PARCS v1: OBX Studio (2014)
Pro-Active Recovery Community Systems
Project Summary
The semester was split into two design phases. During the first phase (5 weeks), students collaborated with stakeholders and community leaders in Dare County, NC to develop plans for various sites in the county. In the second phase (11 weeks), students worked independently and in teams to design landscape and architectural components of the plans. The design schemes are based on a resilient and adaptive design concept called P.A.R.C.S. (Pro-Active Recovery Community Structures) and provide innovative solutions for disaster mitigation and post-disaster recovery for residents of the Outer Banks.
Awards
2015 Student General Design Award of Excellence: Woodser Huts (Meredith Smith) , North Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Instructors of Record: A. Fox and D. Hill.
2015 First Prize – Graduate Student Category: Woodser Huts (Meredith Smith), American Institute of Architects Triangle Chapter Scholarship. Instructors of Record: A. Fox and D. Hill.
2015 First Prize – Undergraduate Student Category: Roanoke Island Natural Heritage Trails (Lauren Woodard), American Institute of Architects Triangle Chapter Scholarship.
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Location
Dare County, NC
Project Start Year
2014
Funding Source
AIA Decade of Design Award (direct sponsor) / Clinton Global Initiative (prime sponsor)