The American Society of Landscape Architects? recognized four Architecture School graduate students through its student awards program for their excellence in design and communications.
Architecture graduate student Toshihiko Karato received the Award of Excellence in the General Design Category earlier this month for his project titled "Plugging In: Bringing the Stream Back to Watts." According to Jim Lapides, ASLA manager of public relations, this award is the society's highest honor.
"It's a big honor to receive this award," Karato said, "I was really pleased to see that the project received some attention because landscape architecture can play an important role in impacting local communities."
Karato said his project involved designing an environmental education center for a Washington D.C. park that could become a hub for community activity for residents of all ages.
"Although this was a solo project, I worked with a team," Karato said, noting that about a dozen University students worked for about three months to develop the plan.
"This was a very interesting opportunity -- it gave us a chance to work in a neighborhood that we could really revitalize," he said. "We wanted to give the park a boost."
According to Lapides, a jury of successful architects decided whose work would receive the honor.
"Typically juries consist of the leading landscape architects from all around the country; many of these jury members are award-winners themselves," he said.
The jury also recognized the work of Architecture graduate students Shanti Levy, David Malda and Ryan Moody, who jointly received an Honor Award in the Communications Category for their work on their journal "lunch: dialect."
"We received the award for our journal, which is a collection of work in landscape architecture and history architecture," Levy said. "It's really a collection of all fields related to the School of Architecture. The central theme of the journal we submitted was 'dialect,' so all of the articles addressed that issue in relation to design."
Lapides said the ASLA recognized these students' work because of their efforts "to foster communication between landscape architects and other architects."
Levy said she was pleased to see her group's work recognized.
"I thought it was really great that the ASLA, which is focused with landscape architecture, recognized that collaboration among different architectural fields has an impact in the design fields in general," she said.
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