The American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture have revealed the winners of the latest AIA COTE Top Ten for Students Competition. Hosted annually, the contest asks students attending ACSA member schools to enter studio projects "that use a thoroughly integrated approach to architecture, natural systems, and technology to provide design solutions that protect and enhance the environment," according to an AIA press release.
This year, more than 1,100 contestants submitted their work, which was evaluated by a 5-person jury. Jurors included Rahman Azari, of Pennsylvania State University; Nithyashree Balachandar Iyer, Assoc. AIA, of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Jill Kurtz, AIA, of Page; Sarah Mathews, AIA, of Jacobs; and Julie Ju-Youn Kim, of the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Ahead, explore the 10 winning projects, which you can read about in full here.
The Winners
TIMBR | Timber Integrative Means + Biophilic Resilience
Students: Marcus Puste, Farah Ossaimee & Dolin Diaz
Faculty: Kristin Nelson and James Leach
University of Detroit Mercy
Watershed
Students: Eric Luth and Andrew Baltimore
Faculty: Gundula Proksch and Christopher Meek
University of Washington
The Craft, The Tradition, The Celebration of Culture
Students: Angela Kraus and Olivia Wideman
Faculty: Ulrike Heine, David Franco and George Schafer
Clemson University
Relinquetur Research Center
Student: Gabriel Cachapuz Velasco
Faculty: Alice Guess
Savannah College of Art and Design
Green Lighthouse
Student: YunIn Jeung
Faculty: Kevin Singh
Louisiana Tech University
Hunting Island State Park Center for Oceanography
Student: Joanna Frauca
Faculty: Michael Hill
Savannah College of Art and Design
Wiingaashk: A Cultural and Ecological Path to Healing
Student: Isabelle Cassidy
Faculty: Patricia Andrasik
Catholic University of America
Restoring a Haven
Students: William Scott and Connor Smith
Faculty: Ulrike Heine, David Franco, and George Schafer
Clemson University
Southern Bastion - Protecting the Marshes
Student: Denzyl Ye Teo Denzyl Gineva Zhang
Faculty: Alice Guess
Savannah College of Art and Design
Above the Marsh
Students: Lucas Schindler and Mia Walker
Faculty: Ulrike Heine, David Franco, and George Schafer
Clemson University
