BONEYARD CREEK INTERVENTIONThomas McCormick

EAST ELEVATION

NORTH ELEVATION

SITE PLAN

THE FRAMED PATH

East Church Street

North First Street

SCALE: 1/16" = 1'-00"

SCALE: 1/16" = 1'-00"

SCALE: 1/16" = 1'-00"

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The Boneyard Creek serves as a natural thoroughfare that snakes through the Champaign-Urbana community. Several developments have already been initiated along this natural path that instigate interaction with the creek by community members. However, at the northern end of the Boneyard, little development has been made to create spaces for communal interaction and environmental exploration. THE FRAMED PATH creates an opportunity for these two activities for the neglected community members living along this section of the creek. The path follows exactly the natural meander of the creek while dynamically rising and falling to create visual connection with the surrounding landscape and physical connection with the water below. Two nodal bridges are placed at the north and south ends of the path, both providing space for raised garden beds and shelter for visitors. This path interacts intimately with that of the Bone-yard Creek while providing a connection with the surrounding landscape for the community of Champaign-Urbana.