SUSTAINABLE TOURISM Yara Alandia Maggie McGlumphy Grace Nemeckay Lindsay Roetgerman
↑ Map of the Ohio River with refuge island and site call-outs.
MARGARET MCGLUMPHY, YARA ALANDIA, LINDSAY ROETGERMAN, GRACE NEMECKAY
YOU ARE HERE: FORECASTS FOR THE OHIO RIVER
THE KAYAK CHALLENGE What is the value of the Ohio River? Historically, the river was heavily used for transportation and recreation. How can we stretch this value? Can we incorporate community, education, and health in its worth? Can we design destinations along the river that enrich this overlooked waterway and attract not only locals but countless tourists? This topic of sustainable tourism along the Ohio River- a 981 mile stretch from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Paducah, Kentucky- is our objective this semester.
↑ Destinations along the Kayak Challenge route. ↓ Ohio River Refuge Island.
A group currently addressing this topic is The Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Foundation- established in 1990 to protect wildlife native to the river. Their aim to increase interaction and tourism along the river led to the creation of The Kayak Challenge, a recreation trail covering 362 miles and 22 refuge islands along the Ohio. The challenge is to visit 20 of the Refuge Islands and take a selfie with the posted island sign near each landing point. Given the extent of the river, this challenge would take multiple trips to complete. The brief for our team was to propose a series of architectural interventions to support this existing Kayak Challenge route and encourage interaction with the Ohio River. We were each to choose our own site along the route based on our individual programmatic needs.
ARCH4002 BUILDING DESIGN STUDIO
TOPIC: SUSTAINABLE TOURISM