Thursday, March 19, 2009
Landscape Architecture Students Win Numerous Virginia ASLA Awards
The Virginia Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (VA ASLA) will award several students in Assoc. Professor Elizabeth Meyer’s LAR 801 Landscape Additions studio (Fall 2008) in the annual Student Design Competition.
Receiving an Honor Award for Design:
Zoe Edgecomb, Serena Nelson and Chihiro Shinohara for the design of a Second Street NE addition to Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall; and Ryan McEnroe for a street and a room, an addition to the Mall’s west end.
Receiving a Merit Award for Design:
Elise Mazareas for “Choreographing Flow, Constructing Experience”, an addition to the Mall’s west end.
Receiving an Honor Award in the Communications category:
Zoe Edgecomb and Serena Nelson on behalf of the entire class’s Design Research Book which examines the history of the Downtown Mall, Halprin Associates’ design philosophy, 20th c. pedestrian streets, and Landscape Preservation Theory and Practice.
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