Located in North Philadelphia is a 40 acre vacant swath of land. Subsurface coal ash has claimed the once standing development, which has now been collapsed into basements and buried below a shallow layer of soil. Remaining is a vast, barren, and windswept landscape of micro topography in the middle of a working class neighborhood.
Through research of existing Philadelphia plans that demand for healthy living in the city, the objective has taken form in just that, to increase the quality of life and health of the immediately surrounding community. By discovering what the community is missing through research and analysis, program will take form by filling in the gaps that allow for the people of this community to live in a healthy body.
