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The 2003 Green Space Design Student Design Competition

The 2003 Challenge
The 2003 Student Design competition was an unusual opportunity for students to explore open space and land planning issues in tandem, and to be of service for communities and regions that need expertise in dealing with these problems. We thank those students who participated!

 

2002 Green Space Design Student Design Competition

The Competition Challenge
Green Space Design welcomed students from across the United States to compete in a design competition challenging competitors to analyze open space resources, create a comprehensive green space design, and suggest implementation strategies. Students were asked to create a design in response to the specific issues, open space resources, needs, desires, and future vision of an actual community or region of their choosing.

Participation
More than 30 teams registered for the design competition, including students from the following universities:
   •   California State Polytechnic University
   •   City College of New York
   •   Cornell University
   •   Harvard Design School
   •   Massachusetts Institute of Technology
   •   Mississippi State University
   •   Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
   •   University of Arizona
   •   University of Colorado at Denver
   •   University of Georgia
   •   University of Maryland
   •   Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
   •   Washington State University

Judging
Jurors were chosen for their dedication to preserving open space and their commitment to related education for students and the public. The jurors included:
   •   Professor Philip H. Lewis, Jr., regional designer, author of Tomorrow by Design, and president of the Marshall Erdman Academy of Sustainable Design
   •   Tony Hiss, Independent author, lecturer and consultant on restoring America's cities and landscapes
   •   Bob Woodmansee, professor of Rangeland and Ecosystem Science at Colorado State University
   •   Sumner Swaner, land architect, planner and president of Swaner Design, Salt Lake City, Utah

Results
The first and second place awards were both shared honors, awarded to the following teams:

   First Place Winners:
   Jeffrey Boring, Marcie Diaz, Raysun Goergen
   University of Georgia School of Environmental Design, Institute of Ecology

   Nanda Roghunathan and Uday Kumar Vagale
   Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dept. of Landscape Architecture

   Second Place Winners:
   Joann Diez, April Dewart, Tina Travers
   Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Dept. of Natural Resources

   Amol Deshpande, Zhifang Wang, Kimberly Rennick and Moonsun Joeng
   Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Dept. of Landscape Architecture

2001 Green Space Design Student Design Competition Results



Design competition finalists attended the 2001 National Green Space Design Conference.

Students enrolled in landscape architecture and planning programs had the opportunity to compete in Green Space Design's student competition while helping shape the future of the Snyderville Basin.

The students created green space designs for an 80-square-mile study area – including three world-class ski resorts – in western Summit County, Utah. The region's open lands sustain the quality of life for area residents and also fuel the tourism industry on which the community depends.

The winning entry was submitted by Mimi Mather, Clea Rome, William Mangle and Maggie Macdonald, all students at the University of Michigan. The second place entry was submitted by Stephanie Mitchell and Joanna Massey, of North Carolina State University. Their submittals were showcased at the organization's national conference, held in March 2000. The top two teams were awarded expenses paid trips to the conference, and the winning team went home with a $5,000 scholarship.

Winning Entry: University of Michigan
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Students developed analysis maps for each of the CEDAR open lands categories. Shown here is the University of Michigan's ecological resources map.

 

 

 

 

 

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Students were required to provide implementation strategies for the Snyderville Basin. Summarized here is the University of Michigan's implementation work.

 

 

 

 

 

Second Place Entry: North Carolina State University

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NCSU illustrates their efforts to synthesize the CEDAR analysis maps into a green space design.