Abstract:
The definitive goal of this final comprehensive project in Landscape Architecture was to develop a plan for a riverfront parkway development in the town of Madison, Indiana. With an ecological emphasis, the parkway design focused on restoring river ecology while strengthening identity of place where the community and the river meet.Madison, located in the middle of the golden triangle of Louisville, Cincinnati and Indianapolis, is a community rich in its cultural and ecological heritage. This new riverfront development accommodates various users as an integrated multiuse park system. The parkway emphasizes the natural elements of the river system that it borders, and acts as a catalyst for economic growth in the region through eco-tourism.Through cultural and environmental analysis of both the specific riverfront site and a more general city and regional context, a program was written to guide design development.Abstract design concepts were then synthesized to produce the final comprehensive design plan for the riverfront.
