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CASCADILLA FALLS, ITHACA, NYINTERVENTION
TODAY’S CONSTRUCTED
COMMUNITIES OFTEN MASK ECOLOGICAL
EVIDENCE AND PROCESSES. HARDSCAPE
DOMINATES WHILE STREET PLANTINGS, PARKS AND BURIED
INFRASTRUCTURE SELECTIVELY
‘REPRESENT’ NATURE AND ECOLOGY. IN
THIS CONTEXT, URBAN DWELLERS
EXPERIENCE AN INCREASING LOSS
OF CONNECTION TO THE FUNDAMENTAL
ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES ON
WHICH COMMUNITIES RELY. TO ADDRESS
THIS REALITY, THE CASCADILLA
CREEK TRAIL OFFERS A PLACE TO ENGAGE THE CREEK
ECOSYSTEM WITH ITHACA AND THE
REGION’S PEOPLE.
MASTER PLAN (above) | SECTION B (below)
WEST SLATE WALL
WEST BEDROCK
EAST SLATE WALL
EA
ST
BE
DR
OC
K
IN PLACE OF CONSTRUCTED HARDSCAPE, THE NEW PATH TAKES ITS ALIGNMENT, PATTERN AND FORM FROM THE GEOMETRY OF THE CREEK’S 10,000 YEAR OLD GEOLOGY. THE PATH AND RESTING SPACES CONFORM TO THE NATURAL GRID AND CURVATURE OF THE CREEK, ALL OF WHICH ARE CREATED BY THE ORIENTATION AND CONVERGENCE OF BEDROCK AND SLATE WALLS. THIS RECONCEIVED SEQUENCE AND EXPERIENCE DIRECTS PEDESTRIANS THROUGH ABUNDANT VEGETATION, ALONG ANCIENT STONE WALLS, AND ACROSS THE BEDROCK BENEATH THE EBB AND FLOW OF CASCADILLA CREEK, IN ORDER TO TRAVEL EFFICIENTLY BETWEEN CORNELL UNIVERSITY, COLLEGETOWN AND ITHACA’S DOWNTOWN.
CONCEPT DIAGRAM (above) | SECTION A (below)
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