2021 Student Awards
Submissions for the Student Awards came from numerous landscape architecture programs worldwide, including some of the highest-ranking landscape architecture programs. The jury found the submissions to be of high quality, addressing various global issues and design problems. The jury had a hard time scoring the entries, as many submissions featured rigorous analysis and well-thought-out, sensitive designs.
2021 Student Awards Jury
Dima Rachid
Founding Partner at studiolibani;
Part-time Lecturer at the Department of Landscape Architecture at the American University of Beirut;
Jill Desimini
Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture
Harvard GSD
Jun Zhai
Professor and Chair, Department of Landscape Architecture, School of Architecture, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
Founding Principle, E.A.S. T.Scape
Phoebe Lickwar
Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture University of Texas at Austin
Founding Principal of FORGE Landscape Architecture
Simon M. Bussiere
Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture
School of Architecture, the University of Hawaii at Mānoa
2021 Student Awards Winners
Concept – Analysis & Planning
Award of Excellence
42nd Soundscaping | Chao Li, Rhode Island School of Design; Supervisor: Michael Blier
Merit Awards
Carbon and Wine Industry | Kairui Zhang, National University of Singapore: Yu Wang, Southwest Jiaotong University; Yuhan Xu, Beijing Forestry University;
Lyon-topia | Eliott Dujardin, University of Geneva; Supervisor: Professor Philippe Convercey
Honourable Mention
Conversion landscape-Hybrid wetland farming | Liang Shi and Xuan Zhang – Cornell University; Observer/Supervisor: Jamie Vanucchi
Formes de Mar | Sara Ingignoli, Politecnico di Milano (Italy); Supervisor: Prof. Antonio Emilio Alvise Longo & Co-supervisor: Prof. Miriam García García
Concept – Design
Award of Excellence
On Thin Ice | Ambika Pharma, University of Toronto | Supervisor: Fadi Masoud, Professor, University of Toronto
Merit Award
Eelgrass Aqua-pelago | Liwei Shen, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
After Dam-The Rebirth of the Colorado River | Chen Mao, Beijing Forestry University
Honourable Mention
Eco-Adhocism Forms of Bioarchitecture | Patel Path, CEPT University
Graduate
Award of Excellence
Terrain Vague, An Evolving Landscape Legacy | Francesco Cauda, Aarhus School of Architecture (Denmark); Supervisor: Stefan Darlan Boris
Merit Award
Ignite Woods | Eleonora Santoro, Politecnico di Milano; Thesis Advisor: Hope Ives Strode; Thesis Co-Advisor: Michael Franz Jakob
Research
Award of Excellence
After Plastics | Andreea Vasile, Harvard Graduate School of Design; Supervisor: Dr. Rosalea Monacella
Merit Award
Long-Acting Therapy | Yueying Zhang, RMIT University; Supervisor: Charles Anderson
Biochar-Forestry Carbon Negative Cycle | Fan Feng, Cornell University; Supervisor: Jamie Vanucchi
Honorable Mention
Stone Wall Trees | Anson Ting Fung Wong, Harvard Graduate School of Design
2021 Student Awards Shortlist
Analysis & Planning
Enhancement of the quality of the mountain landscape | Sara Guerini – Politecnico di Milano | Advisor: Antonio Emilio Longo;
High Tide | Freek van Riet – Rotterdam Academy | Advisors: Riëtte Bosch, Dirk Sijmons, Thijs van Spaandonk and Paul Gerretsen;
Landscape on the Ring: Enhance the Sustainability of Milan Food Chain through the Replanning of Agro-landscape System around City Boundary | Wanyu Liang, Shuai Pan – Politecnico di Milano
Rewilding Coasts A Project Drawdown | Ekta Rakholiya – National University of Singapore | Advisor: Lyn Liu and Ryan Shubin
Sva: A vision of self-sustenance | Dharan KoruduvarSchool – CEPT University
Design
A New Calling Card for An Old Industrial City – Lu Pengyu, Qin Huayun & Hua Chuan Wang, Macau University of Science & Technology
Adaptive Traditions of the Eastern Waterfront of Mumbai India –Zixin (Sing) Chen, University of Toronto; Faculty Advisor: Liat Margolis
After Dam-The Rebirth of the Colorado River – Chen Mao, Beijing Forestry University
An Inland Harbor: Mediating Natural Forces and Human Constructions along the Charles River – Xin Feng, Runke Luo, Sophia (Sufeng) Xiao, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Eco Broadway – Zhouqian Guo, Rhode Island School of Design; Supervisor: Tiago Torres-Campos
Eco-Adhocism Forms of Bioarchitecture – Patel Path, CEPT University
Eelgrass Aqua-pelago – Liwei Shen, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Migration is beautiful-biophilic boulevard in helping Perry, IA – Yuxin Yang, Harvard Graduate School of Design
On Thin Ice – Ambika Pharma, University of Toronto
Water Urbanism in Bogota – Jiayu Tong, Beijing Forestry University; Shuoyu Xie, Beijing Forestry University; Lan Lin, Fujian University of Technology College; Supervisor: Jian Jia
Research
After Plastics – Andreea Vasile, Harvard Graduate School of Design; Supervisor: Dr. Rosalea Monacella
Biochar-Forestry Carbon Negative Cycle – Fan Feng, Cornell University; Supervisor: Jamie Vanucchi
Long-Acting Therapy – Yueying Zhang, RMIT University; Supervisor: Charles Anderson
Reimagination of Crises and Urbanism – Yun Liu, University of Hong Kong; Supervisor: Chao Ren
Rural Settlement 2.0—Rural Settlement 3.0 – Fanjin Meng & Luling Qu; Sichuan Fine Arts Institute
Stone Wall Trees – Anson Ting Fung Wong, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Study with Nature – Keren Zhang, Wageningen University Supervisor: dr.ir. A (Agnès) Patuano
Graduate
Adaptive Traditions of the Eastern Waterfront of Mumbai India – Zixin (Sing) Chen, University of Toronto; Faculty Advisor: Liat Margolis
Ignite Woods – Eleonora Santoro, Politecnico di Milano; Thesis Advisor: Hope Ives Strode; Thesis Co-Advisor: Michael Franz Jakob
Interlacing and integration-between the city and the water – Shan Jiang, National School of Landscape Architecture of Versailles; Supervisor: Sylvie Salles
Terrain Vague, An Evolving Landscape Legacy – Francesco Cauda, Aarhus School of Architecture (Denmark); Supervisor: Stefan Darlan Boris