American Landscape Architects Announce 2008 Student Awards

By Bustler Editors|

Monday, Oct 20, 2008

In September, the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) announced the winners of the 2008 Student Awards. Representing the top student honors in the profession, ASLA recently presented the awards to 20 projects from 11 colleges and universities at the ASLA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia.

General Design Category

Honor Awards

emergeMUMBAI
Robyn Perkins, Student ASLA
Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Faculty Advisors: Niall Kirkwood, ASLA; Nazneen Cooper

(Image Above) Block drainage section: this section shows two typical rainfall routes: the blue vertically filters to apartments and potable water tanks, while the red route flushes the ground plane, entering the underground filtration systems.

The Lower Ninth Ward and Bayou Bienvenue: An Inherent Opportunity
Conners Ladner, Student ASLA, Christopher Barnes, Student ASLA and Robert Bass, Student ASLA
LSU Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Faculty Advisor: Cat Marshall

(Image Above) Emerging Landscape: Pioneer species arise among the conditioned soils of the site. Ecological communities such as flatwoods, upland hardwoods, bottomland hardwoods, and cypress forest form along changes in elevation. A series of trails, varying in scale and texture, are programmed to allow visitors to interact with the various micro-climates across the site.

Williamsburg Bridge Park
Ji Hyun Yoo, Student ASLA
Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Faculty Advisors: Craig Verzone, International ASLA; Charlie Cannon

(Image Above) Program: Program adjacency. Hanging Parking Lot.

Adorning Baltimore: A non-native solution to local problems
Amelia Magida, Student ASLA
University of Pennsylvania School of Design, Philadelphia, Pennyslvania
Faculty Advisors: Lucinda Sanders, ASLA; David Gouverneur

(Image Above) View from water of public water channel, market in distance.

eRiver Park
Laryssa M. Stecyk, Student ASLA
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Faculty Advisors: Peter Trowbridge, FASLA; Dan Krall, FASLA

(Image Above) Community and environmental concerns are seen and spoken in a park that physically responds.

Living Grid Park - MAC Central Open Space
Shannon V. Scovell, Student ASLA
University of Pennsylvania School of Design, Philadelphia, Pennyslvania
Faculty Advisors: James Corner, ASLA; Richard Kennedy

(Image Above) Living Grid: bands, terraces, islands.

Rainwater Harvesting
Marti Mas Riera, Student Affiliate ASLA
Universitat Politecnica De Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Faculty Advisors: Miquel Vidal; Jordi Bellmunt

(Image Above) The Model.

AGUA: Infrastructure as Landscape Identity
Shanti Levy, Student ASLA and Elizabeth Hoogheem, Student ASLA
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
Faculty Advisors: Mario Schjetnan, FASLA; Julie Bargmann

(Image Above) The Lake Edge: Public Access/ Wildlife Habitat/ Pump House: Section perspective at lake edge through potable water promenade, and restored aquatic habitat. Pump house aligns with prominent mountain in the distance to mark a destination at the lakeshore.

Analysis and Planning Category

Award of Excellence

Public Space as Catalyst for the Regeneration of South Los Angeles
Raphael Garcia, Student ASLA, Sarah Lopez, Student ASLA, Leslie Lum, Student ASLA and Ana Tabuena, Student ASLA
California State Polytechnic University Pomona, Pomona, California
Faculty Advisors: Joan H. Woodward, FASLA; Ken McCown, ASLA; Philip N. Pregill, ASLA; Doug Delgado

(Image Above) Demonstration Site Key Map.

Honor Awards

Kids at the Creek: Planting the Seeds of Stewardship in Chollas Creek
Jacey Garrison, Student ASLA, Emily Kiefer, Student ASLA, Ceanatha La Grange, Student ASLA and Mario Benito, Student ASLA
California State Polytechnic University Pomona, Pomona, California
Faculty Advisors: Ken McCown, ASLA; Joan H. Woodward, FASLA; Phil Pregill, ASLA; Doug Delgado

(Image Above) Degraded hydrology and habitat, pollution, danger and invisibility as well as the existing attributes of the site were analyzed to guide design decisions. Each design element functions to address conditions present at the site.

Wilbur + Waste: Challenging Trends in Waste Management
Jennifer Rueda, Student ASLA
California State Polytechnic University Pomona, Pomona, California
Faculty Advisors: Edward Fonda; Susan Mulley; Andrew Wilcox

(Image Above) Decompose Diversion System

The Rebirth of the Tajo River
Joowon Im, Student ASLA, Ming-Jen Hsueh, Student ASLA, Radhika Garg, Student ASLA, Ji Hyn Yoo, Student ASLA, Shi Park, Student ASLA, Monique Johnson, Student Affiliate ASLA, Linda Shi, Student Affiliate ASLA, Ellen Oettinger, Student Affiliate ASLA, Ahlam Abdulla, Student Affiliate ASLA, Alexis Peterson, Student Affiliate ASLA and Quilian Riano, Student Affiliate ASLA
Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Faculty Advisors: Christian Werthmann, ASLA; Carl Steinitz, Hon. ASLA; Juan Carlos Vargas-Moreno, Associate ASLA; Stephanie Hurley, Student ASLA

(Image Above) Plan and Aerial Views of Talavera de la Reina.

Rethinking the Limits of Public Space
Cathrin Winkelmann, Student ASLA
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Faculty Advisor: John Danahy, ASLA

(Image Above) Urban Context: In the broader context, the goal is ultimately to take the lessons learned from Nathan Phillips Square and construct a toolkit for implementing these strategies in homeless hotspots at the urban scale.

Research Category

Honor Awards

Revealing Climate Change Mitigation in the Landscapes of the Future
Ellen Pond, Student ASLA
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
Faculty Advisor: Stephen Sheppard, ASLA

(Image Above) Building capacity for a low-carbon future: Brentwood Park, currently grass, gravel and a chain-link fence, becomes an energy and food producing neighbourhood center.

Half a Million Trees: Prototyping Sites and Systems for Sustainable Cities
Jessica Canfield, Student ASLA, Sarah Carrier, Student ASLA, Christopher Dorr, Student ASLA, Theodore Hoerr, Student ASLA, Yun Hye Hwang, Student ASLA, Filio Illiopoulou, Student ASLA, Mi Jim Koh, Student ASLA, Dana Malas, Student ASLA, Simon Martinez, Student ASLA, Elizabeth Randall, Student ASLA, Emma Thomas, Student ASLA and Sarah Van Sanden, Student ASLA
Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Faculty Advisors: Gary R. Hilderbrand, FASLA; Kristin Frederickson, Associate ASLA

(Image Above) Urban Forests Measures: Students considered five North American cities in terms of policies and practices: who plants? Who pays? Who maintains the urban forest? How do these conditions index to area and population? Toronto is the clear frontrunner.

Communications Category

Award of Excellence

SUBSURFACE Magazine
Joshua Llaneza, Student ASLA, Jennifer Rueda, Student ASLA, Courtney Embrey, Student ASLA, Mitch Howard, Student ASLA, Lancelot Hunter, Student ASLA, Joel Carrasco, Student ASLA, Bahar Mahgerefteh, Student ASLA, Judy Lee, Student ASLA and Kimberley Kearney, Student ASLA
California State Polytechnic University Pomona, Pomona, California
Faculty Advisors: Andrew Wilcox; James Becerra

(Image Above) Final cover page.

Honor Award

Shoshone, CA
Joshua Llaneza, Student ASLA, Courtney Embrey, Student ASLA and Matthew Kizu, Student ASLA
California State Polytechnic University Pomona, Pomona, California
Faculty Advisors: Joan H. Woodward, FASLA; Andrew Wilcox

(Image Above) Sequence Five: Continued.

Community Service

Honor Award
The Hills Project
Joseph Marwil, Student ASLA, Jack McGlasson, Student ASLA, Darren Ramler, Student ASLA, Casey Counce, Student ASLA, Brock MacKay Student ASLA, Greg Combs, Student ASLA, Heidi White, Student ASLA, Corey Wilson, Student ASLA, Jenna Bockey, Student ASLA, Marc Bond, Student ASLA, Justin Cotton, Student ASLA, Travis Edelen, Student ASLA and Jeff Chase, Student ASLA
University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
Faculty Advisor: Brian Lee

(Image Above) Green Infrastructure: Greenway Suitability Analysis.

Collaboration Category

Honor Awards

Remediation as Catalyst: Transforming an Industrial Landscape
Laura Kamin-Lyndgaad, Student ASLA, Amanda Olson, Student ASLA and Malea Jochim, Student ASLA
University of Minnesota, College of Design, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Faculty Advisors: Lance M. Neckar, ASLA; John J. Comazzi

(Image Above) Layered Approach: These images are a multiple layered acrylic model created to investigate the depth of contamination and how it relates to substrate activity such as groundwater movement and multiple layers of bedrock. This process helped give form and reason to the placement of our catalytic strategies of remediation.

Seeding Stability: A Strategy for Relocation and Reorganization in a Medellin Barrio
Rebecca Fuchs, Student ASLA, Keya Kunte, Student ASLA and Kimberly Cooper, Student ASLA
University of Pennsylvania School of Design, Philadelphia, Pennyslvania
Faculty Advisor: David Gouverneur

(Image Above) Plan.

All Images: ASLA

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