Students from the FIU Landscape Architecture + Environmental and Urban Design Program received two Honor and two Merit awards from the statewide, blind-juried, annual competition hosted by the Florida Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (FLASLA). The students will accept their awards on July 25, during the FLASLA 2014 Awards Gala, which will be held at the Key Largo Ocean Reef Club. FIU’s Landscape Architecture + Environmental and Urban Design program prepares its students for research and practice in the analysis, planning, design, and management of the natural and built environment of tropical and subtropical landscapes. The award-winning projects and student contributors are:
FLASLA Award of Honor
Project Title: Interweaving Wet /Land
Students: Gregory Gonzalez, Diego Justiniano, Daniela Menendez, Santiago Olarte, Andrew Pereda (FIU LA + EUD) Monica Ospina (FIU Environmental Studies), Paola Davalos, Natalia Duque (FIU Civil Engineering), Kim Moore (FIU Art + Art History)
Faculty Advisor: Ebru Özer, Assistant Professor (FIU LA + EUD)
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FLASLA Award of Honor
Project Title: Surficial Gradients | Taking Measures across Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico
Student: Chris Cabezas (FIU LA)
Faculty Advisors: Roberto Rovira, Chair (FIU LA + EUD), Gianno Feoli, Adjunct Professor (FIU LA + EUD), Scott Bishop, Associate Critic and 2013 Cejas Scholar (StossLU)
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FLASLA Award of Merit
Project Title: Reciprocating Landscapes: Wet, Dry, and In Between
Students: Gregory Gonzalez, Diego Justiniano, Daniela Menendez, Santiago Olarte, Andrew Pereda (FIU LA + EUD) Monica Ospina (FIU Environmental Studies), Paola Davalos, Natalia Duque (FIU Civil Engineering), Kim Moore (FIU Art + Art History)
Faculty Advisor: Ebru Özer, Assistant Professor (FIU LA + EUD)
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FLASLA Award of Merit
Project Title: Surface: Campus Green as Stormwater Treatment Laboratory
Students: Vanessa L. Alvarado, Alfredo Moran, Leah Davis, Maria Lopez, Ryan Holmes, Kenia Medina (FIU LA + EUD), Woby Lang (FIU Sustainability Studies), Andres McEwan (FIU Environmental Engineering), Alberto Zuniga (FIU Civil Engineering)
Faculty Advisor: Ebru Özer, Assistant Professor (FIU LA + EUD)
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