During the weekend of July 18th, ASLA held the judging for the 2003 Student Design Competition. The competition is intended to identify and recognize outstanding works of design and research accomplished by landscape architecture students. Over 200 entries were submitted in 12 categories from students in 43 landscape architecture programs in the U.S. and Canada. The jury awarded a total of 14 first place awards in 10 categories, and 29 special commendations in seven categories.

All winning entries will be displayed at the 2003 ASLA Annual Meeting in New Orleans. First place winners will receive a certificate and complimentary meeting registration. Commendation winners will also receive a certificate. All certificates will be presented to winning students during the Student General Session held in the New Orleans Convention Center on October 31.

This year's jury included: Jury Chair Lisa Geer, ASLA Student Affairs Committee Chair; Paul Morris, ASLA President; Drake Fowler, ASLA Student Board of Trustees Representative; Laura Miller, Past ASLA Student BOT Representative; William Kuhl, FASLA; Nathan Perkins, Ph.D., ASLA; and Terry Ryan, FASLA.

The winners of the 2003 Student Design Competition are:

RESEARCH ENTRIES

Undergraduate Individual Award Recipients

FIRST PLACE

Jennifer K. Margison; University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Station Area Redevelopment for Rural Communitites

COMMENDATIONS

Manuel Arencibia; University of Florida
A Redevelopment of Cuban Memorial Boulevard and the Latin Quarter

Undergraduate Team Award Recipients

FIRST PLACE

Ryan R. Binkowski & Aaron Feldman-Grosse; The Pennsylvania State University
I Sassi Di Matera: A Landscape Interpeted

COMMENDATIONS

Michele Schuster, Brooke Ingram, Nicolette Slagle, Rebecca Mitchell, and Emily Volgstadt
The Pennsylvania State University
Principles of Urban Spatial Design - Piazza della Rotunda

Graduate Individual Award Recipients

FIRST PLACE

George Hazelrigg; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
The Thickness of Landscape, horizontally and vertically considered

COMMENDATIONS

Nandita Godbole; University of Illinois
User Dynamics in Two Neighborhood Parks, Bombay, India

Jeff Maxwell; University of Florida
Restorative Environments & Landscape Architecture in Healthcare Settings

Sivaya Parasivam; University of Minnesota
Spirit Island Native American Holocaust Memorial

Kelly Alison Pugh; University of Texas at Arlington
Straighter is Not Always Better

Kimberly L. Rennick; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Process: A Strategy for Developing Place Attachment and Community Life

Steven Rasmussen Cancian; University of California, Berkeley
Sidewalk Living Rooms

Lori L. Pullman; California Polytechnic State University, Pomona
The Creativity Experience

Graduate Team Award Recipients

FIRST PLACE

Sadahisa Kato & Stanley J. Szwalek, III; University of Michigan
Revealing the Japanese Garden

Second Professional Individual Award Recipients

FIRST PLACE

Steve Roelof; University of Oregon
Inevitable Emergence

Claire Dorlac-Leach; University of Oregon
An Artist's Garden

DESIGN ENTRIES

Undergrad. Individual Awards Recipients

FIRST PLACE

Jen Degidts; University of Guelph
Integrating Bird Habitat with Golf Course Design

Kristina White; University of Guelph
Green Roofs: Second Nature

Laura Thompson; Ball State University
Pavonine Park: A Residential Park at 14th and U St., Washington, DC

COMMENDATION

Emily Mann; University of Guelph
The Philosophy of Design

Jeph Brown; University of Guelph
Redesigning Naturalistic Zoo Habitats for Animal Comfort and Visibility

Jeff Schurek; University of Guelph
Uncommon Ground: Revelation of the Urban Experience

Holly Purvis; University of Guelph
The New Face of Urban Agriculture

Saya Nakano; University of Guelph
Revealing the Flow of the City

Elizabeth A. Scott; University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Mojave Plaza

B. Cannon Ivers; Colorado State University
Nokhu Crags Resort, Colorado

Undergraduate Team Award Recipients

FIRST PLACE

Ken Gibson and Brock Reimer; Kansas State University
Tierra Segunda

COMMENDATION

Shawn Balon, Patrick Kelly, Mark Stuermann, and Laura Voelz; Clemson University
Active Discovery Education

Shannon Lee Mohr andTimothy John Norder; Michigan State University
Echo

Melissa Gumbis and Tonya Hunter; Michigan State University
A Sound Experience

Kevin Burch and Jonathan Nutt; West Virginia University
Cincinnati Central Riverfront Park

Joshua Turnbull and Travis Webb; Arizona State University
Phoenix Rio Salado Multi-Cultural Pathway

Josh Metzger, Anne McKisson, and Amy Groner; Ohio State University
Applebrook

Joseph Charles and April Dewart; Rutgers University
Designing the High Line: The Synergy of Nature and Culture

Graduate Individual Award Recipients

FIRST PLACE

Sansern Kiatsupaibul; University of Florida
Urban Revitalization Through Green Infrastructure at Allapattah Neighborhood, Miami

COMMENDATIONS

Anne Samuel; University of Virginia
High Water Line

Robin Carmichael; University of Virginia
Threshold

Huilai Shi; University of Pennsylvania
La Carlota: Plotting the Hidden City

Patricia Sharpe; University of Toronto
Getaway

Pallavi Shashank Shinde; University of Georgia
Stormwater: The Flow from Liability to Asset

Graduate Team Award Recipients

FIRST PLACE

Scott Chastain, Matthew Edwards and Bradley L. Martin; Auburn University
Borderlands

Susan E. Atkinson and Kuo-Liang Liao; University of Texas at Arlington
Native Amercian Music Garden

COMMENDATIONS

Fan Wang and Monica Lynne Mahoney; University of Arizona
Urban Meridian: Panama City Waterfront Restoration

John Fishback and Josh Segal; California Polytechnic State University, Pomona
Developing a New Suburbanism

Second Professional Individual Award Recipients

FIRST PLACE

David Fletcher; Harvard University
Taylor Yard Master Plan