Impacting Urban Futures

DAAPworks School of Planning
Impacting Urban Futures
Proctor Landing Park
Bridging Community & Ecology to Support Public Health
Proctor Landing Park is a public health landscape proposal for a flood-prone river corridor in Lawrence County, Ohio. Positioned between the Ohio River, Paddy Creek, and Symmes Creek, the site is treated not as leftover open land but as civic infrastructure capable of supporting movement, community life, ecological performance, and long-term resilience. The proposal organizes the park around a central ecological core and a connected movement framework. Wetlands, riparian restoration, flood-tolerant open space, and visible water systems are paired with an accessible exercise loop, social gathering nodes, flexible recreation areas, and shaded rest spaces. Public health is treated as the primary infrastructure of the project, while social and ecological systems operate as supporting infrastructures that strengthen physical activity, mental restoration, and everyday community use. This booklet compiles research, inventory and analysis, conceptual design, performance metrics, and design development work from the capstone studio sequence. It moves from site and evidence, to concept and measurement, to design resolution and implementation.
Matthew Reindl
























