Teams of five graduate students, comprising at least three disciplines, have two weeks to devise a comprehensive design and development program for a real, large‐scale site full of challenges and opportunities. I was the sole architecture student on my team, along with three landscape students and one business student.
The Challenge: "Your assignment is to transform this largely underused area [Sulpher Dell]—by taking advantage of its adjacency to downtown and the state Capitol complex, its location near the Cumberland river and the Bicentennial Capitol Mall, and its historical assets—into a thriving urban neighborhood that highlights its locational advantages, including the new baseball stadium, to create a resilient and healthy community. Your proposal, in its placement of land uses and discussion of building siting and design, should address how to build a neighborhood that can withstand future flood events. It should also address how the proposed development program will support healthy choices by its residents and users, for example, physical activity, access to healthy food, and social interaction. Because there are a number of either historic or new developments in the study area that are not intended to be redeveloped as part of this exercise, your proposal should be designed to integrate these existing sites and enhance their assets to create more value."
Urban Land Institute (ULI)
Gerald D. Hines Competition Entry
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