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ProPEL COTE Top Ten for Students: Winners Announced
Innovative Student Projects Showcase Advances in Sustainability
For Immediate Release:
Washington, D.C., April 22, 2022 – The American Institute of Architects, Committee on the Environment (AIA COTE), in partnership with the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), are pleased to announce the winners of the 2022 AIA COTE Top Ten for Students Competition.
The competition recognizes 10 exceptional studio projects that integrate creative and innovative design strategies. These projects are designed to achieve carbon-neutral operations through daylighting, passive heating and cooling systems, sustainable materials, water conservation, energy generation, and other sustainable systems.
The program challenged students to submit projects that use a thoroughly integrated approach to architecture, natural systems, and technology to provide design solutions that protect and enhance the environment. Award recipients for this year’s COTE Top Ten for Students Competition are:
Epimorphic
Student: Claudette P. Bryan
Faculty Sponsors: Joel Towers & Kayeon Lee
Parsons School of Design
Farmscape: A Modern Farm for the Anthropocene
Students: Devin Costello & Marina Berenguer
Faculty Sponsors: Joel Towers & Kayeon Lee
Parsons School of Design
Green Convergence – Resilient Corridor for Jaipur
Students: Chaoming Li & Xuefei Yang
Faculty Sponsors: Maria Gonzalez Aranguren & Pankaj Vir Guptar
University of Virginia
Reimagine Textile & Paper Industry
Student: Xian Wu
Faculty Sponsors: Maria Gonzalez Aranguren & Pankaj Vir Gupta
University of Virginia
Relook Overlook | Living Water Recycling Architecture
Student: Ashley Beard
Faculty Sponsor: Mona Ghandi
Washington State University
The Connected Farm
Students: Gauge Bethea & Jesse Blevins
Faculty Sponsors: Ulrike Heine, David Franco, George Schafer, & Andreea Mihalacher
Clemson University
Transformation of Waste
Student: Curran Zhang
Faculty Sponsor: Hal Hayes
Carnegie Mellon University
Tumi
Students: Mia-Kim Bouchard, Alice Corrivault-Gascon, & Roxane Gagnon
Faculty Sponsors: Claude Demers & André Potvin
Université Laval
Under[surface] Upcycle
Student: Nithyashree Balachandar Iyer
Faculty Sponsor: Erik Hemingway
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Uqumuujuq – Arctic greenhouse in Cambridge Bay
Students: Florence Bouchard-Bédard, Daphné Garon-Rioux, & Coralee Tremblay
Faculty Sponsors: Claude Demers & André Potvin
Université Laval
See renderings of the projects and get more information HERE.
The competition jury included:
Jennifer Cutbill, Lateral Agency
Mahsa Hedayati, Perkins&Will
Traci Rider, North Carolina State University
Pauline Souza, WRNS Studio
Prem Sundharam, DLR Group
About the American Institute of Architects (AIA)
Founded in 1857, the American Institute of Architects consistently works to create more valuable, healthy, secure, and sustainable buildings, neighborhoods, and communities. Through nearly 300 state and local chapters, the AIA advocates for public policies that promote economic vitality and public wellbeing. Members adhere to a code of ethics and conduct to ensure the highest professional standards. The AIA provides members with tools and resources to assist them in their careers and businesses. The AIA engages with civic and government leaders, as well as with the public, to find solutions to pressing issues facing our communities, institutions, nation, and world. Visit www.aia.org.
About the AIA COTE®
The AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE®) works to advance, disseminate, and advocate design practices that integrate built and natural systems and enhance both the design quality and environmental performance of the built environment.
About the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA)
The mission of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture is to lead architectural education and research. Founded in 1912 by 10 charter members, ACSA is an international association of architecture schools preparing future architects, designers, and change agents. ACSA’s full members include all of the accredited professional degree programs in the United States and Canada, as well as international schools and 2- and 4-year programs. Together, ACSA schools represent 7,000 faculty educating more than 40,000 students.
ACSA seeks to empower faculty and schools to educate increasingly diverse students, expand disciplinary impacts, and create knowledge for the advancement of architecture. For more information, visit www.acsa-arch.org.
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