Master of Landscape Architecture / Department of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning / Timothy D. Keane / Camp Adventure, a summer camp for the physically disabled, has obtained a site
for the future Camp Adventure Conference and Retreat Center at Perry Lake,
Ozawkie, Kansas. The camp serves youth and adults with cerebral palsy and spina
bifida. Past rental facilities have been far from adequate for the camp’s basic
needs of accessibility and has led the camp to seek a specially designed permanent
home. As a counselor for 9 years, I have experienced firsthand the barriers and
frustrations with inadequate facilities. Seeking to find solutions to the camp’s
specific needs, I found William H. Whyte’s research methods and environmental
psychology studies fitting to discover human preference and experiential qualities.
To understand the best methods of adaptation, a series of user based research
methods have been conducted to gather user input. The campers understand, from
daily experience, what it takes to make an element or activity accessible, and
their guidance will inform the design of select program elements. User input is
not only being gathered from the camp, but from educational sources at Kansas
State University, practicing professionals at Ochsner Hare and Hare, and local
government representatives. Collaboratively molding the site’s existing form, the
campers accessibility needs, and a complex program has created an exciting and
challenging project. The program consists of 24 elements and activities, many
of which are not traditionally handicap friendly. In-depth design studies and
application of the user input has created the form and experience of seven program
elements.
This book contains literature and precedent studies, user based research results, the
master plan for the entire site, and design details of seven program elements. It is to
be used by Camp Adventure as a guide to implementation of the camp design. It is
the path for Camp Adventure to achieve their dream: a barrier free, fully accessible,
adventure; Camp Adventure.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:KSU/oai:krex.k-state.edu:2097/4085 |
| Date | January 1900 |
| Creators | White, Amanda |
| Publisher | Kansas State University |
| Source Sets | K-State Research Exchange |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Report |
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