louisville KENTUCKY

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

jordan HINES, ian MCHONE, kyle TIERNEY: The new HMPL 1 Hotel and Convention Center will provide a mutually beneficial public-private development for the city of Henderson,Ky through an economically viable, culturally and environmentally sensitive reuse of a former industrial complex. This proposal not only provides a new regional attractor in Henderson, but also presents Henderson as a forwardly thinking, optimistic civic example for the region-particularly in terms of the adjustment of old industry to new uses, as this will be an increasingly pertinent issue globally in the years to come.

critics: Marcelo Spina and Drura Parrish

This proposal will allow future businesses and investors to see Henderson as a healthy and innovative market, while also providing a place of formal exchange between Henderson and the world, i.e. establishing Henderson as a voice in the larger discussion. Further, this proposal will be an expression of Henderson as a distinct cultural identity broadcast along the media stream of the Ohio river.

sP: what or who influenced this project?

Ferrari, Coal Miners, the bat cave,

sP: what were you reading/listening to/watching while developing this project?

Local Natives, The Morning Benders, Dwight Yoakam,

sP: Peep Show, National Geographic, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

whose work is currently on your radar?

everyone’s

project done at University of Kentucky College of Design