2024 ASLA Student Awards winners represent the promising future of landscape architecture

Thirty-eight projects, each representing the future of the landscape architecture profession, have been selected as the 2024 Student Award winners by the American Society of Landscape Architects.

"What an incredible display of talent," the ASLA’s CEO Torey Carter-Conneen said of this year’s field. "I’m so proud of the talent and advocacy at the heart of these projects because they reflect a deep commitment to tackle the thorny issues communities face."

"The passion and creativity demonstrated by these student award winners is inspiring," ASLA President SuLin Kotowicz also commented. "I’m so proud of the excellence on display and excited for the future of the profession. Our student-leaders are dedicated not only to advancing the field of landscape architecture but bringing people and nature together."

The Award recipients will next be honored at an in-person presentation held during the ASLA 2024 Conference on Landscape Architecture in Washington, D.C. on Monday, October 7th.

GENERAL DESIGN

Award of Excellence

Restoring Elba's Pea River Through Dam Revitalization in Elba, Alabama by Chase Hoytink of Auburn University (Faculty Advisor: Frank Hu)

Honor Award

• Longleaf Pine, Fire, Prospect Bluff in Sumatra, Florida, United States by Shuai Yuan of the University of Virginia (Faculty Advisors: C.L. Bohannon and Rebecca Hinch)
• Just Land in Quapaw Nation, Oklahoma by Justin Hailey of the Harvard GSD (Faculty Advisors: Niall Kirkwood)
• Rebirth of Bald Cypress: Uniting Restoration & Community Rejuvenation in Leland, North Carolina by Tianqi Wang, Shiyu Wang, Weize Sun, Yunying Ji, Shi Chen, and Xinxin Wan of Soochow University (Faculty Advisors: Jun Zhai and Xiangdong Xiao)
• The Long Marsh Forward: Adaptive Regeneration of Belville's Riverfront in Belville, North Carolina by Ryan Anderson and Hannah Clarke of North Carolina State University (Faculty Advisors: Andrew Fox, Claire Henkel)
• The Inner Coast in Boston, Massachusetts by Caroline Brodeur of Harvard University (Faculty Advisors: Belinda Tato)

RESIDENTIAL DESIGN

Honor Award

• Eco-booster: Sustainable Solutions for Ibagué’s Vulnerable Communities in Ibagué, Tolima, Republic of Colombia by Peiye Yang, Xinyi Zhang, Keling Ni, Xu Lian, Zoe Goldman of The University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design (Faculty Advisors: David Gouverneur)
  
• Mitigating Extreme Urban Heat in the Neighborhoods of Jeddah in Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia by Saeed AlhusaiKi of The Ohio State University (Faculty Advisors: Justin Parscher and Jake Boswell)

STUDENT COMMUNITY SERVICE

Award of Excellence

Co-creating urban gardens: enhancing the community wellbeing in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China by Zhihao Zhong, Danbing Chen, Feixiang Huang, Lin Liao, Zhenfeng Zhong, and Junjie Luo of the Shenzhen Technology University 

Honor Award

• The Allensworth Agricultural Experiment Station in Allensworth, California by Nina Weithorn of the University of Southern California (Faculty Advisors: Alison Hirsch)
• Circulating Rainwater:Multi-party Rural Landscape Creation in Dengfeng City, Henan Province, China by Wenyan Bian, Xinchen Guo, Zixuan Zhao; Zhihong Jiang, Weiqiong Lin, Xuanshu Tao, Ji Qi, Zhenyu Wang, Kexin Zhao, Yilin Che, Jinzhuo Li, Yuyuwei He, Zexiang Deng, Jiaxue Guo, Qiyun Chen, Haoyan Li, Zhiao Luo, He Zhou, Congying Luo, Qiushi Zhuang, Yue Yang, Qian Guo, Ruihua Xue, Xiaotong Liu, Jiaqing Zhao, and Yang Sun of Beijing Jiaotong University (Faculty Advisors: Junjie Li, Yongquan Chen, Yichun Jin, Shan Dai, Shuqian Chen, Ziyi Guo, Jun Liang)
• Letitia Carson's Legacy: Healing Ourselves, Our Community, & Our Land in Corvallis, Oregon by Eva Kahn, Carson Butler, Steven Garcia, Anna Epstein, Kailee Baumgardner, Emma LoCiero, Miriel Orhai, Mia Owen, Carlos Lopez Toscano, Dahill Shelvy, Zachary King, and Asa DeWitt of the University of Oregon (Faculty Advisors: Elle Stapleton)

URBAN DESIGN

Award of Excellence

Siaya Eco-Park: A Vision for a Green, Inclusive Hub in Siaya’s Heart in Siaya, Siaya County, Kenya by Johanny Bonilla Jimenez,  Michelle Syl Yeng Chan, Caroline Schoeller, Leechen Zhu of The University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design (Faculty Advisors: David Gouverneur, Catherine Seavitt, and Thabo Lenneiye)

Honor Award

• Unity Oasis: Promoting Equality, Nurturing Racial Healing in Cape Town in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa by Yiyao Zhou, Weishi Zhou, Hao Gong, Lin Xu, and Sizhe He of Soochow University (Faculty Advisors: Jun Zhai) 
• Fluid Fiesta: Blending Rainfall and Terrain Dynamics with Landscapes in Mexico City, Mexico City by Jiamin Shen, Zixuan Sun, Jiahui Gao, and Dingyao Zhu of Soochow University (Faculty Advisors: Jun Zhai)
• From Remnants to Resonance: Reimagine Coastal Fishing Villages in Choshi, Chiba, Japan by Luoman Ouyang, Zhiyi Guo, and Jiaxin Jiang of the National University of Singapore (Faculty Advisors: Victoria Marshall)
• Stitching Kingston, Community to Coast in Kingston, Parishes of Kingston and Saint Andrew, Jamaica by Zhao Zicheng and Jiewen Hu of The University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design (Faculty Advisors: Lucinda Sanders, Trevor Lee, and Demetrios Staurinos)
• Riverside Revival: Urban Design Strategies for Coastal Development in Belville, North Carolina by Jules Mainor, Anna Desmone, Jui Dudhiya, Tatiana Veloso, and Omori Yui of North Carolina State University (Faculty Advisors: Andrew Fox and Claire Henkel)

ANALYSIS & PLANNING

Award of Excellence

The Embers of the Rainbow in Bien Hoa, Tonnai Province, Vietnam by Yuqiao Zhang, Ruijun Ma,  Zihan Zhang, and Bochen Zhang of Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology (Faculty Advisors: Tao Jiang)

Honor Award

• Sprouting from the Scar: Seed - Biochar - Reforestation in Plumas National Forest, California, United States by Andrew Reichenbach and Shuyi Hao of The University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design (Faculty Advisors: Nicholas Pevzner)
• Migratory Bird Networks & Urban Networks: From Conflict to Coexistence in Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, Republic of Korea by Gensu Park, Soeun Kim, Seyeon Lee,  and Ayoung Kim of Gachon University of South Korea (Faculty Advisors: Yoonshin Kwak)
• Hops Rescue Plan: Nature-based Solutions response to Climate Change in Geisenfeld, Bavaria, Germany by Wanlin Qu, Luyi Lin,  Meixin Song, Ziyao Tang, Xi Zhang, Di Li, and Yehong Yuan of the Beijing Forestry University, Harvard University, and Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture
• Community Cycle: a solution to dike-pond landscape simplification in Foshan City, Guangdong Province, China by Miao Xingjian, Chi Wenxiu, Cheng Qiantong; He Xiaoqi, Yang Xiaowei, Lin Ye, Zhong Zhaoyu, Xiao Hanyi, and Jiang Linju of South China University of Technology (Faculty Advisors: Guangsi Lin)

STUDENT COLLABORATION 

Award of Excellence

Revitalization of Life in Gaziantep, Gaziantep, Türkiye by Reza Farhadi,  Maryam Noroozi, Amir Rahsaz, Mahshid Delavar, Hengameh Ghasemi, Majid Aghazadeh of the University of Tehran (Faculty Advisors: Mahdi Khansfid and Ahmad Pourahmad)

Honor Award

• Post-carceral Justice: Reclaiming the Bronx’s Transitional Margins in New York, New York by Zeinab Maghdouri Khubnama and Mojtaba Nabavi of Harvard University (Faculty Advisors: Francesco Garofalo)
• Bird Sanctuary in College Station, Texas by Dingding Ren, Na Wang,  Zhelin Liu, Siyuan Zhao, Riley Simmons, Leo Lefebre, Lauren Kasel, Oscar Trevino, Sydney Puentes, Trevor Deines,  and Yizhi Shi of Texas A&M University (Faculty Advisors: Galen Newman and Sinan Zhong)

COMMUNICATIONS

Award of Excellence

Where the Street Ends by Lily Daniels of the University of Washington (Faculty Advisors: Ken Yocom)

Honor Award

• Designing a Green New Deal at Greenland’s Resource Frontier in various cities of South Greenland: Kuannersuit by Yining Zhu, Yuanyi Cen, Keith Scheidelerm Shanyun Hu, Ying Zhang, Maura McDaniel, Shengqian Wang, Günay Mammadova, Jiachen Sun, and Jixuan Guo of The University of Pennsylvania, Weitzman School of Design (Faculty Advisors: Billy Fleming)
• Olmsted’s Crown Jewel: An Exhibition Celebrating Franklin Park in Manhattan, Kansas by Emily Siler, Anna Rader,  Caleb Payne, John Kalamaja, and Katherine Herrera-Lai of Kansas State University (Faculty Advisors: Jessica Canfield)
• Tracing the Contour of Song Dynasty West Lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China by Yichen Shan, Yizhi Zhang, Zhang Chi Chu, Jing Xu, Xiaoyan Shen, Xiaoxue Wang, Siyuan Wang, Lulu Huang, Zhang Ying Dong Zhangying, Yiren Guo, Yilai Zhong, Zihan Ama, and Qinglian Du of the China Academy of Art (Faculty Advisors: Yari Jin and Shixian Shen)
• Wonderland of Weeds in Boston, Massachusetts by Yuqi Zha and Xinran Ma of Harvard University (Faculty Advisors: Francesca Benedetto)
• Forest Futures: A Collaborative Game for Forest Health in Camptonville, California by Oliver Atwood, Caz Gagne, and Elliot Bullen of the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design (Faculty Advisors: Nicholas Pevzner)

RESEARCH

Award of Excellence

Textile Landscapes: The Material Future of Tulare Lake in Corcoran, California by Anna Avdalyan of the University of Southern California (Faculty Advisors: Alison Hirsch)

Honor Award

• Leveraging the Potential of Spontaneous Pavement Vegetation in Guelph, Ontario, Canada Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Toronto, Ontario, Canada by Ryan De Jong of the University of Guelph (Faculty Advisors: Karen Landman)
• Smart Tree Watering in Southern Arizona’s Urban Environment in Tucson, Arizona, by Annalise Hummel,Christian Aguilar Murrieta, and Cordell Lee of the University of Arizona (Faculty Advisors: Bo Yang, Vanessa Buzzard, Grant McCormick,  Doug Loy, Zhihua Wang, and Tianfang Xu)
• Blight to Benefit: Vacant Lot Greening to Support Ecosystem Services in Kansas City, Missouri by Emily Hemsath of Kansas State University (Faculty Advisors: Sara Hadavi)
• Dynamic Symbiosis: Avian Response to Rapid Urbanization in Chongqing, Chongqing, China by Zhongtang Liao, Ziyue Peng, Ying Xu, Juejie Chen, Rui Zhang, Peilin Yang, Yu Liu, and Jisheng Zhang of Southwest University (Faculty Advisors: Jialin Liu)