Site Detail Area: PETER WENTZ FARMSTEAD
The Peter Wentz Farmstead
Designing for the Future on an Historic Farm
Renewing connections Programming 1 Visitor services building • Restrooms • Informational displays • Outdoor covered seating/ classroom • Office and storage • Kitchen and event staging 2 Schultz Mill footprint 3 Trail along Old Schultz Road 4 Trail/bridge connection to Kre-Belle
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Lucinda Bartley Temple University MLArch Capstone 2018
Site Planning: CIRCULATION
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ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION hu Sc
Wetland Creating habitat and managing stormwater
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Riparian forest Filtering runoff and stabilizing creek banks Meadow Preserving a disappearing ecosystem
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Zacharias Creek Improving water quality, controlling flooding, and reducing erosion
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Site Detail Area: KRE-BELLE FARM
Site Detail Area: VISITOR CENTER Creating a new arrival experience
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1 Visitor center • Informational displays • Staff offices • Greenhouse • Classroom/meeting space 2 Permeable parking lots 3 Regional multi-use trail connection 4 Bus and car drop-off 5 Formal garden and lawn 6 Arbor and patio
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Expanding the mission
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Hydrology of created wetland step pools, filled from agricultural tile drains above and backfilled by the creek below
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1 Historic Kriebel farmhouse • Museum of 19th-C. farm life • Restrooms • Office and storage 2 Bank barn • Museum of farm machinery 3 Nature education center 4 Wetland observatory 5 Created wetland
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