Dean's Prize

from InSites 2018

by USU Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning

In Memoriam

The Dean’s Prize Provides a Real World Design Competition

Spring Semester 2018 marked the fourth annual Dean’s Prize competition. This was the first time that the Dean’s Prize was a vertically integrated collaboration of the juniors, from the Site Planning for Residential Housing class, led by Professor David Anderson, and the sophomores and first-year graduate students from the Analysis and Design II class, led by Professor David Evans.

The 2018 Dean’s Prize features two unique and important urban sites in downtown Logan. Both sites are featured in the near-term plans of the city, and include a range of uses, building types, biological features, and contextual issues. The focus of both projects is a well-considered design of a mixed-use, walkable urban districts that include a mix of housing, retail, office, and civic uses, supported by well-designed streets, public sidewalks, trails, urban plazas, parks, and sustainable parking design.

Each year the student work has been outstanding and this year was no exception.

The Dean’s Prize provides a real-world design competition experience for LAEP students and allows them to receive feedback from high profile jurors and a well-deserved acknowledgment of the outstanding work they are producing. A total of 14 student teams of 3 students each competed. College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences Dean Ken White offered $2000 in prize money that was split between the first and second place teams for each of the two projects. The jury consisted of Logan City Mayor Holly Daines, Logan City Council Member Amy Anderson, Chief of Staff to USU President Noelle Cockett, Sydney Peterson, Associate Dean of the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, Brian Warnick, and Thomas Graham, Architect for USU Facilities Planning, Design and Construction.

~ Associate Dean Brian Warnick