OCCUPATION 
Currently the occupation of Ivy landfill is limited to employees of the landfill and citizens dropping off waste.  This contributes to the lack of common knowledge about current landfill practices and further distances citizens from the consequences of generating waste and disposal.  The perimeter is a charged area between the active dump and the surrounding neighbors which can accomodate occupation now, to witness the closure and remediation of the site.  Once the site has been stabilized, occupation will culminate in large events at the center.

NATURE 
Current landfill practices suspend natural processes below the surface, creating dry tombs of garbage which inhibits decomposition and production of leachate.  At the same time, the attitude is to create a normative "agricultural" image above ground.  Visible systems and technology would help the community to better understand the true nature of Ivy landfill. 

DUMP 
Ivy landfill was begun before current landfill regulations were implemented and has been grandfathered into maintaining these out of date practices.  We propose that the waste which had previously gone to Ivy landfill be rerouted to landfills in Richmond which currently practice state of the art technology (or, at worst, can control contaminant flow).  However, Ivy landfill will continue to accept compostible materials which will be transformed to soil and fertilizer to be used on site as well as returned to the community.

UTILIZATION 
The thin skin of the landfill, which cannot be punctured, prohibits large scale planting or structures which require foundations.  The massive resultant space is open and empty and largely non-productive.  We propose a festival grounds which can house transient architecture on and around the central dumping grounds, and which is structured by the physical space of the remediation infrastructure.  This space can accomodate large groups of people during events, but is also open to individual occupation.

INFRASTRUCTURE 
The landfill is currently isolated from the community and an end destination for waste and its by-products.  By tying the remediation systems into existing county and city infrastructure, Charlottesville and Albemarle County fulfill their obligation to deal deal with their waste, and at the same time provide anticipatory infrastructure for future occupation of the site.  Thus leachate and methane, both by-products of the landfill will be treated and used in Charlottesville's waste water treatment plant.

TIME 
The reclamation of Ivy landfill is not an instant process.  Ivy landfill has accreted waste and produced its by-products over time; so the land will be reclaimed and revitalized, the remediation systems will be constructed and phased, and the site will be increasingly occupied by the community over time.