Assorted Works
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Biotic Diffuser
- Chronotopes
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Paper A+Airplanes
- Tending Chaos
- Public Condenser
- New Appalachian Rail
- [In]Tangible
- Placa de Glories
- Toll Creek Nursery
- Paperwork
Info
6. New Appalachian Rail
2023, University of Tennessee
Professors Farre Nixon + Chad Manley
Individual Work
Appalachia is an isolated island of economy connected only by railroad. The people and the land have been historically mistreated. But Appalachia is also hope. For the past 200 years the world has been pushing for industry, and time and time again industry has taken advantage of Appalachia. But we live in a time where everything is pushing rapidly toward a sustainable future and moving away from industry. The project I have proposed seeks to bring people into these post-coal towns and display the history and culture of these places in order to restore equity, dignity, economy, and ecology to the region. The design interventions come as a series of re-appropriated post-industrial sites connected by train. Here is one example of a project which could be replicated across the region.