2019 student design competition winners announced
Award Ceremony, 2019 IFLA World Congress, Oslo. Credit IFLA Americas
The winners of the Student Design Competition of the 56th IFLA World Congress 2019 were announced at the 2019 World Congress in Oslo. Dr Beverly Sandalack, Chair of the Jury and Chair of the IFLA Competitions Committee made the announcement during the opening ceremony.
The competition was sponsored by Group HAN Associates, IFLA and Norwegian Association of Landscape Architects, and organised by the Norwegian School of Landscape Architecture, NMBU. It aims to demonstrate the achievement of the highest standards in landscape architecture education worldwide. This year the competition attracted 254 entries from 15 different countries. The entrants were asked to challenge what “Common Ground” means in transformation areas in the dense city. You can read the full brief here.
1st Prize – Group Han Prize for Landscape Architecture $1,500 US
“Balance of Situation: Landscape Design Strategies, Urban Intensive Transition Areas”
Jiang Han Yang, Zhou Ming Jie, Wei Zhong Mian
Nanjing Forestry University, China
The site design is very clear and well developed, and resulted in the definition of various spaces. It could be built in stages. The common ground is accessible by neighbours, bicyclists, and others. This project addressed the various edge conditions and extended beyond the site to include some of the context. The project considered the previous farm function and proposed urban agricultural uses. The site plan brings the various spaces and uses together into a united concept. It is graphically very strong, and the jury notes the clear and strong design of the various spaces, and of the site as a whole.
2nd Prize – Group Han Commendation Award for Landscape Architecture $1,000
“Urban Life Laboratory - Self-service garden with free constructing spaces”
Zhuang Hang, Hu Ersi
Beijing Forestry University, China
This project considered the previous function of the match factory in a new interpretation. They addressed the context and edges, and extended the landscape plan beyond the site boundary into the garden blocks and outside the farm buildings. There was a good articulation of the interior courtyard. The project considered how the site would be used throughout the year and for different purposes and seems flexible. The presentation is graphically competent and persuasive.
3rd Prize – Norwegian Association of Landscape Architects Merit Award $500 US
“Et sted a vaere”
Ricardo Pala, Marta Terlim, Pedro Casalta
Universidade de Evora, Portugal
The strength of this project was its clear design. Although not developed in detail, the plan convinced the jury that the public space would be properly proportioned and human-scaled. Among so many projects that were overly complicated, this submission succeeded in its simplicity and clarity. The students are encouraged to develop their skills in detailed design so as to complement the conceptual abilities.
Jury Special Mention
In addition to the top three prize winners, the jury selected three projects for special mention. Although they did not receive a top prize, they were commendable for various aspects of their work.
“The Idyllic Ideal”
Liu Hui, Zheng Anjun, Ma Xiaoyi, Yuan Zhengxiong, Wang Yuan
Southwestern Forestry University, School of Landscape Architecture and Horticultural Science, China
“Push the Cube - community park model of multiple symbiosis”
Yi Hou, Youjin Chen
Hainan University, China
‘Moving the History Boxes”
Shi Zhancheng, Li Xiaowan, Wang Yiqian, Qiao Qijin
Soochow University, Suzhou China