EducationandEngagement

Site-Sourced Materials

Engage campers in a shared process to construct cabins from materials sourced onsite, namely cattail.

Sense of community

Curate a sense of community through indigenous experiences and activities surrounding the harvesting and processing of cattail.

Wetland Health and Management

Research and Discovery

Improve wetland health through active research and discovery on cattail phytoremediation.

Wetland Health

Develop a wetland using cattail as the primary phytoremediator to enhance wetland health on and surrounding the site.

Building Production

Indiginous practices

Reduce the total amount of energy being used on site by designing all architecture around indiginous practices.

Future Investment

Develop a self-sustaining, adaptable growth model that will lead to an investment in the campsite and surrounding community.

Site Sourced Materials

Re-allocation of Site Elements

Community Involved Harvest of Materials

Immersecampersinthenaturalenvironment

Immerse Campers in wetlands

Research and Discovery

Dispersecabinsthroughoutsite

EstablishedWetland

CattailPhytoremediation

PassiveSystems

Minimal Machine Use

Manual Labor and Construction

Produce Cabins yearly

Typhaboard SIP Panel System

A research center was created on the site as a way to conduct research on the health and wellness of the bay and wetlands.This center not only improves bay health but seeks to restore the coastal wetland adjacent to the site.

A board walk weaves throughout the site, integrating each component of the natural cycle. The board walk consists of several ramps that provides ease of access to other areas in the site.

The Ecology Center is the primary point of access into the campsite and to the wetland. Here campers are able to retrieve all supplies for harvesting and immersing themselves into the site. The Wetland is a major component in the site. Being home to a number of phytoremediators, such as cattail, the wetland on the site is a starting point to fully restoring the wetlands along the coast of the Chesapeake Bay.

To limit the amount of architectural strain on the environment, the cabins are constructed on site in an area called the Production Pavilions. In this area, harvested cattail is made into typhaboard panels and used in the construction of the cabins.

The site consisted of dozens of Recreational Vehicles that contributed to the fragmentation of the land and pollutant runoff from the built environment. As a response, all RVs have been removed from the site and replaced with cabins made from cattail that are constructed on site.