Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Students Win Top ASLA Honors in Design and Communications
School of Architecture students are recipients of awards in two categories in the American Society of Landscape Architects 2007 Student Awards program.
Graduate student in the Architecture and Landscape Architecture programs, Toshihiko Karato, received the highest honor in the General Design Category, The Award of Excellence, for his project Plugging In: Bringing the Stream Back to Watts. Associate Professors Elizabeth Meyer and Elissa Rosenberg served as faculty advisers for the project. The awards jury commented: "Lyrical. Visitors would be transformed by this place. A great concept that could convert this park into a safe, valuable, much needed resource for this neighborhood. Well presented with great sections and a beautiful palette; organized in a very successful manner."
The graduate student editors of the second volume of lunch: dialect, Shanti Levy, David Malda, and Ryan Moody, won an Honor Award in the Communications Category. Faculty advisers for lunch:dialect were Associate Professors Phoebe Crisman and Elizabeth Meyer. The jury commented,"This is a very strong online journal. It’s beautifully presented with strong graphics and good design framing important content. This would be a great model for other universities."
Images of both projects are available for viewing on the ASLA website.
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