ASLA 2024 Student Urban Design Award of Excellence. Siaya Eco-Park: A Vision for a Green, Inclusive Hub in Siaya’s Heart. Caroline Schoeller, Associate ASLA; Johanny Bonilla Jimenez; Michelle Syl Yeng; Leechen Zhu. Faculty Advisors: David Gouverneur; Catherine Seavitt Nordenson, FASLA; Thabo Lenneiye. The University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design
Today the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) announced its 2024 Student Awards. Winners showcase innovation and represent the highest level of achievement among the future of the profession. All project winners and their schools are listed below.
Jury panels representing a broad cross-section of the profession, from the public and private sectors, and academia, select winners each year and are listed below. The 38 winners were chosen out of 382 entries.
“The passion and creativity demonstrated by these student award winners is inspiring,” said ASLA President SuLin Kotowicz, FASLA, PLA. “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.”
“What an incredible display of talent,” said ASLA CEO Torey Carter-Conneen. “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."
Award recipients will be honored in person at the awards presentation ceremony during the ASLA 2024 Conference on Landscape Architecture in Washington, D.C. on Monday, October 7th. Media are invited to attend; please email press@asla.org for credentials. For more information visit: www.aslaconference.com.
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Award Categories
General Design
Award of Excellence
Restoring Elba's Pea River Through Dam Revitalization
Auburn University
Honor Award
Longleaf Pine, Fire, Prospect Bluff
University of Virginia
Honor Award
Just Land
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Honor Award
Rebirth of Bald Cypress: Uniting Restoration & Community Rejuvenation
Soochow University
Honor Award
The Long Marsh Forward: Adaptive Regeneration of Belville's Riverfront
North Carolina State University
Honor Award
The Inner Coast
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Residential Design
Honor Award
Eco-booster: Sustainable Solutions for Ibagué’s Vulnerable Communities
The University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design
Honor Award
Mitigating Extreme Urban Heat in the Neighborhoods of Jeddah
The Ohio State University
Urban Design
Award of Excellence
Siaya Eco-Park: A Vision for a Green, Inclusive Hub in Siaya’s Heart
The University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design
Honor Award
Unity Oasis: Promoting Equality, Nurturing Racial Healing in Cape Town
Soochow University
Honor Award
Fluid Fiesta: Blending Rainfall and Terrain Dynamics with Landscapes
Soochow University
Honor Award
From Remnants to Resonance: Reimagine Coastal Fishing Villages
National University of Singapore
Honor Award
Stitching Kingston, Community to Coast
The University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design
Honor Award
Riverside Revival: Urban Design Strategies for Coastal Development
North Carolina State University
Analysis & Planning
Award of Excellence
The Embers of the Rainbow
Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology
Honor Award
Sprouting from the Scar: Seed - Biochar - Reforestation
The University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design
Honor Award
Migratory bird networks & urban networks: From conflict to coexistence
Gachon University
Honor Award
Hops Rescue Plan: Nature-based Solutions response to Climate Change
Beijing Forestry University, Harvard University, Beijing University Of Civil Engineering And Architecture
Honor Award
Community Cycle: a solution to dike-pond landscape simplification
South China University of Technology
Student Collaboration
Award of Excellence
Revitalization of Life
University of Tehran
Honor Award
Post-carceral Justice: Reclaiming the Bronx’s Transitional Margins
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Honor Award
Fifty-one Miles: Walking the Los Angeles River
University of Southern California
Honor Award
Bird Sanctuary
Texas A&M University
Communications
Award of Excellence
Where the Street Ends
University of Washington
Honor Award
Designing a Green New Deal at Greenland’s Resource Frontier
The University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design
Honor Award
Olmsted’s Crown Jewel: An Exhibition Celebrating Franklin Park
Kansas State University
Honor Award
Tracing the Contour of Song Dynasty West Lake
China Academy of Art
Honor Award
Wonderland of Weeds
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Honor Award
Forest Futures: A Collaborative Game for Forest Health
The University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design
Research
Award of Excellence
Textile Landscapes: The Material Future of Tulare Lake
University of Southern California School of Architecture
Honor Award
Leveraging the Potential of Spontaneous Pavement Vegetation
University of Guelph
Honor Award
Smart Tree Watering in Southern Arizona’s Urban Environment
University of Arizona
Honor Award
Blight to Benefit: Vacant Lot Greening to Support Ecosystem Services
Kansas State University College of Architecture, Planning & Design
Honor Award
Dynamic Symbiosis: Avian Response to Rapid Urbanization
Southwest University
Student Community Service
Award of Excellence
Co-creating urban gardens: enhancing the community wellbeing
School of Design and Innovation, Shenzhen Technology University
Honor Award
The Allensworth Agricultural Experiment Station
University of Southern California
Honor Award
Circulating Rainwater:Multi-party Rural Landscape Creation
Beijing Jiaotong University
Honor Award
Letitia Carson's Legacy: Healing Ourselves, Our Community, & Our Land
University of Oregon School of Architecture & Environment
The 2024 Student Awards Jury includes:
Jury 1–General Design, Residential Design, Urban Design & Student Collaboration
Chair: Aida Curtis, FASLA, Curtis+Rogers Design Studio
Members:
Charles Anderson, FASLA, Charles Anderson Landscape Architecture
Bill Estes, ASLA, MIG, Inc.
David Ferguson, ASLA, Ball State University
Drake Fowler, ASLA, The North Carolina Arboretum
Pamela Palmer, ASLA, ARTECHO Architecture & Landscape Architecture
May So, Intl Associate AIA, Mithun
Lauren Stimson, ASLA, Stimson
Jury 2–Analysis & Planning, Communications, Research & Student Community Service
Chair: Dalton LaVoie, ASLA, Stantec
Members:
Ignacio Lòpez Busòn, ASLA, University of Oregon
Thomas Balsley, FASLA, SWA/Balsley
Travis Brooks, ASLA, Brooks Landscape Architecture
Ashley Clark, Associate AIA, LandDesign
Seth Hendler-Voss, ASLA, Prince William County
Raymond Senes, ASLA, Cal Poly, Pomona
Kate Tooke, ASLA, Agency Landscape + Planning