In 2016 Sanders Pace Architecture asked to provide a comprehensive framework for the future development of a collection of significant cultural and historical sites located just 2 miles from downtown Knoxville defined as the Battlefield Loop. Working with consultant PORT Urbanism the team completed a study which suggested connections between a number of isolated sites by expanding the boundaries of the Loop to incorporate a number of relics of Knoxville’s industrial past which tell an important story of Knoxville’s early role as a manufacturing leader in the post-civil war New South.

The project was a partnership between The Aslan Foundation and the City of Knoxville and has established a framework for redevelopment of this 600-acre area which anchors the western edge of Knoxville’s Urban Wilderness.  Completed projects include the Loghaven Artist Residency, the restoration of the Historic Candoro Marble Building into a new community arts space, and Phase 1 of Augusta Quarry at Fort Dickerson Park.  Future phases include the future phases of Fort Dickerson Park and the development of the Riverbluff parcel which overlooks the University of Tennessee campus, downtown Knoxville, and the Tennessee River.