Teams from seven architecture schools announced as winners of the 2022 AIA/ACSA COTE Top Ten for Students

The annual AIA COTE Top Ten Awards highlight the work of architects, designers, and students and their efforts in propelling carbon-neutral design initiatives. Last week, the AIA/ACSA's Committee on the Environment (COTE) announced the top ten green new buildings of 2022. Today we share the top ten student projects. 

"The competition recognizes 10 exceptional studio projects that integrate creative and innovative design strategies," shares the competition organizers. "These projects are designed to achieve carbon-neutral operations through daylighting, passive heating and cooling systems, sustainable materials, water conservation, energy generation, and other sustainable systems. The program challenged students to submit projects that use a thoroughly integrated approach to architecture, natural systems, and technology to provide design solutions that protect and enhance the environment."

This year's winners were selected by jury members Jennifer Cutbill of Lateral Agency, Mahsa Hedayati of Perkins&Will, Traci Rider of North Carolina State University,  Pauline Souza of WRNS Studio, and Prem Sundharam of  DLR Group.

View this year's student winners below.

Epimorphic
Student: Claudette P. Bryan
Faculty Sponsors: Joel Towers & Kayeon Lee
Parsons School of Design

Farmscape: A Modern Farm for the Anthropocene
Students: Devin Costello & Marina Berenguer
Faculty Sponsors: Joel Towers & Kayeon Lee
Parsons School of Design

Green Convergence – Resilient Corridor for Jaipur
Students: Chaoming Li & Xuefei Yang
Faculty Sponsors: Maria Gonzalez Aranguren & Pankaj Vir Guptar
University of Virginia

Reimagine Textile & Paper Industry
Student: Xian Wu
Faculty Sponsors: Maria Gonzalez Aranguren & Pankaj Vir Gupta
University of Virginia

Relook Overlook | Living Water Recycling Architecture
Student: Ashley Beard
Faculty Sponsor: Mona Ghandi
Washington State University

The Connected Farm
Students: Gauge Bethea & Jesse Blevins
Faculty Sponsors: Ulrike Heine, David Franco, George Schafer, & Andreea Mihalacher
Clemson University

Transformation of Waste
Student: Curran Zhang
Faculty Sponsor: Hal Hayes
Carnegie Mellon University

Tumi
Students: Mia-Kim Bouchard, Alice Corrivault-Gascon, & Roxane Gagnon
Faculty Sponsors: Claude Demers & André Potvin
Université Laval

Under[surface] Upcycle
Student: Nithyashree Balachandar Iyer
Faculty Sponsor: Erik Hemingway
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Uqumuujuq – Arctic greenhouse in Cambridge Bay
Students: Florence Bouchard-Bédard, Daphné Garon-Rioux, & Coralee Tremblay
Faculty Sponsors: Claude Demers & André Potvin
Université Laval

Learn more about this year's winning projects here.