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E-STUD I O The Spring 2020 E-Studio garnered the interest of nine
300 South and 200 East in Salt Lake City. The program of
juniors, two seniors, and two graduate students. E-Studio is
uses on this small urban site could include retail, office,
intended to allow students in a three credit class to try their
and residential with a highest and best use outcome.
hand at taking design strategies to a deeper level. Reading
Criteria for being selected include a defensible proforma
from the problem solving literature of design and business,
that will support sound architecture, lively public realm
the students explore concepts that include how to frame
and sustainable design. Each of the three submissions
“value propositions” and how design can “leverage” broader
garnered strong attention from the fifteen Salt Lake City
benefits to end-users and clients. This will prepare them to
jurors. Cervantes and Quigley along with two University of
be practice-ready in design settings where the objectives are
Utah MRED (Masters of Real Estate Design) students were
high-minded and where collaboration with other professions
recognized as finalists and gave a virtual video presentation
is necessary. The E-Studio gives students an opportunity to
to the jurors in SLC. LAEP Advancement Board member and
broaden their perspective and challenges them to go beyond
alumnus Kurt Altvater has given his consummate assistance
anything they have yet done. To have such high numbers of
to the students and was able to attend the final presentation
juniors taking on the Utah Real Estate Challenge speaks to
from his computer. The team finished in second place,
the courage of that class. For them, benefits of the steeper
receiving a $10,000 prize.
experience parlay throughout their internship experience and the senior year. Graduate students Zach Warner and Nicholas LeSchofs and seniors Corrin Jones and Rob Lozanoff sought out a competition in Paris. It’s goal was to repurpose a segment of a defunct transportation line to enliven the arrondissement 18. It became densely populated with a cityscape that had not changed since the middle ages. The challenge here was to design and augment the public space by converting it into community platform near the historical Ornano Street, which has a pre-existing garden and restaurant (Le Recyclerie and Jardins du Ruisseau) that attracts visitors and local commuters looking for a local collaborative area. The results of that international competition are pending. Juniors involved in the UREC Competition included Conner Howard, Jordan Goff, Kali Clarke, Jacob Mortensen, Josh Quigley, and Amy Cervantes. The venue for this year’s competition moved to a site at the northwest corner of
