AIA COTE Top Ten for Students

The American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment (AIA COTE), in partnership with the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), has selected the recipients of the second annual AIA COTE Top Ten for Students.

The competition recognizes ten exceptional studio projects that seamlessly integrate innovative, regenerative strategies within their broader design concepts. The program challenged students to submit projects that use a thoroughly integrated approach to architecture, natural systems, and technology to provide architectural solutions that protect and enhance the environment. 

The projects will be on view at the American Institute of Architects Annual Convention in Philadelphia, PA (May 2016) and the 105th ACSA Annual Meeting in Detroit, MI (March 2017).

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Congratulations to the following recipients

Augmented Tides
Students: Rafael Berges & Jared Clifton | California College of the Arts
Faculty sponsors: Margaret Ikeda, Evan Jones & Adam Marcus

Augmented Tides

Jury comment: This winning design is a rich elaboration of ecological conditions and treatments in the restoration of a sensitive location, Middle Harbor Shoreline Park, CA.

Banding for KNOWLEDGE
Students: Daniel Rodriguez Suarez & Isaias Garcia Coronado | University of Texas At San Antonio
Faculty sponsors: Ian Caine & Rahman Azari

Banding for KNOWLEDGE

Jury comment: The students successfully erased the lines between indoor and outdoor by setting up a rhythm of both building and landscape manipulations to the existing conditions.

Charlotte's Sustainable Cooperative Center: Extending Charlotte's Cultural Corridor
Student: Jessica Nutz | University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Faculty sponsor: Kyoung-Hee Kim

Charlotte's Sustainable Cooperative Center: Extending Charlotte's Cultural Corridor

Jury comment: The students' sensitive place making with the integrated kinetic façade make this project excellent.

Creativity Sustaining Community
Students: Erin Barkman & Emily Latham | University of Maryland
Faculty sponsors: Carl Bovill, Peter Noonan & Jordan Goldstein

Creativity Sustaining Community

Jury comment: The notion to break up the masses of the building accessible components creates compelling space.

Inverted Ecologies
Students: Vaama Joshi & Shirin Monshipouri | California College of the Arts
Faculty sponsors: Margaret Ikeda, Evan Jones & Adam Marcus

Inverted Ecologies

Jury comment: This captivating project is a view into a science fiction version of what might be a way to engage a population on the reconstruction of natural fish habits and wetlands.

O2O4W: Oxygen House in the Old Fourth Ward District
Student: Laura Sherman | Kennesaw State University
Faculty sponsor: Mr. Edwin E. Akins II

O2O4W: Oxygen House in the Old Fourth Ward District

Jury comment: The adaptive reuse of an underutilized pool and historical context set the stage for the underscored incorporation of simple, elegant and sophisticated details of the project.

Regenerating Water Avenue
Students: Lacey Aley, Alex Collins & Addison Estrada | University of Oregon
Faculty sponsors: Bill Leddy, Marsha Maytum & Roger Ota

Regenerating Water Avenue

Jury comment: Engaging people in the environmental zones, with forced thermal change experience is inviting to the public.

Tether
Student: Tim Schneider | University of Oregon
Faculty sponsor: Gerald Gast

Tether

Jury comment: Tether as a title choice is terrific, because this project tethers the city and community to the landscape and research center to the Mississippi River.

The Art of Eco: Seattle University Integrated Visual Arts Center
Students: Kejia Zhang & Xiaoxi Jiao | University of Washington
Faculty sponsor: David Strauss

The Art of Eco: Seattle University Integrated Visual Arts Center

Jury comment: This project takes design guts to restore, readapt, and reuse a historic building giving it new life and new energy.

The Living Link
Students: Mengwei Liu & Anastasia Sysoeva | Iowa State University
Faculty sponsor: Ulrike Passe

The Living Link

Jury comment: This winning submission has taken an infill site and introduced density, leaving enough space to include the community.
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