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Sustainable Reclamation: A Model for Coal Country
Sustainable Reclamation: A Model for Coal Country
Sustainable Reclamation: A Model for Coal Country
Main public stair-piazza. Drawing by Taqi Radmard.
Main public stair-piazza. Drawing by Taqi Radmard.
Sloped streen. Drawing by Taqi Radmard.
Small residential street. Drawing by Taqi Radmard.
Town amphitheater study. Drawing by Taqi Radmard.
Land use plan.
RIBA-USA Competition Entry Board.
Appalachia is one of the most biologically diverse regions in the United States.
This extremely biologically diverse region is mined for coal. Above is a typical example of strip mining. This type of site is where the Whitesburg architype can be used to heal the wound in the landscape. Photo by Dobree Adams
Conceptual phases, from untouched moutain to sustainable town-as-a-hill built on the stripe mined bench
This extremely biologically diverse region is mined for coal. Above is a typical example of strip mining. This type of site is where the Whitesburg architype can be used to heal the wound in the landscape. Photo by Dobree Adams
Sustainable Area Budget (SAB) of new town.Developed for Whitesburg, KY, this proposal provides a model for reclaiming and redeveloping strip and mountaintop removal coal mining sites in Appalachia with sustainable communities. Utilizing the City-as-a-Hill urban model developed by the CSC Design Studio, a dense, walkable, hilltown is created over the top of larger industrial spaces and parking, heated by an out-of-season solar hot air storage system that uses existing mining auger holes in the mountain. This design proposal was a finalist in the RIBA - Building a Sustainable World Competition, (2007).
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