ASLA Honors the Top Landscape Architecture Students of 2009

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Friday, Sep 25, 2009

The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) recently announced the winners of the 2009 Student Awards. Representing the top student honors in the profession, ASLA presented the awards to team representatives for 21 projects in seven categories from colleges and universities around the world. Landscape Structures has sponsored registration for each winning official entrant, plus travel and hotel accommodations for those given the Award of Excellence. The ceremony and reception took place on September 21 at the ASLA Annual Meeting in Chicago.

Here are the lucky winners:

General Design Category

Award of Excellence
The White Forest: Density and the Void
Frederick G. BesanÃ§on, Associate ASLA
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, R.I.
Faculty advisors: Isabel Zempel and Elke Berger

The White Forest: Density and the Void: View towards Chapel of Reconciliation and Memorial Grove (Photo: Frederick BesanÃ§on)

Honor Awards
Reconciling Purity and Nature: A Bathing Pool for Daingerfield Island
Allison Thurmond, Student ASLA
Virginia Tech Washington Alexandria Architecture Consortium, Alexandria, Va.
Faculty advisors: Paul Kelsch, ASLA and Paul Emmons

Reconciling Purity and Nature: A Bathing Pool for Daingerfield Island: The central spot between the remnant mounds marks the high point where the paths of user and water meet. The projectâ€™s most enclosed space views are restricted by both dense vegetation and topography. The sound of failing water can begin to be heard.

LOOPSCAPE
Kyung Eui Park, Associate ASLA
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Faculty advisor: Valerio Morabito

LOOPSCAPE: The site is located to the west of Barcelona, just 10 minutes from the city centre in low-lying valley and delta of the River Liobregat, opposite to the site of the Forum 2006, at the other end of the Avenida Diagonal. This place is characterized by a residual agricultural landscape.

Living with Floods
Chen-Wei Wu, Student Affiliate ASLA, Shih-Chia Chiu, Student Affiliate ASLA, I-Chun Chien, Student Affiliate ASLA, Shih-Yeu Hou, Student Affiliate ASLA, and Jheng-Ru Li, Student Affiliate ASLA
Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan
Faculty advisors: Shiau-Yun Lu and Shian-Po Liao

Living with Floods: Master Plan (Photo: Li,Jheng-Ru Chiu,Shih-Chia Wu,Chen-Wei Chien,I-Chun Hou,Shih-Yeu)

Residential Design Category

Honor Award
The Productive Landscape: Urban Housing for Autistic Adults
John Gough, Student ASLA, and Adam C. Nordfors, Student ASLA
Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz.
Faculty advisor: Kim Steele

The Productive Landscape: Urban Housing for Autistic Adults: The Productive Landscape:22 Individuals Occupying Training Dwelling Units; 112,700 Pounds of Fruit Harvested; 6 Tons of Vegetables Cultivated; 1112,700 Gallons of Rainwater Captured Annually (Photo: John Gough, Adam Nordfors)

Analysis & Planning Category

Award of Excellence
Switching Trajectories in the Rhine Delta
Matanya Sack, Student Affiliate ASLA, and Liesl Vanautgaerden, Student Affiliate ASLA
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
Faculty advisors: Christophe Girot and Sebastien Marot

Switching Trajectories in the Rhine Delta: A vision for the Rhine Delta

Honor Awards
Remediation Infrastructure:A Comprehensive Development Strategy for the Remediation of the Gowanus Canal
Heather Fuhrman, Associate ASLA
City College of New York, New York City
Faculty advisors: Achva Benzinberg-Stein, FASLA, Denise Hoffman-Brandt and Hanque Macari

Remediation Infrastructure:A Comprehensive Development Strategy for the Remediation of the Gowanus Canal: Environmental Mapping: Gowanus Canal: Environmental Analysis

Wild North vs. Rational Port Landscape Architecture Articulates a New Northern Portscape Near Moosonee, Ontario
Courtney Likins, Student ASLA
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Faculty advisor: Jane Wolff

Wild North vs. Rational Port Landscape Architecture Articulates a New Northern Portscape Near Moosonee, Ontario: Oblique perspective looking across the port towards the Moose River. Employment impacts from the port will be well over 1250 full-time jobs annually, increasing the population of Moosonee from 2500 to approx. 4250. (Photo: Courtney Likins)

MUMBAI: Infrastructure as Architecture
Katie O’Meara, Student ASLA
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Faculty advisor: Anuradha Mathur

MUMBAI: Infrastructure as Architecture: The system plan with diagram of components within the two watersheds.

Rejuvenating the Channel-Scapeâ€”Wanquan Stream Channel Multi-Functional Planning and Design
Xuan Lu, Student ASLA
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities campus, Minneapolis
Faculty advisors: Robert Sykes, ASLA, Joseph Favour, Lance Neckar, ASLA, and Vincent de Britto

Rejuvenating the Channel-Scapeâ€”Wanquan Stream Channel Multi-Functional Planning and Design: Overview of analysis and planning (Photo: Xuan Lu)

Exhibiting the Ground: Applying Fire as a Design Element for the Stapleton Community
Nieve Nielson, Student Affiliate ASLA
University of Colorado, Denver
Faculty advisors: Anthony Mazzeo and Adam Clack

Exhibiting the Ground: Applying Fire as a Design Element for the Stapleton Community: Grounding. This site is located within the boundaries of the former Stapleton International Airport, approximately fifteen miles northeast of downtown Denver. Two major corridors act as boundaries to the site. Interstate 70 borders the north, while Sand Creek encloses the west and south. Because this location has yet to be developed as part of the Stapleton community development project, it has been left alone to become what has been dubbed an â€œurban wilderness.â€ (Photo: Nieve Nielson)

OKRail 2025: Reclaiming Rural America
Cody Klein, Student ASLA, and Seth Slifer, Student ASLA
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla.
Faculty advisor: John R. Ritter, ASLA

OKRail 2025: Reclaiming Rural America: Regional Rail Network: currently, Oklahoma has one passenger rail line which connects Oklahoma City to Fort Work, geographically Oklahoma is the crossroads of America; therefore, linking it with existing east and west passenger lines would be beneficial to the region.

The North Slope Vision Plan: Balancing Systems in Repurposed Industrial Lands
Erin Lybeck, Associate ASLA, Tarrigon Van Denburg, Associate ASLA, G. Russell Wightman, Associate ASLA, and Tony Ignacio, Associate ASLA
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Calif.
Faculty advisors: Philip N. Pregill, ASLA, Gerald O. Taylor Jr., ASLA, Susan Mulley, and Doug Delgado

MUMBAI: Infrastructure as Architecture: North Slope: Site Plan

Research Category

Honor Awards
Road Rights of Way: Connective Conduits
Katy Amon, Student ASLA
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Faculty advisors: Patrick Mooney, ASLA, and Ronald Kellett

Road Rights of Way: Connective Conduits: This spatial relationship demonstrates the heights at which the species forage and nest compared to our typical road right of way activities. Even in the case of low nesting or foraging species they will seldom travel more than two metres from dense vegetation. This allows for a symbiosis of use of this space between humans and avian habitats.

Species Evolution On Steep Sloped Green Roofs
Erik Jones, Student ASLA, Theresa Miller, Student ASLA, Jeremy Monsma, Student ASLA, and Jillian Puszykowski, Student ASLA
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich.
Faculty advisor: Joanne Westphal, FASLA

Species Evolution On Steep Sloped Green Roofs: The South-facing roof in itâ€™s entirely. The barn is used for a variety of separate research projects conducted by Michigan Stateâ€™s department of landscape architecture. An image of a test runs in the Michigan State Green Houses. It was important for the team members to become familiar with the point frame method of identification and recording. (Photo: Jeremy Monsma, Theresa Miller, Jillian Puszykowski, Erik Jones)

Communications Category

Honor Award
Tucson’s Urban Wildlife Walk
Kimberly Creagan, Student ASLA
University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz.
Faculty advisors: Margaret Livingston, ASLA, Lauri Macmillan Johnson, ASLA, and Elizabeth Scott, ASLA

Tucson’s Urban Wildlife Walk: The urban habitat walking tour, Tucsonâ€™s Urban Wildlife Walk, has three tour routes, each with a different interpretive theme. Since preferred walking distances and participation levels vary, three routes allow users to choose how much to partake. (Photo: Kimberly Creagan)

Women in the Dirt: Landscape Architects Shaping California
Robyn Newkirk, Student ASLA, Pavel Petrov, Student ASLA, and Carolann R. Stoney, Student ASLA
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Calif.
Faculty advisors: Philip N. Pregill, ASLA, Andrew O. Wilcox, ASLA, Susan Mulley, Chris Aykanian, and James Becerra

Women in the Dirt: Landscape Architects Shaping California: Women in the Dirt: Landscape Architects Shaping California

Unspoken Borders 2009: Ecologies of Inequality
Michelle Lin, Student ASLA; Matthew Soule, Student ASLA; Janelle Johnson, Student ASLA, and Thabo Lenneiye, Student ASLA
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Faculty advisor: Amy Hillier

Unspoken Borders 2009: Ecologies of Inequality: The cover design was based off the Unspoken Borders conference logo. The logo is composed of the letter â€˜eâ€™ superimposed over an abstraction of a tree.

Community Service Category

Honor Award
International Student Center Rain-Garden
Aarthi Padmanabhan, Student ASLA, and Jeremy Merrill, Student ASLA
Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kan.
Faculty advisors: Lee R. Skabelund, ASLA, and Dennis Day, FASLA

International Student Center Rain-Garden: The project team looked at nearby ecosystems for inspiration. Aesthetically and ecologically, the rain-garden evokes both prairie and woods, with abrupt shifts from wetland to upland vegetation. (Photo: Lee R. Skabelund, ASLA; Drawing: Cary Thomsen)

Dead Tires on the Sidewalk, Dead Tired at the Bus Stop
Andrew Kanzler, Student ASLA
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Calif.
Faculty advisors: Chris Aykanian, Claire Latane, ASLA, and Andy Wilcox, ASLA

Dead Tires on the Sidewalk, Dead Tired at the Bus Stop: The chairs were designed to be able to hold large quantities of weight, provide ergonomic comfort, cost less than five dollars to make, and turn a waste product into a resource. (Photo: Andrew Kanzler)

Student Collaboration Category

Honor Award
Preservation and Progress: Choroni’s Productive Traverse
Marisa Bernstein, Student ASLA, and Nicolas Koff, Student ASLA
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Faculty advisor: David Gouverneur

Preservation and Progress: Choroni’s Productive Traverse: The Meandering Corridor (Photo: Marisa Bernstein and Nicolas Koff)

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