Winners announced in COTE student design competition

by Samantha Ashenhurst | May 7, 2018 3:40 pm

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Ten students who tackled this year’s challenge of carbon-neutral design while also addressing climate change adaptability and resilience in the built environment have been named recipients of the 2018 INNOVATION 2030[2]/Committee on the Environment[3] (COTE) Top Ten for Students design competition by the American Institute of Architects[4] (AIA) COTE and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture[5] (ACSA). The winners were selected from more than 1000 submissions from students and faculty at 56 schools of architecture.

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This year’s winning projects are:

• Known Unknowns: Dead Ends Aren’t Dead[7] by Bianca Lin, Joshua Park, and Wilson Fung (California College of the Arts[8])—a design which transforms cul de sacs in Palo Alto into a network of interconnected structures to promote collaboration among residents and build resistance against sea level rise;
• Studio M: A Template for Sustainability and Wellness in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania[9] by Austen Goodman (Savannah College of Art and Design[10])—a conceivable, cross-laminated timber (CLT) project, designed as a template for future sustainable projects in Pittsburgh;
• Prescriptive Hydrologies[11] by Brie Jones (California State Polytechnic University, Pomona[12])—a look at how architecture can play a role in watershed management;
• The Fourth Place: Sharing Sustainability[13] by Mary Demro (Montana State University[14])—a strategy to address the housing crisis in Bozeman, Montana, via mixed-use, sustainable community development;
• Fabricating Wellness[15] by Amy Santimauro, Katelynn Smith, and Joel Bohlmeyer (University of Oregon[16])—a project designed with a building’s water system at the forefront with the goal of rethinking how water can be integrated into a community;
• Pier 55: South Philadelphia Community Center[17] by Caleb Freeze and Michelle Kleva (Marywood University[18], Pennsylvania)—a community center design that establishes connectivity among the community as well as to the natural environment;
• Dis/Placement[19] by Nicholas Scribner and Clare Hacko (California College of the Arts)—a study that imagines a floating community in the Maldives in an effort to bring attention to climate change and rising sea levels;
• City Centre Glassworks: An Adaptive Reuse Workshop and Experimentation Facility[20] by Justin Yan (Carleton University[21], Ottawa, Canada)—an adaptive reuse project that uses the heat produced from making glass to warm a building, saving on energy consumption;
• Interconnect: Connecting Paths, Connecting Programs, Connecting People[22] by Harrison Polk and Madison Polk (Clemson University[23], South Carolina)—an urban design project designed to aid the process of integration for a growing refugee population in Madrid, Spain; and
• Energy Commons: A Hypothetical Replacement for Gas Stations[24] by Buddy Burkhalter (University of Washington[25])—a repurposing of a decommissioned gas station in Seattle as an “energy commons” that is human focused and energy-resource resilient.

The award-winning projects will be displayed and presented during a panel discussion on June 21 at the 2018 AIA Conference on Architecture[26] at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. Additionally, a roundtable discussion about INNOVATION 2030 and design education, featuring the winning faculty members, will be held at the Design Futures Council[27] (DFC) 2018 Leadership Forum on Education and Talent[28] on June 20 in New York City.

To read more, click here[29].

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