Watson, Kim; Cappelleri, Brandon; Homyk, John; Belski, Kate (Virginia Tech. Community Design Assistance Center, 2006-09)
In 2006, the Charlottesville Waldorf School (CWS) is building a new elementary school facility on thirteen acres in Charlottesville. The building is being designed by SOURCE architects to achieve a LEED “platinum” certification.
The Community Design Assistance Center (CDAC) joined the site design process to develop a conceptual site master plan a multi-layered trail system that traverses the site includes walking paths that connect the school to different areas of the site and that connect the site to its surroundings (park and trail systems, neighbors, etc.). It was envisioned that a section of the trail would include a “Medicinal Plant Trail” and be planted with indigenous plants that could be labeled for educational walks.