2024 WLA Student Awards Shortlist announced

2024 WLA Student Awards

World Landscape Architecture received over 125 entries in the 2024 WLA Student Awards from universities worldwide in four categories. The jury has reviewed and scored the first round to complete the shortlisting. The jury’s shortlist highlights innovative projects by landscape architecture students worldwide that address pressing environmental, social, and urban challenges.

The following is the shortlist for the 2024 WLA Student Awards (entry in alphabetical order):

Concept – Analysis and 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;

2024 WLA Student Awards
Field Perception, Land Shaped by Sensors – Students: Anette del Pilar Vega Tamayo, Abhinand Krishnakumar Menon, Arya Arun, Mahdieh Ahmadlou, Hao Yueru – 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;

2024 WLA Student Awards
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;

2024 WLA Student Awards
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;

2024 WLA Student Awards
The Odyssey of Raindrops – Student: Yanjun Wan – Jishou University;

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: Supervisors: 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 Award – 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;

2024 WLA Student Awards
The Room Under Award – Student: Han-Tse Lee – University College London

The 2024 WLA Student Awards Winners will be announced on Tuesday, November 26.

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Damian Holmes is the Founder and Editor of World Landscape Architecture (WLA). He is a registered landscape architect (AILA) working in international design practice in Australia. Damian founded WLA in 2007 to provide a website for landscape architects written by landscape architects. Connect on Linkedin at https://www.linkedin.com/in/damianholmes/

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