urban Areas
Posted on October 15, 2010 | No CommentsThe game of golf faces serious concerns in the coming years. It has an aging population base, consumes large amounts of land and time, and can be cost prohibitive, but...