This project is a bold public-private initiative to support energy, business and culture. The project aims to synthesize an interest in energy, business and culture by generating a new public and transformative icon along the Ohio River. By re-functionalizing HMP1 and bringing new public amenities to the site, the proposal intends to revitalize a decaying and neglected waterfront and therefore have a positive effect in business and tourism and the region at large.
The newly revitalized structure will include a convention center; hotel, a restaurant and café all within a figural plinth that surrounds the existing power plan building. Located at the center of the organization, the power plan will function as a large multipurpose space for large exhibitions. Publicly accessible, the plinth itself becomes a large urban promenade that will contain landscaping, greenery and amenities such as an outdoor amphitheatre so as to provide a new dynamic experience for the enjoyment of river.
