Sustainable student design projects distinguished with AIA/ACSA COTE Top Ten for Students

Ten architectural projects exemplifying high marks in social, economic, and ecological design key points were announced as winners of the AIA's 2020 Committee on the Environment (COTE) Top Ten Awards this morning.

In conjunction with the professional award program, the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) also selected the COTE Top Ten for Students in recognition of sustainability-minded design in an academic studio context. The winning projects aim for carbon-neutral footprints through daylighting, passive heating and cooling systems, sustainable materials, water conservation, energy generation among other sustainable systems.

Take a look at the victorious student projects below.

Elevated Integration
George Sorbara and Hunter Harwell
Clemson University
Faculty Sponsors: Ulrike Heine, David Franco and George Schafer

Bazaar 324
Anannya Das and Connor Mougin
Iowa State University
Faculty Sponsor: Ulrike Passe

Waterline
Cera Yeo and Jingyi Luo
California College of the Arts
Faculty Sponsor: Evan Jones, Margaret Ikeda

Reclaim Resiliency: Dismantle. Dredge. Dwell.
Ryan Bing and Joe Scherer
Clemson University
Faculty Sponsor: Ulrike Heine

Copain, Copain?
Audrey Rochon, Anton Zakharov, and Melaine Niget
Université Laval
Faculty Sponsors: Claude Demers and André Potvin

[UP]-LIFT TECHNOLOGY TOWER
Bex Sejdiu and Devin Waddell
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Faculty Sponsors: Kyoung-Hee Kim and Liz McCormick

Romberg Center for Ecology and Resilience —— High-Performance Historical Renovation
Pitchayut Kingkaew, Qihui Bao, and Shuang Yan
University of California, Berkeley
Faculty Sponsors: William Leddy, Marsha Maytum, and Hsin-Hsein Chiu

Matriochkas
Marie-Hélène Cliché, Michael Comtois, and Étienne Vigneau
Université Laval
Faculty Sponsors: Claude Demers and André Potvin

BIO TOWER A Green Medical Research Hub
Sophia Bullock, Drake Cecil, and Alex King
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Faculty Sponsors: Kyoung-Hee Kim and Liz McCormick

Library of Play
Nicole Andersson
Montana State University
Faculty Sponsors: Steven Juroszek and Jaya Mukhopadhyay

This year's competition jurors were Elgin Cleckley, University of Virginia; Carly Coulson, Coulson Architecture; Michael Horan, Clemson University; Tom Kundig, Olson Kundig; and Adrian Parr, University of Texas at Arlington.