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Cato Springs Master Plan
STATUS
Concept
SIZE
1,000,000 +
The Cato Springs Master Plan is a new mixed-use, housing-focused community that elevates the health of the land and its residents. In a rapidly growing region, recent development is characterized by generic suburbia, car-centric infrastructure, and the degradation of the landscape’s natural beauty and ecology. Cato Springs is sited in the foothills of the stunning Ozark mountains, a place that warrants special sensitivity to existing physical, social, and ecological conditions.
The project includes much-needed workforce housing, a new medical school, urban agriculture, and recreational and social spaces that tie into the region’s walking and bike paths. By placing the vehicular loop towards the exterior of the site, trails safely meander through the site while necessary access is provided. In the urban ‘Town Square’ area of the site, generous sidewalks, separated bike lanes, and mid-block crossing promote pedestrian and bicycle safety, while activating ground floor social spaces.
At the core of the project is SLS, a nonprofit community that offers health services and housing for the neurodiverse, a community that is traditionally placed at the edges of society. This project proposes to integrate this community within the larger mixed-use neighborhood, utilizing the power of space for gathering, nature patterns, and accessibility to boost mental and physical health.
Planning strategies emerged out of principles of health, for both land and people. Density preserves natural areas, walking and biking are prioritized, food production is integrated throughout, ecologically-rich habitat is preserved, and vernacular materials celebrate a sense of place while offsetting carbon consumption. Moreover, the specific planning strategies for the neurodivergent community revealed a critical truth: that by designing better places for the neurodiverse, we can design better places for all people.
The project includes much-needed workforce housing, a new medical school, urban agriculture, and recreational and social spaces that tie into the region’s walking and bike paths. By placing the vehicular loop towards the exterior of the site, trails safely meander through the site while necessary access is provided. In the urban ‘Town Square’ area of the site, generous sidewalks, separated bike lanes, and mid-block crossing promote pedestrian and bicycle safety, while activating ground floor social spaces.
At the core of the project is SLS, a nonprofit community that offers health services and housing for the neurodiverse, a community that is traditionally placed at the edges of society. This project proposes to integrate this community within the larger mixed-use neighborhood, utilizing the power of space for gathering, nature patterns, and accessibility to boost mental and physical health.
Planning strategies emerged out of principles of health, for both land and people. Density preserves natural areas, walking and biking are prioritized, food production is integrated throughout, ecologically-rich habitat is preserved, and vernacular materials celebrate a sense of place while offsetting carbon consumption. Moreover, the specific planning strategies for the neurodivergent community revealed a critical truth: that by designing better places for the neurodiverse, we can design better places for all people.
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