Adaptive Healing: Reconfiguring the Zimmer
Power Plant
Power Plant
Role: Sustainability Architectural Apprentice
January 2023 - May 2023
Tools used: Rhino, Photoshop, Illustrator
Problem Statement
Problem: Along the Ohio River sits many vacant industrial sites that continue to pollute the surrounding ecosystems. The towns that once depended on these sites now struggle economically and as a community.
Solution: Our mission is to transform the toxic areas of the William H. Zimmer Power
Plant with an adaptive healing strategy. Our main priority was to provide the public with a sustainable solution for this unusable space.
Plant with an adaptive healing strategy. Our main priority was to provide the public with a sustainable solution for this unusable space.
My Role: Research and analyze site plans, current ecosystem, and infrastructure.
Discovery
User Persona: Moscow, Ohio residents and township
User Research: Photographing the surrounding town vicinity while traveling up the Ohio River Valley. During this time, we interviewed town individuals which led us to contact the owners of our current site.
Ideation: There were many issues addressed after our site visit including toxins seeping into the river and ground, lack of ecosystem, and the effect the site had on the town. We broke our adaptive healing process into different site phases to produce a more in-depth plan of action.
Design
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Final Deliverables
Design and handoff:
Lessons learned: