ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on a master plan project for those two historic cemeteries — Springwood and Richland — undertaken by faculty and students from the Clemson University Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture. It establishes the context for the project with a short examination of community and site history as well as contemporary factors that led to the initiation of the project. During the course-planning phase of a service-learning studio project, special attention is given to structuring the design phases and a first delineation of study sub-areas, so that all students participate equally in the service-learning process. The chapter offers a perspective on how attention to logistics can dramatically increase the likelihood of success. Faculty aimed at having the city accept a master plan and guidelines as the end goal. The project involved a comprehensive town master plan and site plans designed by the students in the landscape architecture program and won two national student awards.
