Thirty Student Award winners represent a bright future for the landscape architecture profession

Today the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) announced its 2023 Student Awards. Winners showcase innovation and represent the highest level of achievement among the future of the profession. All 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 30 winners were chosen out of 372 entries.1

Award recipients will be honored in person at the awards presentation ceremony during the ASLA 2023 Conference on Landscape Architecture in Minneapolis, MN., October 27-30. Media are invited to attend; please email [email protected] for credentials.

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  • 1. “I’m always excited to see the winners of the student awards because of the range of creativity, especially in the area of  community engagement which is the future of our profession,” said ASLA President Emily O’Mahoney, FASLA. “This year’s winners are dedicated to making landscapes more accessible to more people and helping communities grapple with the climate and biodiversity crises.These award winners are the brightest stars in landscape architecture programs around the country and internationally,” said ASLA CEO Torey Carter-Conneen. “When I visit campuses, I’m so impressed and energized by the way our students are committed to helping communities solve some of the biggest challenges. The projects represented in these awards speak to that commitment.”
ASLA 2023 Student General Design Award of Excellence. Reviving Yanomami Rights: Plant Matrix for Mercury Management.
ASLA 2023 Student General Design Award of Excellence. Reviving Yanomami Rights: Plant Matrix for Mercury Management. - Zimeng Chen, Student Int'l ASLA; Yingjie Hu, Student Int'l ASLA; Yuxin Jiang; Yunshan Wan, Student Int'l ASLA; Gui Wei, Student Int'l ASLA; Zhengfei Yan, Student Int'l ASLA; Shiqian Yang; Faculty Advisor: Cundong Li; Shanghai Jiao Tong University；Sichuan University；Southeast University；China Architecture Design & Research Group

General Design

Award of Excellence

  • Reviving Yanomami Rights: Plant Matrix for Mercury Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University；Sichuan University；Southeast University；China Architecture Design & Research Group

Honor Award

  • A Self-Help Plan Based on Productive Green Space Systems, Huazhong Agricultural University
  • Re(de)fining Decomposition, University of Virginia
  • The Oasis of Baer's Pochard : Humanity in Harmony with Wetlands, Wuhan University/ Huazhong Agricultural University

Residential Design

  • Gentrification Vaccine: a pioneering housing paradigm for Long Beach, Sichuan Agricultural University
  • From Shelter to Home, University of Oregon

Urban Design

  • Harvest the Wind: Reshaping Urban Heat Island Through Urban Farming, Soochow University & Louisiana State University
  • The Gift of Volcanoes, Chongqing University; Milan Polytechnic University; University College London

Analysis & Planning

  • Hydrological Enclave: Adaptive Management of Non-water Supply Reservoir, University of Hong Kong
  • Retrieve the Lost Treasure: Forest Rehabilitation in Madagascar, Southeast University
  • Confrontation or Symbiosis, Northeast Forestry University, Tongji University
  • Designing Healthy Places in the American South: Montezuma, Georgia, University of Georgia
  • Design Tactics for Climate-Based Migration in Biodiversity Corridors, North Carolina State University

Student Collaboration

Award of Excellence

  • On the Edge: a Climate Adaptive Park for the Battleship NC Memorial, North Carolina State University

Honor Award

  • Dynamic Roots, North Carolina State University
  • Caretakers + Placemakers of New Orleans, Louisiana State University

Communications

  • Art (that) Worlds: Design Guidelines for Equitable Public Art, Kansas State University
  • Walk to Learn: Exploratory Children's Field Journal for Epping Way, Mississippi State University
  • Point of Confluence: Re-thinking Large Landscape Infrastructure Design, University of Southern California
  • Children's Book and Learning Games on Indiana Native Plants & Habitats, Purdue University
  • The UC Davis Sheepmowers Project, University of California, Davis

Research

Award of Excellence

  • The Play Value of Plants, Texas Tech University

Honor Awards

  • Advancing Trauma-Informed Landscape Architecture, North Carolina State University
  • Designing Spectrums, Cornell University
  • Equity in Landscape Architecture: Black Students’ Perspectives, Kansas State University
  • Built on Thawing Ice: Socio-Ecological Design in a Warming Arctic City, University of Virginia
  • Toward Dynamic Optimization: Combining AI and EBHDL for the Elderly, South China Agricultural University
  • Unearthing Water Efficiency: Clay Pot Irrigation Design & Fabrication, University of Oregon

Student Community Service

Award of Excellence

  • Rooted in Resiliency, Iowa State University

Honor Award

  • Collaboration & Sharing: Promoting Healthy Life in a Low-Income Community, Anhui University

The 2023 Student Awards Jury includes:

Jury 1 - General Design, Residential Design, Urban Design & Student Collaboration    
Chair: Michael Grove, FASLA, Sasaki

  • Haley Blakeman, FASLA, LSU
  • David Jung, FASLA, AECOM
  • Adriana Hernández Aguirre, ASLA,  Coleman & Associates
  • Christina Hite, ASLA, Dix-Hite
  • Ellen Stewart, ASLA, City of St Paul
  • Mark Yoes, FAIA, W X Y architecture + urban design

Jury 2–Analysis & Planning, Communications, Research & Student Community Service
Chair: Kofi Boone, FASLA, NC State University

  • Keven Graham, FASLA, Terra Engineering
  • Dalton LaVoie, ASLA, Stantec
  • Stephanie Onwenu, ASLA, Detroit Collaborative Design
  • Naomi Sachs, ASLA, University Maryland / Therapeutic Landscape Network
  • Andrew Sargeant, ASLA, Cleveland Neighborhood Progress