Cherokee Village was developed within a mid-twentieth century planning ethos that valued uniformity and the universal, where a master plan fixed a singular development strategy to create market demand for homesites. To re-energize the Village’s development potential, stagnated for decades, the proposed Framework Plan introduces the pluriversal: development conceived through multiple economic and social narratives. Or to use the well-known Zapatistas phrase: “A world where many worlds fit.” Within the future development scenarios proposed for Cherokee Village, the Framework Plan simply asks: What are the various ways in which we might want to live within the vision of Cherokee Village?
Three principles guide the Framework Plan’s recommendations in aligning the Village’s underutilized infrastructure with multiple market demands for different living environments: The Plan shall be adaptable to changing futures; The Plan shall diversify lifestyle and hospitality environments; The Plan shall be resilient to market uncertainty.
Awards
2024 American Architecture Award
2023 LIV Hospitality Design Award—Landscape Design
2023 The Plan Awards: Urban Planning Future Finalist
2023 The Plan Awards: Sports and Leisure Future Finalist
2023 Block, Street & Building Design Competition: Honorable Mention
2022 AN Best of Design Awards Winner: Unbuilt—Landscape, Urban Design & Master Plan
Sponsor
National Endowment for the Arts
Client
City of Cherokee Village, Arkansas