Table of ConTenTsThe Old TOwn Of Spruce.........................1-2carrie furnace cOmmuniTy deSign...........3-4indian meadOw campgrOund......................5-6STOrmwaTer managemenT..........................7mOdel Building.........................................8VOlunTeer wOrk......................................9-10

1 Masterplan- the Old tOwn Of spruce

2Spruce, WeSt Virginia

River Walk Gazebo General StoreRestaraunt

HotelTrain DepotHistoric Engine

House Foundation

Road/Bike Lane Road/Bike

LanePedestrian Path

BioretentionPedestrian Path Pedestrian

PathPedestrian Path

Community Gym

Seating Area

A’-A” scale=1:40

Road/Bike LanePedestrian

PathPedestrianPath

Fountain Plaza

StageAmphitheaterSeating

Elevated PedestrianCorridor

B’-B” scale=1:20

Townhomes

picnic area municipal buildingstownhome adventure

playground

community gym

“tunnel entrance”

green roof pavilion

amphitheater stage

swimming pond

amphitheater seating farmers’ market

elevated pedestrian walk

constructed wetland and stream

B’A’

B”

A”

3

bioretention office spacecultural center

stormwaterplanter

stormwater planterpedestrianbridge

restaraunt restarauntresidential

residentialhigh rise residential

public plazaplanter

Community Development- Carrie FurnaCe

4Rankin, Pennsylvania

RV Parking

Concert Grounds

Campgrounds

Rec CenterSeasonal Recreation

Meadow Preserve

Environmental CenterAgricultureWedding Facilities

Conference Center

Over-night Cabins

5 Masterplan- IndIan Meadows CaMpground

6Fairview, west virginia

7 GradinG for Stormwater manaGement

8 Model Building- WVu AgriculturAl ScienceS Building

GOALS OBJECT

IVES

During the summer of 2013, I volunteered with the Carbon County Environmental Cen-ter. They provided me with the opportunity to devlop a plan for an Adventure Play-ground, a project that they have been meaning to implicate for years. I designed a set of documents that included a historical background on the ideals behind adventure playgrounds, an outline of goals and objectives, case studies as well as a set of ren-derings for some proposed adventure playground elements. The documents were de-signed to be informational posters to present to the general public.

Provide Carbon County Environmental Center with a conceptual design for an Adventure Playground

Work collaboratively with all parties involved

“When I first visited this wonderful place with my boys last summer I loved the

rustic feel. It reminded me of my own childhood when our parents let us roam free”

All devlopment decisions must foster ethics for environmental stewardship

Design with native, edible plants that complement the existing ecosystems

Use recycled/ reused materials whenever appropriate

Discuss and define the limit for “allow-able risk” (pertaining to child safety)

Design a space where children are given the materials to create their own play environment, a place where children are able to expe-rience a sense of adventure and freedom

Do no harm to the existing envi-ronment, design with nature and culture, preserve existing ecology, ratify invasive species, and regen-erate degraded landscape

Create situations for kids where they are challenged to solve prob-lems, work with others to achieve a common goal and design/ facilitate their own games and play spaces

ADVENTURE PLAYGROUNDHunting Beach, California

JIM THORPE, PA

9 Carbon County EnvironmEntal CEntEr

Volunteer Work

This section of the Adventure Playground is centered around a radial design with different stations that are located around a center point. The radial design keeps children within site distance at all times. Each sta-tion within this element has been designed to stimulate a different sen-sory organ. Due to some significant drainage issues that lead to a typi-cally muddy and wet environment, the stations are to be built within a decking system that is elevated up off the ground. The site should be graded to include a bioswale that will present the children the opportuni-ty to experience a wetland type ecosystem with a diverse pallet of mois-ture tolerant plants. This wetland environment will inspire a higher level of biodiversity on site.

10Jim Thorpe, pennsylvania