2024 Student Awards

World Landscape Architecture received over 120 entries in the 2024 WLA Student Awards from universities worldwide in four categories. The winners highlight the innovative ideas of landscape architecture students worldwide that address a wide array of environmental, social, and urban challenges. The winners were judged by an world-class jury to review and acknowledge the best student work in design, analysis and planning. This year’s jury includes the following jurors:

2024 Student Awards Jury

Elisa C. Cattaneo | High Qualified Professor of Theory of Contemporary Architectural Design at Politecnico di Milano.
Craig Douglas | Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture Department at Graduate School of Design, Harvard University.
Shen Jie | Associate Professor, doctoral supervisor and Deputy Director of Landscape Architecture Department at the College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University
Alessandro Martinelli | Education and Academic Activities Standing Committee Chair, IFLA – International Federation of Landscape Architects; Associate Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture, Chinese Culture University, Taipei

2024 Student Awards Winners

Concept – Analysis & Planning

Award of Excellence 
Climate-Adapted Conservation Of Wildlife Migration | Students: Jiaojiao Zhu, Siyi Liang, Jirong Guang, Liangyi Huang – Huazhong Agricultural University; Advisor: Xin Xia – Huazhong Agricultural University

Honour Awards 
Counter-mapping the U.S.-Mexico Border Landscape | Student: Qizhi Gao – University of Toronto; Advisor: Liat Margolis – University of Toronto;

Saving the White Aral Sea | Students: Tao Huang, Yishan Chen, Xinyi Chen, Xin Lin – Huazhong Agricultural University; Advisor: Jizhong Shao, Huazhong Agricultural University;

Merit Awards
Harmony over the Cloud Terraces | Students: Yanjun Wan, Jishou University; Yuhong Wang – Chongqing University; Advisors: ZhenXing Wang – The University of Melbourne;

Field Perception, Land Shaped by Sensors | Students: Anette del Pilar Vega Tamayo, Abhinand Krishnakumar Menon, Arya Arun, Mahdieh Ahmadlou, Hao Yueru – Politecnico di MIlano; Advisors: Francesco Garofalo, Chiara Geroldi, Ludovica Barcucci, Camila Katich, Konstantinos Venis – Politecnico di MIlano;

Concept – Large Design

Award of Excellence 
Insurgent Geology | Student: Melanie Louterbach – Harvard Graduate School of Design; Advisor: Roselea Monacella, Harvard Graduate School of Design;

Honour Awards
The Spring of Oasis | Students: Shan He, Siyi Wu, Yu Zhang – Harvard Graduate School of Design;

Just follow the Smell
Student: Zhiming Zhang – Harvard Graduate School of Design;

Merit Awards
Bridging the Borders, Treasures of Wounds | Students: Dao Zhou – Kede College of Capital Normal University; Qiahan Liu – Wuhan Textile University; Xinying Wu – Southeast University; Jieyu Chen – Huizhou University; Advisor: Jiawei Liang – Kede College of Capital Normal University;

Shalescapes of West Lothian | Student: Alice Carrington-Windo – The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London; Advisors: Tom Budd, Hannah Corlett and Lyn Poon;

Concept – Small Design
The jury chose not to recommend any awards for this category.

Graduate

Award of Excellence 
The Newt Normal | Student: Christopher Lucas Dobbin – Harvard Graduate School of Design;
Advisors: Chris Reed – Harvard Graduate School of Design; Nina-Marie Lister – Toronto Metropolitan University;

Honour Awards
Landscape from clearing: The new construction of a coastline for San Miguel | Student: Jose Fabian – Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú; Advisors: Luis Rodríguez Rivero, Gustavo Díaz, Betty Chávez, Silvana Corro.

Tortoise and Tarantula — Tales from the Edge | Students: Anne Tong, Junia Yang – Harvard University Graduate School of Design; Advisors: Nina-Marie Lister, Chris Reed;

Merit Awards

The Costly Truth About Lawns | Student: Valeriia Tolkacheva – Florida International University (FIU); Advisor: Gianno Feoli;

The Room Under | Student: Han-Tse Lee – University College London; Advisor: Cannon Ivers, Alexandru Malaescu – University College London;

2024 Student Awards Shortlist

Concept – Analysis & Planning
A Redemption From Water – Students: Wu Qinyi, Sun Zehui, Deng Yuhan, Chen Zhuomi, Shao Yating – Beijing Forestry University; Feng Xiao – Beijing Forestry University;
Breadwinners – Jianghan Liu, Qinmeng Guo, Yulin Chen, Yijie Chen, Northeast Forestry University & Xi ‘an University of Architecture and Technology;
Climate-Adapted Conservation Of Wildlife Migration – Students: Jiaojiao Zhu, Siyi Liang, Jirong Guang, Liangyi Huang – Huazhong Agricultural University; Advisor: Xin Xia – Huazhong Agricultural University
Coastal Assemblages: Anchoring Memories and Materials in the City of Crisfield – Students: Joyce Fong, Julia MacNelly, Lysette Velazquez – University of Virginia; Advisors: Bradley Cantrell & Sean Kois -University of Virginia;
Counter-mapping the U.S.-Mexico Border Landscape – Student: Qizhi Gao – University of Toronto; Advisor: Liat Margolis – University of Toronto;
Field Perception, Land Shaped by Sensors – Students: Anette del Pilar Vega Tamayo, Abhinand Krishnakumar Menon, Arya Arun, Mahdieh Ahmadlou, Hao Yueru – Politecnico di MIlano; Advisors: Francesco Garofalo, Chiara Geroldi, Ludovica Barcucci, Camila Katich, Konstantinos Venis – Politecnico di MIlano;
Harmony over the Cloud Terraces – Students: Yanjun Wan, Jishou University; Yuhong Wang – Chongqing University; Advisors: ZhenXing Wang – The University of Melbourne;
Revitalization of Life: Natural Disasters, Community Resiliency and Landscape Architecture – Students: Reza Farhadi, Maryam Noroozi – University of Tehran; Amir Rahsaz – University of British Columbia; Hengameh Ghasemi, Mahshid Delavar – Iran University of Science and Technology; Majid Aghazadeh – University of Tehran, Shahid Rajaee; Advisors: Dr. Mahdi Khansefid – University of Melbourne and University of Tehran, Iran; Dr. Ahmad Pourahmad – University of Tehran;
Saving the White Aral Sea – Students: Tao Huang, Yishan Chen, Xinyi Chen, Xin Lin – Huazhong Agricultural University; Advisor: Jizhong Shao, Huazhong Agricultural University;
Stepping stones of Polcevera – Students: Kamila Nasretdinova, Maria Alami – Politecnico di Milano; Advisors: Federico Zanfi, Chiara Geroldi – Politecnico di Milano;

Concept – Large Design
Bridging the Borders, Treasures of Wounds – Students: Dao Zhou – Kede College of Capital Normal University; Advisor: Jiawei Liang – Kede College of Capital Normal University;
Herbal Haven, A Botanic Garden For Preserving The Natural Legacy – Student: Agnes Li – The University of Hong Kong;
Insurgent Geology – Student: Melanie Louterbach – Harvard Graduate School of Design; Roselea Monacella, Harvard Graduate School of Design;
Just follow the Smell – Student: Zhiming Zhang – Harvard Graduate School of Design;
Run,Sweet Rum:Sustainable Integration of Rum Industry – Student: Lujia Deng – Chongqing JiaoTong University; Yanchi Li – Louisiana State University; Advisor: Yu Ou
Shalescapes of West Lothian – Student: Alice Carrington-Windo – The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London; Advisors: Tom Budd, Hannah Corlett and Lyn Poon;
Suaeda salsa, desiccated river channels, and emerging industries – Student: Wu Qingyi – National University of Singapore; Advisor: Zhang Zhe – Najing Forestry University;
The Spring of Oasis – Students: Shan He, Siyi Wu, Yu Zhang – Harvard Graduate School of Design;

Concept – Small Design
The Odyssey of Raindrops – Student: Yanjun Wan – Jishou University;
Salutogenic Pocket Park – Student: Roya Naamipouran – University of Wisconsin–Madison; Advisors: Mehdi Sheibani, Kaveh Fattahi;
Zipping Gentrification, A Toolkit for Community Resilience – Student: Han Wu – Chengdu University of Technology; Advisor: Yu Ou;

Graduate
Landscape from clearing: The new construction of a coastline for San Miguel – Student: Jose Fabian – Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú; Advisors: Luis Rodríguez Rivero, Gustavo Díaz, Betty Chávez, Silvana Corro.
Recognition, Resurgence, Refusal, and Reforestation – Student: WONG Hei Yuet Anna – The University of Hong Kong; Advisor: Ashley Scott Kelly;
Recreational Learning Experience – Student: Jaime Andres Andrade Constante – Auburn University; Advisors: Rob Holmes and Isaac Cohen, Auburn University
Resilient Waterscapes in Genoa from the Sturla Stream to the Ligurian Sea – Student: Paola Alejandra Aguilar Sánchez – Politecnico di Milano; Advisor: Chiara Geroldi;
Skyscaping – Collaborative Experimentation for Avian Ecological Futures – Students: Samantha Hubbard, Maya Neal, Paige Werman – University of Virginia; Advisors: Bradley Cantrell, Sean Kois – University of Virginia;
Smellscape of Coexistence – Students: Lai Ching Ng – The Oslo School of Architecture and Design; Advisors: Giambattista Zaccariotto – The Oslo School of Architecture and Design;
Wang Yifu – The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Maximilian Schob – Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU);
Stepping Stone Forest – Student: Jaime Andres Andrade Constante – Auburn University; Advisor: William Shivers, Auburn University;
Tortoise and Tarantula — Tales from the Edge – Students: Anne Tong, Junia Yang – Harvard University Graduate School of Design; Advisors: Nina-Marie Lister, Chris Reed;
The Costly Truth About Lawns – Student: Valeriia Tolkacheva – Florida International University (FIU); Advisor: Gianno Feoli;
The Newt Normal – Student: Christopher Lucas Dobbin – Harvard Graduate School of Design; Advisors: Chris Reed – Harvard Graduate School of Design; Nina-Marie Lister – Toronto Metropolitan University;
The Room Under – Student: Han-Tse Lee – University College London; Advisor: Cannon Ivers, Alexandru Malaescu – University College London;
Weave with Nature A New Expansion Zone for Breaking Social and Environmental Barriers – Student: Yangyi Li, Fan Wu, Bosheng Wang, Ling Zhang – University of Pennsylvania; Advisor: David Gouverneur
Weaving Mosaics – Student: Giuliana Costanzo – University of Toronto; Advisor: Matthew Perotto;