ASLA Celebrates Student Award Winners During National Hispanic Heritage Month

WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) recognizes and
celebrates Latinx heritage and culture during National Hispanic Heritage
Month, September 15–October 15, 2018. ASLA proudly highlights several
students of Latinx descent who recently won ASLA 2018 Student Awards.

ASLA’s annual Student Awards program honors the best work by landscape
architecture students at universities across the country in several
categories, including general and residential design, analysis and
planning, research, communications, collaboration, and community
service. The winners, selected by a prestigious jury in a highly
competitive process, will be honored at the ASLA Annual Meeting in
Philadelphia, on Monday, October 22.

El
Retorno a la Tierra/Going Back To the Land

This project, created by Nicole Rivera-Ramos, Student ASLA, presents
strategies that Puerto Rican communities could use to produce their own
food and be self-sufficient. It received the ASLA 2018 Student Award of
Excellence in the analysis and planning category. Rivera Ramos is a
student State University of New York, College of Environmental Science
and Forestry (SUNY ESF).

Public
Space Design Guidelines for Saltillo, Mexico

For this project, which received an ASLA 2018 Honor Award in the
communications category, a team of students at the University of Texas
at Austin worked with the Planning Institute of Saltillo (IMPLAN) to
develop urban design guidelines for the city of Saltillo, Mexico. Their
objective was to improve the quality of life of citizens through better
public spaces. These guidelines are currently being distributed in
Saltillo.

The student team included: Gabrielle Comeau, Student ASLA; Jiahui Huo,
Student ASLA; Rem Kielman, Associate ASLA; Maria Pia Navarrete Garcia,
Student Affiliate ASLA; Miles Payton, Student ASLA; Emilie Potter,
Student ASLA; Kelsey Ross, Student ASLA; Roha Teferra, Student Affiliate
ASLA; Huixiang Wang, Student ASLA; Matt Wagoner, Student ASLA; Haley
Wagoner, Student ASLA.

Croatian
Monastery Continues to Heal: A Community Restorative Garden for Youth,
the Blind, and the Elderly with Disabilities

In this project, which received an ASLA 2018 Student Honor Award in the
general design category, Nathania Martinez, Student ASLA, led a team of
students at the University of Washington to design a publicly accessible
garden in Rijeka, Croatia. The students applied the principle of
universal design throughout much of the garden to ensure enjoyment by
all in an equitable manner.

The team also included Nathania Martinez, Student ASLA; Issamar
Aguilera, Student ASLA; Nicky Bloom, Student ASLA; Bryana Boileau,
Student ASLA; Margaret Chalmers, Student ASLA; Yuan Chen, Student
Affiliate ASLA; James Ditto, Student ASLA; Boo Y. Jang, Student ASLA;
Yan Li, Student ASLA; Kun Lyu, Student ASLA; Jean Ni, Student ASLA;
Aaron Parker, Student ASLA; Ye Sun, Student ASLA; Monica Taylor, Student
ASLA; Hanyu Wang, Student ASLA.

Complete awards criteria, project information and images can be viewed
at: https://www.asla.org/2018studentawards.

High-resolution images of these projects are available to journalists.
Contact Karen Grajales at ktgrajales@asla.org.

About the American Society of Landscape Architects

Founded in 1899, the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) is
the professional association for landscape architects in the United
States, representing more than 15,000 members. The Society’s mission is
to advance landscape architecture through advocacy, communication,
education and fellowship. Sustainability has been part of ASLA’s mission
since its founding and is an overarching value that informs all of the
Society’s programs and operations. ASLA has been a leader in
demonstrating the benefits of green infrastructure and resilient
development practices through the creation of its own green roof,
co-development of the SITES® Rating System, and the creation
of publicly accessible sustainable design resources.

The ASLA Honors and Awards is a program of the ASLA Fund.

Contacts

American Society of Landscape Architects
Karen Grajales,
202-216-2371
ktgrajales@asla.org

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