Grenader, Nonya2011-07-252011-07-252009Hays, Katherine. "The next step: Recreational trail interface." (2009) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/61773">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/61773</a>.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/61773The Next Step re-choreographs the trail system, encouraging a multiplicity of experiences while treating the city as an exhibit. This project focuses on the network's deployment in Washington, D.C. This network, empowered by digital navigational devices and blogging/chatting capabilities, forces a new dialogue between the organizational systems of recreational spaces and cities. The recreational corridor and its context are defined by perceived gradients and contrasts - determined by sensory information [sound, smell, light, temperature]. The expanded palette encourages a more dynamic and responsive network. Intersections, or nodes, whose scale and permanence has a direct relationship to the sensory contrast associated with their paths [magnitude of choice] are designed using a catalogue of programmatic-sensory specific elements that relate to the context of the paths and the definition of the node. These elements, deployed, enhance and amplify the site of the node to create a matrix of sensory atmospheres.48 ppapplication/pdfengCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.Landscape architectureRecreationUrban planningRegional planningSociologyArtsPolitical scienceThesisRICE2834reformatted digitalTHESIS ARCH. 2009 HAYS