Texas ASLA Conference Awards Book 2023 by TxASLA

PROFESSIONAL + STUDENT AWARDS

INNOV TE FORT WORTH

2023 TEXAS ASLA CONFERENCE

CHAPTER LEADERSHIP TEXAS ASLA PRESIDENT: JAKE AALFS PRESIDENT-ELECT: DANIEL WOODROFFE FORMER PRESIDENT: MARISSA MCKINNEY TREASURER: CLIFTON HALL SECRETARY: LANDON BELL TRUSTEE: V. ERIC PEREZ PUBLIC RELATIONS: ANJELICA SIFUENTES FELLOWS COMMITTEE CHAIR: JOHN TROY VP-GOV. AFFAIRS: BRENT LUCK MEMBER-AT-LARGE: LAUREN MCGEE 2023 CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS: WILL JONES + GABRIELA WEBER DEI CHAIR: MARGARITA PADILLA-POSEY TNLA REP: BOBBY EICHHOLZ STUDENT ORGANIZATION/LACES: PETER CALDWELL

SERVICE AWARDS Distinguished Member Award: Margaret Robinson Kay Tiller Award: Kevin Sloan (posthumous) Kay Tiller Award: Anne Harman Community Service Award: Kenzie Porter

LOCAL SECTION

LEADERSHIP

WEST TEXAS

CHAIR: MEGAN ABERNATHY SECTION CHAIR ELECT: MICHAEL KASHUBA SECRETARY/TREASURER: JARED HORSFORD

DFW

CHAIR: FRANCISCA YANEZ CHAIR-ELECT: MICHELE DAVIS SECRETARY: SHERRY CHENG TREASURER: KATHY NELSON

CENTRAL TEXAS

CHAIR: PHILLIP HAMMOND CHAIR-ELECT: NICHOLAS WESTER SECRETARY: MADISON HUTCHINS TREASURER: ALYSSA JAMES

SOUTH TEXAS

GULF COAST

CHAIR: J. WES CELEGSKI CHAIR ELECT: GRANT HUBER SECRETARY: CATHY COMEAX WRIGHT TREASURER: EMMA SIMPSON

CHAIR: CECILIA GARCIA-HOURS CHAIR-ELECT: ALEX GONZALES SECRETARY: REAGAN MORKOVSKY TREASURER: TIFFANY PRICE

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JURY TEXAS ASLA

AWARDS MERIT At the discretion of the jury, any number of Merit Awards may be given in each of the five categories.

HONOR At the discretion of the jury, a maximum of 20 percent of the entries in each of the five categories may receive this award.

Harmon Duke, MHS Planning & Design Leah Hales, SWA Group Ryan Johnson, Code Studio Anjelica Sifuentes, Design Workshop

EXCELLENCE At the discretion of the jury, the Award of Excellence may be given to any entry representing outstanding achievement in landscape architecture. One Award of Excellence may be awarded each year in each of the five categories.

CATEGORIES GENERAL DESIGN

RESEARCH

Recognizes site specific works of Landscape Architecture or Urban Design. Student Awards entries in this category are not required to be built.

Recognizes research projects that identify, examine and address challenges and problems that are resolved using solutions of value to the profession.

Typical entries include public, institutional, or private landscapes of all kinds; historic preservation, reclamation, conservation, or sustainable design; design for transportation or infrastructure, landscape art or installation, interior landscape design, green roofs, and more.

Typical entries include investigations into methods, techniques, or materials related to landscape architecture practice or education, assessments of social, economic or environmental impacts of landscape architecture, study of relationships of landscape architecture to law, education, public health and safety, or public policy,and more.

RESIDENTIAL DESIGN

URBAN DESIGN

Recognizes site specific works of Landscape Architecture or Urban Design. Student Awards entries in this category are not required to be built.

Recognizes projects that activate networks of spaces that mediate between social equity, economic viability, infrastructure, environmental stewardship, and beautiful place-making in the public and private realm. Entries in this category are not required to be built or implemented.

Typical entries include single or multi-family residential projects; activity areas for entertaining, recreation, and relaxing; sustainable landscape applications, indigenous and native landscapes, new construction or renovation projects; historical preservation, rehabilitation, reconstruction, or restoration affordable landscape concepts and innovations, small site development, private gardens, rooftop gardens, and more.

PLANNING + ANALYSIS Recognizes the wide variety of professional activities that lead to, guide, or evaluate landscape architectural design. Typical entries may include: urban, suburban, rural or regional planning efforts and/ or development guidelines, campus planning, regional transportation plans, recreational planning, urban planning, security analysis and planning, government policies (ordinance writing and development guidelines), programs, legislation or regulations, landscape analysis, such as environmental assessments and natural and visual resource inventories, and natural resources protection, conservation, restoration, and/or reclamation plans.

Typical entries include conceptualized urban projects spatially greater than one block in the realm of public, institutional, or private landscapes; streetscapes, waterfronts, mixed-use developments, neighborhoods, districts, cities, placemaking interventions and civic improvements that may include elements of reclamation, stormwater management, transportation or infrastructure studies, art, and more.

06 PROFESSIONAL AWARDS JURY ARIZONA ASLA

AWARDS MERIT At the discretion of the jury, any number of Merit Awards may be given in each of the six categories.

HONOR At the discretion of the jury, a maximum of 20 percent of the entries in each of the six categories may receive this award.

Jay Hicks Erica Mackenzie John Douglas Roger Socha Michele Shelor Jack Gilmore Galen Drake

CATEGORIES DESIGN CONSTRUCTED

PLANNING + ANALYSIS

Recognizes site-specific works of landscape architecture and urban design. This category is for built projects. For large incremental projects, at least the first stage of construction must be completed to be eligible for an award.

Recognizes the wide variety of professional activities that lead to, guide, or evaluate landscape architectural design.

Sub-categories: • Residential • Institutional, Corporate, Commercial • Public Space

Typical entries may include: urban, suburban, rural or regional planning efforts and/ or development guidelines, campus planning, regional transportation plans, recreational planning, urban planning, security analysis and planning, government policies (ordinance writing and development guidelines), programs, legislation or regulations, landscape analysis, such as environmental assessments and natural and visual resource inventories, and natural resources protection, conservation, restoration, and/or reclamation plans.

COMMUNICATION Recognizes achievements in communicating landscape architecture information, technology, theory or practice to those within or outside the profession. Typical entries may include: published or written documents such as books, articles, videos and audio recordings of presentations on landscape architecture history, art or technology, educational material intended for the non-technical consumer, or material that increase awareness of landscape design, environmental, or conservation issues.

DESIGN UNREALIZED

RESEARCH

INTERNATIONAL

Recognizes excellence in design thinking and method for projects that have been designed, but not constructed. Projects for which implementation will not occur are eligible under this category.

Recognizes research projects that identify, examine and address challenges and problems that are resolved using solutions of value to the profession.

Recognizes all types of projects complete from the five previous stated categories (all except Classic), but located outside of the United States. These projects are to have been completed by a landscape architect who resides within the state of Texas.

Sub-categories: • Residential • Institutional, Corporate, Commercial • Public Spaces

CLASSIC Recognizes a built project that has been completed for not less than 15 years and not more than 50 years and has retained it’s original design integrity. It recognizes the significant contribution landscape architecture makes to the public realm, and calls attention to the element of time in landscape architecture.

MERIT

GENERAL DESIGN Tilth & Tanks: Adapting Abandoned Infrastructure for Health Equity in the Onion Creek Floodplain Bandelier National Monument: Rising Through the Ashes Nurture with Nature URBAN DESIGN Art and Design Quad Vision PLANNING + ANALYSIS Bridging the Gap; Creating Synergy With Nature Through Linear Design Adaptive Stormbox - Flexible Green Infrastructure Assemblage Units for Galena Park

HONOR GENERAL DESIGN Revitalizing Red Raider Plaza Austin Carbon Farming Project

EXCELLENCE

PLANNING + ANALYSIS Merging the Gap: A Plan for Community Unification in Buffalo Gap URBAN DESIGN

URBAN DESIGN

The Bottom Rises

DART’S Next Generation Bus Shelter Hensley Field Runway Park aNChord PLANNING + ANALYSIS Clean Air

STUDENT AWARDS

MERIT

DESIGN CONSTRUCTED | RESIDENTIAL Beverly Residence The Lakeside Retreat Woodland Garden DESIGN CONSTRUCTED | INSTITUTIONAL, CORPORATE, COMMERCIAL Argodesign Austin Oaks Business Park Austin Ridge Bible Church EPIC II Amenity Deck Oracle Headquarters, Phase II DESIGN CONSTRUCTED | PUBLIC Airfield Falls Conservation Park Buda City Park East Aldine Town Center Evelyn’s Park Mayor Vera Calvin Plaza in Old Town Burleson TIDE Academy Thriving Together: The Mueller Southwest Greenway DESIGN UNREALIZED | COMMERCIAL Longhorn Village Independent Living Expansion DESIGN UNREALIZED | PUBLIC Anderson Park Canyon Falls Park Woodlake Pond and Trail Improvements PLANNING + ANALYSIS Broadway Corridor Redevelopment Plan Explore, Discover, Engage: a plan for the Fort Worth Botanic Garden The University of Texas Permian Basin Odessa Master Plan Trinity Forest Spine Trail

HONOR

EXCELLENCE

DESIGN CONSTRUCTED | RESIDENTIAL Preston Parkway

DESIGN CONSTRUCTED | RESIDENTIAL Miramar Residence

DESIGN CONSTRUCTED | INSTITUTIONAL, CORPORATE, COMMERCIAL MKT Mixed-Use Destination RiverSouth

DESIGN CONSTRUCTED | COMMERCIAL The Holdsworth Center

DESIGN CONSTRUCTED | PUBLIC Katherine G. McGovern Canopy Walk at High Island Midland Centennial Park South Oak Cliff Renaissance Park South Texas Ecotourism Center DESIGN UNREALIZED | PUBLIC Gasmer - Industrial to Park Redevelopment PLANNING + ANALYSIS Airline Highway Community Park Master Plan El Paso Downtown Tree Plan RESEARCH

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DESIGN CONSTRUCTED | PUBLIC Robert L.B. Tobin Land Bridge DESIGN UNREALIZED | PUBLIC Allen Molsen Farm PLANNING + ANALYSIS Dallas Water Commons COMMUNICATIONS METRO Urban Design Manual INTERNATIONAL Sanshan Hillside Park

Landscape Architecture for Sea Level Rise: Innovative Global Solutions

CLASSIC

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Arbor Hills Nature Preserve

COMMUNICATIONS Columbia County, FL Regional Park Master Plan Zinc House Farm Experiential Video INTERNATIONAL Guangzhou Waterfront Landscape Design

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS

STUDENT AWARDS

Awards Merit

AT THE DISCRETION OF THE JURY, ANY NUMBER OF MERIT AWARDS MAY BE GIVEN

STUDENT AWARD | MERIT

TILTH & TANKS: ADAPTING ABANDONED INFRASTRUCTURE FOR HEALTH EQUITY IN THE ONION CREEK FLOODPLAIN Andrew Lesmes (University of Texas - Graduate Level) GENERAL DESIGN

“The residents of Dove Springs, many of whom live near or within the Lower Onion Creek floodplain in Southeast Austin, are particularly familiar with climate stressors and shocks; tree canopy inequity exacerbates the daily experience of extreme heat in Austin’s increasingly long summer heat waves, and devastating floods in 2013 and 2015 claimed several lives, destroyed hundreds of homes, and resulted in floodplain buyouts which displaced hundreds more residents. One of these buyout neighborhoods, Yarabee Bend, exists today as a suburban street network devoid of all but four occupied homes, its lots legible only by the curb aprons, canopy voids, and partially-removed rights-of-way that remain. Just northeast of Yarabee Bend, across William Cannon Drive, an abandoned wastewater treatment site sits above Onion and Williamson Creeks. Within this site, six decommissioned sedimentation tanks – each a 130-foot, perfect circle

where spontaneous plant communities grow atop buried biosolids, – are striking remnants of a hastily-constructed city site operated for little more than two decades before being abandoned. These remnant infrastructures present opportunities to promote health equity in the floodplain and strengthen human-soil relationships. Along Yarabee Bend’s former lot lines and roadways, new hybrid landscape types begins to restore floodplain functions and overlay a larger strategy of perennial crop experimentation within former residential lots; the circular, monumental tanks of the William Cannon wastewater site become an experiential garden sequence that re-interprets the history of abandoned infrastructure as community asset. “

STUDENT AWARD | MERIT

BANDELIER NATIONAL MONUMENT: RISING THROUGH THE ASHES Anna Jenkins (Texas Tech University - Graduate Level) GENERAL DESIGN

Bandelier National Monument is located near the Santa Fe National Forest in New Mexico. Established in 1916 as a National Monument, Bandelier has an incredibly rich history within the NPS. But the site’s history extends far beyond the origins of the NPS. Bandelier’s Frijoles Canyon was formed millions of years ago with volcanic tuff, and was home to one of the earliest recorded communities in North America, the Ancestral Pueblo. The site is extremely complex not only because of the archaeological significance but also the amount of human interaction over time in one location. The canyon has been touched by many significant events and time periods; it hosts structures from the 1700s all the way through the development of the atomic bomb in the 1950s.

Such a complex and layered history requires a delicate approach to preservation; however, it is even further complicated by environmental crises in the form of wildfires and climate change. There have been several devastating fires in Bandelier, destroying huge amounts of damage not only to the ecosystem but cultural artifacts as well. The intention of this project is to create a space that is responsive to not only environmental concerns but also a site’s historical and cultural complexity. Using a multidisciplinary approach, this project reinvigorates an aging trail system and visitor center while fortifying the landscape against disaster, all without sacrificing user experience --the essence of landscape design.

STUDENT AWARD | MERIT

NURTURE WITH NATURE

Abimbola Olorode (Texas A&M University - Graduate Level) GENERAL DESIGN “Nature calmed me, focused me, and yet excited my senses,”” were the words Richard Louv used to describe his childhood experience with nature in his book “”The Last Child in the Woods,”” displaying the many benefits of being in a natural environment. Nurture with Nature uses that same ideology to design a nature-based learning environment for Alief Early Childhood Center in Houston, Texas. The design is a synthesis of innovative ideas utilizing evidence-based design strategies to improve early childhood development. It primarily draws from nature’s expressions (Texas Ecoregions) to inform programming and the elements and affordances

required to nurture the cognitive, social, and physical domains of early childhood development. The goal is to offer a myriad of hands-on opportunities for creative exploration and outdoor teaching of STEM curriculum in a multicultural community.

STUDENT AWARD | MERIT

ART AND DESIGN QUAD VISION

Violet Lam (University of Texas at Arlington - Graduate Level) URBAN DESIGN

The Art and Design Quad provides a resilient mall that features outdoor gathering spaces, performance and classroom facilities, and sustainable elements woven through the landscape. Through strategic placement of proposed buildings, a unique plaza featuring a color digital overhanging screen, and a linear water boulevard, a new entry experience is provided to both pedestrians entering the campus and drivers passing through on Cooper Street that bisects the campus. While surface parking is removed and replaced with a space-saving parking garage, impervious surfaces are added back to the site through a proposed Performing Arts Center, Digital Arts building, and Urban Design Lab building. Overall, the impervious surfaces on the site are reduced by 7% and the total amount of stormwater runoff is reduced from 327,438 gallons during a 2-year flood event to 210,709 gallons. The design targets the areas around the newly proposed buildings to capture runoff produced

by the rooftops. Bioswales and raingardens divert water from around the buildings, and a large modular, underground detention basin trap and slowly release up 90,000 gallons of runoff produced by the Performing Arts Center and Digital Arts Building. The Urban Design Lab, which replaces the existing Nanotechnology building and Architecture Annex, features a series of terraced bioretention gardens that serve as the front ‘lawn’ and can intercept all runoff produced by the building in a 2-year storm event. The Cooper Garage features solar parking canopies on the top floor that not only collect up to 676 kilowatt hours per day, but also collect rainwater through gutters and channel water into two 15,000-gallon cisterns that store water for irrigation and greywater reuse on site. White roofs are suggested for all new buildings to reduce heat absorption in buildings, reducing air conditioning costs by up to 20% and reducing the Heat Island Effect on campus.

STUDENT AWARD | MERIT

BRIDGING THE GAP; CREATING SYNERGY WITH NATURE THROUGH LINEAR DESIGN Sean Robinson, Hannah Stalb, Jacob Marek, Tino Dean, Arturo Rodriguez(Texas A&M University- Undergraduate Level) ANALYSIS & PLANNING

Throughout our work in Buffalo Gap Texas, we sought to utilize research-based design using GIS data and analysis in order to effectively create connections in Buffalo Gap, Texas using green spaces. During site visits and meetings with community stakeholders, we addressed the need to maintain the town’s identity throughout the design by using materiality and protecting the area’s live oak forest.

town of Buffalo Gap, Texas. To begin our research we created datascapes to analyze flood plains and land use in the region surrounding Buffalo Gap. The suitability analysis focused on how to best utilize and preserve the town’s pre-existing conditions by looking at tree canopy density, proximity to parks, endangered animals, and building density. Our team’s research determined that the site’s natural features would play a crucial role in informing design decisions for our overall concept.

Using linear connections our team has created synergy with town identity, public health and safety, protection of wildlife, greenspaces, and biodiversity, as well as planning for growth and development. Our team’s research focused on datascapes and suitability analysis for the rural

Through evidence-based design, linear connections were created by integrating the natural landscape through nature and in biodiverse green spaces, low impact design, and an expansive trail system to promote active living, public health, and safety.

STUDENT AWARD | MERIT

ADAPTIVE STORMBOX - FLEXIBLE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE ASSEMBLAGE UNITS FOR GALENA PARK Rui Zhu, Tianyi Wang (Texas A&M University - Graduate Level) ANALYSIS & PLANNING

“As one of the world’s largest collections of petrochemical complexes, Harris County, TX, faces public health concerns from the transfer of hazardous substances and increasingly severe flooding. Toxic metals discharged from industrial land uses can be transmitted through flood water to residential areas and deposited in soil. Green infrastructure (GI) is an effective solution to reducing flooding, pollutant load, and the amount of hazardous substance transferal during flood events. In fully developed areas with limited onground undeveloped spaces and complex underground utilities (like pipes and cables that transport electricity, natural gas, water, sewage, and telecommunications), these problems can, however, be more difficult to alleviate than in less developed areas.

The implementation of GI in retrofit projects to reduce flooding and contamination is a significant challenge in space-constrained and overly developed communities which also have complex underground utility systems. To respond to this challenge, we developed an adaptive and flexible GI toolkit that can be applied broadly, based on both on-ground spatial size and underground depth to existing infrastructure. The uniqueness of this project lies in its use of Delft3D-FM (for Flexible Mesh) coupled with the Long-Term Hydrologic Impact Assessment Low Impact Development (L-THIA) model to project the probable impacts of the master plan/toolkit application on flood and contamination levels. Overall, the design adds decreases stormwater runoff by 12.4% and pollutant load by 12.1%, annually.

STUDENT AWARDS

Awards Honor

AT THE DISCRETION OF THE JURY, UP TO 20% OF STUDENT ENTRIES MAY RECEIVE AN HONOR AWARD

STUDENT AWARD | HONOR

REVITALIZING RED RAIDER PLAZA Jonathan Mata (Texas Tech University - Undergraduate Level) GENERAL DESIGN

“Revitalizing Red Raider Plaza’s mission is to propose a revival of the space with the intent to transform the space into a place that is accessible to all. Red Raider Plaza is situated inside of heavy pedestrian traffic flow and in the shadow of the campus university library. The site is known for its outdoor seating arrangements and is often used as a place to take a break, hang out with friends, and a place for organizations to set up booths. After conducting surveys with people on campus, most of them want a space that has a variety as well as gathering data by utilizing the GIS data collection tool via the mobile application platform. The different data collected consisted of what could become an issue for people with disabilities, pedestrian traffic, and behaviors. A strategy was then implemented to identify significant issues and what needed to be improved.

On-site the major issues were accessibility, limited variety of leisure activities, and limited movement between spaces. To ensure accessibility would be addressed different types of seating arrangements would be required to be ADA-approved, and any types of ramps would need to meet ADA standards. A variety of different opportunities would also be provided such as sheltered outdoor dining, elevated seating to provide a recluse from the ongoing pedestrian traffic, activity zones, parklets with bicycle racks, and a variety of landscaping. A restorative approach was also needed to provide native trees and plants to the area as well as introduce stormwater management to the area.

STUDENT AWARD | HONOR

AUSTIN CARBON FARMING PROJECT Franny Kyle (The University of Texas at Austin - Graduate Level) GENERAL DESIGN

With the levels of atmospheric carbon resting above 400 parts per million and formidable projections of our global climate future, conversations around practices of carbon sequestration through soil health are coming to the fore. This project is a proposal for the decommissioned Holly Power Plant on LadyBird Lake in downtown Austin. This post-industrial landscape has the potential to respond to the need for soil stewardship and the documentation of environmental injustice. My proposal imagines what this site could become if the city returned the plant to the community groups that fought for its closure and worked to mend the carbon rift through stewardship, civic engagement, and experimentation. It would be a place that prioritizes embodied knowledge of soil. Acknowledging that human participation in soil building is a recent activity in

geologic time, the proposal lays the bones for different kinds of ecological programs that have the potential to sequester carbon. As a public site along a heavily trafficked trail, the urban carbon farm has to operate in a different mode from rural, regenerative agricultural practices. Another layer of programming seeks to document the human side of land stewardship and the role people play in shaping soil proﬁles. A warehouse structure is dedicated to archiving the stories of this neighborhood’s political action through land care. This continued documentation of life, resistance and culture in the Holly neighborhood includes education initiatives and a workshop space for developing new coalitions.

STUDENT AWARD | HONOR

DART’S NEXT GENERATION BUS SHELTER

Vanesa Lopez Ornelas, Berenice Velazquez, Jacqueline Hernandez, Sandra Calzadillas, David Hine, Richa Verma, Victor Almarez, Marvin Diaz, Sumayyah Abdullah, Ayesha Shaikh, Kenett Rivera, Tasfia Zahin, Diandra Osorio, Bamluck Abera, Vanessa Huerta, and Maryam Hashim (University of Texas at Arlington - Undergraduate Level) URBAN DESIGN The principles of this project revolve around designing with equity, site condition adaptivity, community identity, and rider safety. All of these principles are important factors that contribute to the ridership of the community. The structure offers an opportunity for the bus shelter to contribute to the Dallas streetscapes. The unique art installations, that vary from neighborhoods, create an identity that’s representative of the community for each bus stop and its riders. The shelter’s open design combats Texas’ strong heat allowing air to circulate. The extended canopy of the roof creates shade for its users and engages the neighboring right of way. The sloped roof redirects rainwater into nearby landscapes and away

from the streets and riders. The incorporation of a tree impacts the temperature of the area by helping it stay cool, improving the conditions of the rider’s experience. This project acts as a solution because it is a sustainable design that addresses the issues of global warming. The design is also inclusive of different demographics found throughout the city. This allows for a more enjoyable and equitable experience for riders. The bus shelter offers an opportunity to pioneer the concept of a sustainable transit system. This project is worthy of an award because it prepares transit systems for the present and future obstacles of social inequity as well as climate change.

STUDENT AWARD | HONOR

HENSLEY FIELD RUNWAY PARK

Oren Mandelbaum (The University of Texas at Arlington) - Graduate Level) URBAN DESIGN Hensley Field is a former Navy Airbase located on the southwest portion of Dallas, TX on Mountain Creek Lake. The site is currently being transformed into a master-planned community with an emphasis on sustainability, walkability, and economic development. This project explores the social, cultural, and economic possibilities within this proposed development while also addressing some of the site’s ecological and pollution challenges. Hensley Field Runway Park is a catalytic, urban, mixed-use, waterfront district on the runway peninsula that leverages the site’s distinct environmental and historical characteristics to create a unique experience. In addition, the project attempts to tackle some of the environmental

and ecological challenges of the site through the implementation of green infrastructure and recreational wetlands. The overall design follows and emphasizes the linearity of the runway leading visitors through all the way to the terminus of the runway featuring a park, museum, and veterans memorial that looks out over the lake to the Dallas National Cemetery. Major programs of this project focus on key public spaces including a beach boardwalk, the museum with a larger public plaza, a waterfront park, and the recreational wetlands. Each of these plays a role in creating social, economic, cultural, and environmental value through unique options for programming.

STUDENT AWARD | HONOR

ANCHORD

Urvi Joshi, Siyuan Zhao, Patrick Rivera, Christian McWilliam, Yinglan Hao (Texas A&M University) - Graduate Level) URBAN DESIGN aNChord is a proposed 50-acre mixed-use development anchored at the crux of Noisette Creek and the Cooper River in South Carolina. The “aNChord” masterplan combines “anchor” to pay homage to North Charleston’s naval and maritime heritage and “chord”; colorful and vibrant communities exist in harmony in the proposed neighborhood. aNChord plants roots firmly not only where two bodies of water meet but also at the intersection of industrial heritage and a growing commercial economy, all the while celebrating and nurturing the people of North Charleston that give it life.

Celebrate the Riverfront Green: The proposed design project creates inviting green spaces in a newly developed high-density neighborhood that promotes diversity, inclusion and access to public amenities. Preservation of 5000 feet-long coastal marsh wetland keep the site from vulnerability to flooding and sea level rise in which also supports biodiversity. Anchor the Neighborhood: aNChord’s mid-rise urban layout offers diverse options for development densities. All amenities are easily navigable on foot, by bicycle, or through a looped bus connection with Lowcountry Rapid Transit which adopts a low carbon footprint lifestyle. Grow with the Coast: Buildings are designed concerning the resiliency of North Charleston’s coastal condition with habitable floors that exist above base flood elevations.

STUDENT AWARD | HONOR

CLEAN AIR

Lauren Wardell (University of Texas at Arlington) - Graduate Level) ANALYSIS & PLANNING This project utilizes research findings to inform the design of a green infrastructure (GI) plan for a low-income neighborhood in Dallas which will improve health outcomes for the community.

Ambient outdoor air pollution kills roughly 4.2 million people every year worldwide and is linked to diseases such as asthma, cancer, infertility, and neurological disorders. In the U.S., minority communities are more likely to live near sources of air pollution, such as highways and industrial sites, and therefore face higher risks of developing the associated health difficulties. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), people of color (POC) are exposed to disproportionately higher levels of ambient fine particulate matter (PM) air pollution, regardless of income levels or region. While the

EPA monitors and enforces outdoor air quality standards across the US, there are not regulatory standards for the distances between air pollution sources and neighborhoods. The design explores the benefits of GI in addressing air pollution as well as secondary benefits such as decreased flood risk, increased access to open green space, and increased-community value. A multi-method approach is used to study the issues of air pollution and vegetation, employing GIS-mapping, case-studies, expert interviews, and i-Tree planting calculator to produce findings. The design principles, the planting palette, and other findings of this research were then applied to a master plan design for Joppa, Texas, a freedmen’s town in Dallas, Texas that is currently exposed to high levels of air pollution and secondary health risks such as flooding, lack of public transit and lack of immediate access to grocery stores.

The Importance of Joppa

PRE-1840

Joppa (sometimes spelled Joppee or Joppie) is a biblical name referring to the port of Jaffa. It translates in Hebrew to mean “Beautiful” or “New Beginnings”

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CIVIL WAR

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RECONSTRUCTION 1870 ERA 1880

Land originally inhabited by Wichita, Tawokoni, Jumanons, and Kickapoo tribes 1845 Land split into 800 acres and split between Smith and Van for their service in the Army of Texas 1850s Miller Plantation farmed cotton on nearly 7,500 acres 1861 Henry Critz Hines, an enslaved person, sent as property to Texas for protection by Mr. Miller until after the Civil War 1872 Houston and Texas Central Railroad built Henry Critz Hines settles in Joppa

BONTON FARMS

1882 New Zion Missionary Baptist Church is founded 1890

Original Shotgun House 1900

JIM CROW ERA

Map of Joppa, 1900

1880s Henry Critz Hines operated the Honey Springs Ferry Company to transport people across the Trinity River

1900 At least 7 families lived in the Joppa area GREAT TRINITY FOREST

1910 Point of Ferry Crossing

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1948 South Central Civic League is formed to fight for community programs and services

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1952 Melissa Pierce School built for black students of Joppa 1960 1970

1955 Joppa is annexed into the City of Dallas

FLOODPLAIN Asphalt Mixing Plant

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2007 Freedmen’s Town Memorial Bridge is built

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Juneteenth Celebration, 2021

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2015 South Central Park is built

JOPPA PRESERVE

SOUTH ENTRANCE

2020 PREVAILING SOUTHERN WINDS

STUDENT AWARDS 38

Awards of

Excellence

AT THE DISCRETION OF THE JURY, ONE AWARD OF EXCELLENCE MAY BE GIVEN PER CATEGORY

STUDENT AWARD | EXCELLENCE

MERGING THE GAP: A PLAN FOR COMMUNITY UNIFICATION IN BUFFALO GAP Paola Usin, Leslie Garcia Vasquez, Paloma Quintero, Sharon Rodriguez (Texas A&M University - Undergraduate Level) PLANNING + ANALYSIS Buffalo Gap is a rural town located in the central part of Texas, in Taylor County. Despite having a rich history, the town was facing challenges in attracting new visitors and residents, as well as celebrating its legacy in a fresh way.

In order to ensure a planning outcome that would be equitable for the population of Buffalo Gap, a social vulnerability analysis was conducted for Taylor County and the surrounding five counties focused primarily on socioeconomic factors, housing/infrastructure conditions, and demographics (i.e., education attainment, race, age). All six counties were moderate to very vulnerable, with Buffalo Gap falling in an area where strong vulnerability is seen. Using this data, a plan was developed to combat these results.

Design Strategies: • Developed a notable town center, divided into 5 districts. • Created more multi-generational housing to match the demographics of the town. • Designed a new residential neighborhood specifically for senior living to accommodate the large over-65 population. • Developed a green network to stitch different generations together and unite those who live just outside the boundaries to the rest of the town. • Emphasized Buffalo Gap’s rich history by creating a formal historical district to bring in new tourism and further highlight the town’s pride. • Implemented a trolley system to connect the North part of the town to the South.

STUDENT AWARD | EXCELLENCE

THE BOTTOM RISES

Cooper Begis, Avery Deering-Frank, Amanda Hinton, Jessie Hitchcock, Violet Lam, Oren Mandelbaum, Dasom Phoebe Mun, Ann Mariya Joseph Thuruthy (University of Texas at Arlington - Graduate Level) URBAN DESIGN The pillars of environmental, social, and economic sustainability provide an infallible framework for a master plan designed to celebrate the cultural and historical significance of The Bottom, a historic Freedmen’s Town adjacent to the Trinity River just over a mile south of Downtown Dallas. The community’s unique bowl-shaped topography, resulting from natural elevation changes combined with a man-made levy and a barrier created by the I-35 highway corridor, provides for site-specific stormwater and connectivity design opportunities. The master plan implements a green infrastructure network, linking pocket parks, hillside trails, plazas, and green streets into

a neighborhood-wide design that successfully mitigates stormwater runoff from the surrounding micro-watershed. Complete streets and a cultural trail inform internal circulation, connect to the greater Dallas community, and link open spaces to provide gathering places for residents and visitors alike. A business incubation center and community garden support local economic opportunities while gateways and signage enhance the neighborhood’s identity. Importantly, the plan provides for growth as The Bottom looks toward the next chapter in its history.

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS

Awards Merit

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BEVERLY RESIDENCE MESA Design Group DESIGN CONSTRUCTED | RESIDENTIAL

The design of this charming Highland Park home blurs the line between traditional and modern. The greatest challenge was to create a modern landscape that complements and integrates with the existing architecture. The home and gardens were in complete disrepair, so the new homeowners wanted to preserve the bones of the architecture but give the landscape a fresh look. Providing privacy was very important as the home is situated on a busy street with large neighboring homes on all sides of the property. A masonry perimeter wall was designed and constructed, and mature evergreen trees were planted to provide maximum privacy and to

enclose garden spaces. All the garden elements combine to extend the clients interior living space into the outdoors for year-round use. Ultimately, the garden serves as a retreat from city life by maximizing the client’s privacy.

THE LAKESIDE RETREAT Melissa Gerstle Design DESIGN CONSTRUCTED | RESIDENTIAL

Transforming the property of 100-year-old Federal Style Home overlooking a beautiful lake for a New York family, we redesigned and renovated the property. A tight deadline during the pandemic included a refresh with new hardscapes to integrate with the existing oval stone terrace, new plantings, outdoor furnishings and fabrics.

Enhancements include: • A highly edited plant palette designed to provide layered textures of green set against the backdrop of mature trees • Deciduous plants such as Japanese Maples, Dogwoods and hydrangeas provide seasonal interest among the borrowed vistas.

• Integrating old with new (such as rare, vintage Willy Guhl planters,) makes the garden feel like its evolved with the home. • The pool renovation, including a new spa, complements the garden wall and better matches the classic architectural features of the site. • The curved sofa and furnishings were selected to provide functional spaces for dining and lounging throughout the site • Bespoke concrete features include a bar that traces the pre-existing oval terrace, and a firepit with asymmetrical opening. • A stone firepit with bluestone hardscape and pendant lighting above was designed for the family to enjoy the lakefront views from the front yard.

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Paper Kites Studio DESIGN CONSTRUCTED | INSTITUTION, CORPORATE, OR COMMERCIAL The .22-acre property sits in an urban neighborhood on an escarpment just south of downtown Dallas, Texas. Wild respite is the driving force of this landscape using rich materials and native plantings to evoke an affinity for nature while maintaining simplicity. Grassy meadows, native trees and dappled light fills the woodland gardens already rich with sounds from the nearby creek while attracting a wide variety of bird species and pollinators that delight in these garden spaces. Unmown lawn in these spaces fill the landscape with texture and softness, serving as a counterpoint to the shaded surrounding woodland edges. This landscape imagines new

ways for an urban lot to embrace the wild while creating lasting memories of growing up in this Texas landscape.

ARGODESIGN

Campbell Landscape Architecture DESIGN CONSTRUCTED | COMMERCIAL Argodesign is an adaptive reuse project, transforming the site of an abandoned church building into a creative indoor-outdoor workspace and lush respite within a bustling urban district of Austin, Texas.

AUSTIN OAKS BUSINESS PARK Studio Balcones DESIGN CONSTRUCTED | COMMERCIAL

The property, known as Austin Oaks Business Park, is a 31-acre commercial property located just north of Mopac, one of Austin’s most traveled thoroughfares. In lieu of proceeding with a planned unit development that would demolish the entire office park and many of the prized oaks, we helped the clients establish a much more sustainable and cost-efficient strategy to renovate the office park. Using lush native plantings and large-scale art pieces, the landscape invites the tenants to partake in a unique landscape experience.

AUSTIN RIDGE BIBLE CHURCH Design Workshop DESIGN CONSTRUCTED | COMMERCIAL

In the heart of the Texas Hill Country, the Austin Ridge Bible Church campus is transformed from an unwelcoming, disconnected series of outdoor spaces to a richly planted place for gathering. Sun-baked asphalt becomes shady walks and green gathering spaces. Disconnected buildings are united by graceful pathways sprinkled with alcoves for respite. A fire lane is transformed into an active lawn for games and festivals, and diverse plantings blanket outdoor spaces in a myriad of colors and textures. Challenging the typically neglected and ecologically dead treatment of similar campuses, Austin Ridge Bible Church shows a new way forward.

EPIC II AMENITY DECK Hocker DESIGN CONSTRUCTED | COMMERCIAL

The EPIC II tower is an office building sited at the edge of downtown Dallas. The project site is the 7th level amenity deck that provides 10,000 square feet of accessible outdoor space for the benefit of its tenets. The design is influenced by Japanese garden & masonry techniques. Dynamic, undulating curvilinear walls create ample volumes for planting and terraces for seating below tree shade. Granite quarry blocks were identified as the preferred hardscape material to provide a sense of structure & stability through-out. Evergreen and perennial drifts of planting float above the granite to provide a sense of lightness. Trees serve to humanize the scale of the

space and provide much needed shade and wind protection. This amenity deck serves as an accessible and natural respite away from the bustle of the office that is just a few steps away.

ORACLE HEADQUARTERS, PHASE II TBG Partners DESIGN CONSTRUCTED | COMMERCIAL

Located on a 25-acre site along the Colorado River and adjacent to popular and scenic parkland around Lady Bird Lake, the Oracle campus is a mere 3 miles from downtown Austin in an area known as the Lakeshore District. Reimagining the campus experience, Oracle phase two provides a myriad of benefits, including opportunities to work in all group sizes, convenient access to fresh air, natural light, abundant visual access to nature, connectedness to the neighborhood that both create community and pride in shared open spaces and a high-quality work environment. The campus design is most compelling in its clever utilization of earth work and exterior spaces

and the interface with interior semi-public spaces, blurring the boundary the indoors and out.

AIRFIELD FALLS CONSERVATION PARK Kevin Sloan Studio DESIGN CONSTRUCTED | PUBLIC

For decades the tallest natural waterfall in North Texas was isolated from the public within Carswell Air Force Base. Downsized in 1990, the waterfall is now outside the secured precinct of the base, property of the Tarrant Regional Water District. The principal task of the Airfield Falls Conservation Park was to provide public access to the falls with a new park while educating visitors about water conserving practices. The mission was enlarged with a park design that also conserves history through a historic jet aircraft display, a shade pavilion that reused foundation relics from the former base commanders House, a water harvesting car park, and a quarter-

mile butterfly walk that connects to the falls. Using actual air base equipment and lighting heightened the conservation mission with high performance and low energy use elements that were indestructible and historically appropriate. To contrast the built elements, the waterfall was left untouched. The landscape architect designed all the elements in the Conservation Park, including the environmental graphics to a budget that did not exceed $1.75 M.

BUDA CITY PARK

Design Workshop DESIGN CONSTRUCTED | PUBLIC Once a barren parade ground, Buda City Park serves as the city’s signature park and recreation space, providing opportunities for festival gatherings as well as improved service for the community’s everyday needs. A larger trails system connects City Park to adjacent green spaces, including Stagecoach Park, Bradfield Village Park, and the Downtown Greenbelt, leveraging their shared amenities and creating an expanded recreational network. Buda City Park maximizes event and program opportunities vital to the small town’s sense of community through a rich

palette of native plants and signature white Texas limestone. The result is an ecologically functional, context-sensitive central gathering space for the people of Buda.

EAST ALDINE TOWN CENTER Clark Condon DESIGN CONSTRUCTED | PUBLIC

The East Aldine lacked sufficient resources, educational opportunities, and a safe, centralized gathering space. The management district, design team, and key stakeholders developed a master plan of a 61-acre site that would be home to a variety of facilities within a larger park environment. The East Aldine Town Center provides a number of flexible spaces for festivals, art exhibits, and cultural celebrations. Current project partners, including Lone Star College and Baker Ripley, are now able to offer educational courses, career readiness preparation programs, and an emergency call service center which directly responds to the needs of the community.

These facilities are anchored by an open event lawn and playground, ensuring play is at the heart of the East Aldine Town Center.

EVELYN’S PARK

SWA Group DESIGN CONSTRUCTED | PUBLIC Evelyn’s Park is the realization of the combined effort of a grassroots community effort to build a small-town civic space that serves as a model for communities with large aspirations. Envisioned as “Bellaire’s front yard”, this 5-acre urban park has transformed one of the city’s oldest commercial nursery sites into a civic heart and a casual meeting place for all ages and demographics. To create a national model of sustainability, the park design incorporates multiple strategies of water conservation, alternative power generation, increasing native habitat and shade canopy coverage, walking and alternative modes of transportation. At the core the park

is an island of nature respite with opportunities to connect to each other in a growing urban community.

MAYOR VERA CALVIN PLAZA IN OLD TOWN BURLESON TBG Partners DESIGN UNREALIZED | PUBLIC

As a prominent stop on the historic interurban railway system connecting north Texas communities, Burleson was a key node on a regional trolley car system that was years ahead of its time, and contemporary urban renewal efforts celebrate that legacy through contextual placemaking. The City has converted the area fronting Burleson City Hall - formerly surface parking lots - into a multipurpose civic plaza and paseo as the community’s living room. The design integrates historic elements including a train depot and two trolley cars from the early 20th century into a new civic space able to accommodate community-wide events as well as

informal daily activity. The reimagined Mayor Vera Calvin Plaza celebrates Burleson’s historical legacy and provides an inviting civic hub for the community.

TIDE ACADEMY

LPA, Inc DESIGN CONSTRUCTED | PUBLIC A reflection of the entrepreneurial spirit of the nearby companies in the Silicon Valley was the mission and vision for the design of TIDE Academy. The STEAM focused public high school, located on a 2-acre site in a light industrial section of Menlo Park, offers views of the San Francisco Bay and Diablo Mountains beyond. Housing 400 students, the site design places an emphasis on openness, compactness, and innovation. The campus provides students with a multilevel, protected courtyard that opens towards the street, putting education and TIDE’s spirit of collaborative on display to the surrounding community and industry partners. Drawing

from the High School’s concept of “Learning Happens Everywhere,” the school was designed to have a variety of flexible outdoor spaces giving students the opportunity to define their educational possibilities.

THRIVING TOGETHER: THE MUELLER SOUTHEAST GREENWAY RVi Planning + Landscape Architecture DESIGN CONSTRUCTED | PUBLIC

The Southeast Greenway in Austin, Texas is one of five large parks surrounding the Mueller Development, a mixed-use urban village that has emerged on the site of Austin’s former Robert Mueller Municipal Airport. Once part of the concrete runway and airport parking, the site has become a place where life, both human and wild, has flourished. Thoughtful design has created a place of balance; a respite from city life centered on a peaceful urban wetland adjacent to an active, bustling community skate park and pump track. The Southeast Greenway exemplifies how nature and humans can do more than merely coexist in an urban context, they can thrive together.

LONGHORN VILLAGE INDEPENDENT LIVING EXPANSION MESA Design Group DESIGN UNREALIZED | COMMERCIAL

The Longhorn Village Independent Living Expansion serves an unfilled market demand for luxurious Independent Senior Living in Austin, Texas with an expansion that blends modern amenities with sustainable design practices. The current cohort of retirees are Baby Boomers, and they are looking for resort style amenities juxtaposed with scenic views and native landscapes. The site’s existing geology and impervious surface restrictions in the Austin, Texas, Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) requires a design that supports the existing environment at Longhorn Village and the Edwards Plateau eco-region. The Landscape Architect proposed a unique design that creatively balances modern amenity spaces with the rugged geology and

regional landscape typology that is native Central Texas Hill Country. The design for Longhorn Village aspires to be a sustainable campus that is highly desirable for existing and future residents as well as their extended families.

ANDERSON PARK SWA Group DESIGN UNREALIZED | PUBLIC

Anderson Park, a 7.1-acre existing but underutilized park west of Houston’s booming Galleria, presents the opportunity to implement current best practices in park design. As the only greenspace in a 975-acre special district, the redesign must anticipate and accommodate the community’s needs as the neighborhood develops and demographics shift. Currently the site of a city-wide baseball field that draws users from the broader Houston region, the park will be refocused to accommodate local residents, walkability, and programming that is more responsive to the neighborhood’s evolving needs, and incorporate enhanced greenspace with

native plantings, flood mitigation features, an inclusive playground, and activities responding to a broad range of ages and abilities.

CANYON FALLS PARK MESA Design Group DESIGN UNREALIZED | PUBLIC

The Eastern Cross Timbers ecoregion of Texas, often distinguished by its rugged terrain, sandy soils, and dense Post Oak woodlands will soon contain the Town of Flower Mound’s newest community park. Canyon Falls Park attempts to prudently incorporate a variety of accessible recreational amenities on a ten-acre site containing significant grade change and canopy coverage typical of the ecoregion. Through a compilation of mapping, surveying, and on-site observational data, the Landscape Architect utilized an evidence-based approach to develop a master plan design responsive to the site’s natural features. The result is an unpretentious

community park that delivers exceptional recreational and experiential value by preserving the physical attributes that make the site so special.

WOODLAKE POND AND TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS MESA Design Group DESIGN UNREALIZED | PUBLIC

The Woodlake Pond and Trail Improvements project seeks to create accessibility and usability at an urban greenbelt site in Carrolton, TX. The site is dominated by a 15-acre shallow lake with dense shoreline vegetation obscuring views to the open water and blocking access along most of the shoreline. This condition supports a diverse ecosystem of waterfowl, fish, and other urban wildlife making the site a popular venue for local walkers, cyclists, and kayakers. The Landscape Architect proposed unique design solutions creatively balancing the valley storage capacity of the pond basin and providing needed access to the water’s edge. The final design improves the

visual quality of the site, enhances usability and access, improves safety, and establishes the site as a regional destination.

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BROADWAY CORRIDOR REDEVELOPMENT PLAN Design Workshop PLANNING & ANALYSIS

Broadway, Galveston’s primary corridor, has fallen into economic and visual decline and any future investment is threatened by more severe hurricanes brought on by climate change. To restore Broadway into one of the nation’s great streets the plan creates a framework for new development that builds upon the city’s existing historic character, community, and land patterns. The goals of the project are to foster tourism, provide development standards, and catalyze future growth and redevelopment. Plan objectives included retaining and improving businesses and properties, identifying distinct character districts, and stitching together

these segments through public realm improvements and a unique brand. Broadway was once a nationally renowned “Grand Boulevard.” It holds tremendous potential for revitalization, becoming a standard for economic and environmental best practices as well as hurricaneresilient redevelopment along the Gulf Coast.

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EXPLORE, DISCOVER, ENGAGE: A PLAN FOR THE FORT WORTH BOTANIC Studio Outside, Bennett Partners PLANNING & ANALYSIS A recent merger of the two premier horticultural institutions in Fort Worth (The Botanic Garden and the Botanical Research Institute of Texas) ushered in the opportunity to re-vision their combined campus. Each well known separately (one as the first public garden in Texas, and BRIT as a research institution for biodiversity and conservation), the plan reimagines the role of a “public” garden that delivers a new combined mission. Seeking to quadruple visitation in 5 years, the plan simplifies circulation, rediscovers remnant ecologies, and proposes new destination gardens. A layered array of educational experiences celebrates BRIT’s research - making science accessible and legible throughout the campus.

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PERMIAN BASIN ODESSA MASTER PLAN Ten Eyck Landscape Architects PLANNING & ANALYSIS Hired to create a new vision and landscape master plan for the 600-acre UT Permian Basin campus in Odessa, our team focused on the enhancement of the campus’s native ecological story prior to it becoming a West Texas ranch dotted with oil wells. We established new entries and signage to campus, redesigned the existing four-acre quad, developed the Bright Stars Memorial, and created a trail system that follows ephemeral water through the site, connecting students and community residents to the native ecosystems. Floodwaters from adjacent lowlying streets are slowed and captured on campus to create ephemeral playa lakes and arroyos, which in turn help establish a shortgrass prairie ecosystem, the habitat of native wildlife like the Northern Harrier and Burrowing Owls.

TRINITY FOREST SPINE TRAIL Halff Associates PLANNING & ANALYSIS From near the iconic White Rock Lake spillway, the Trinity Forest Spine Trail will connect Dallas neighborhoods to existing and programmed trails along both sides of the White Rock Creek corridor as it meanders southward toward its confluence with the Trinity River. Finally, hundreds of thousands of south and southeast Dallas residents will gain new access to greenways, nature and linear park spaces. This thoughtfully landscaped and engineered alignment enables an entire quadrant of Dallas that’s historically had limited access to nature trails for recreational or purposeful trips. Pathways to the Lawnview and Lake June light rail transit (LRT) stations extend both intermodal and recreational opportunities to an area of Dallas that’s traditionally been woefully underserved.

COLUMBIA COUNTY, FL REGIONAL PARK MASTER PLAN TBG Partners COMMUNICATION “The goal of the Columbia County Regional Park Master Plan was to provide a recommendation for a robust regional park that considers the public’s goals while serving as the sports and recreational cornerstone of Columbia County and the north central Florida region for years to come. With roughly 467 acres to work with, the complex will include 12 flat fields that include four premier fields and one championship field, zipline and ropes course in the existing ravine, tournament ready 18-hole disc-golf course, eight lighted tennis courts, ten lighted pickleball

courts, six lighted outdoor basketball courts, onsite RV park, splash pad and playground, builtin maintenance and administration facilities “all while protecting and celebrating the pristine habitat in which the program is nestled.”

ZINC HOUSE FARM EXPERIMENTAL VIDEO MESA Design Group COMMUNICATION The Zinc House Farm Experiential Video is the product of a collaborative design process that resulted from the innovative use of digital modeling and animated video to illustrate and communicate the project in a compelling manner. The video conveys the design in a simple, easy to understand format that viewers will both readily understand and champion. The video is grounded in the Pattern Language Master Plan originally prepared as a road map to unify a range of project goals and objectives. It illustrates how the design incorporated these patterns into an exciting agritourism node; capable of serving a wide demographic in an atmosphere that

enhances guests’ understanding of sustainability, sound building practices, and farm to table practices by curating an authentic experience.

GUANGZHOU WATERFRONT LANDSCAPE DESIGN SWA Group INTERNATIONAL Cut off from its waterfront due to the existing commuter light rail and the Canton Observation tower platform, the Guangzhou Yuejiang Road Waterfront Revitalization project seeks to reconnect the City with its waterfront. By proposing a series of culturally enriched garden and places, the design intends to transform this famous shoreline into a nonstop, 24-hour urban living room for the people of Guangzhou. Urban design strategies were used to overcome the light rail infrastructure barrier, making space for optimized pedestrian circulation, visual connection, and amenity spaces. The design reinvigorates the waterfront by introducing memorable landscape

experiences rooted in Guangzhou culture and incorporating refreshing and diverse programs for new city life.

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PRESTON PARKWAY

MESA Design Group DESIGN CONSTRUCTED | RESIDENTIAL The landscape architecture of Preston Parkway exudes a sense of modern luxury, with powerful lines and clean geometric forms that boldly answer to the architecture of the home. The project reveals the Landscape Architect’s ability to preserve and respect majestic trees while demonstrating an elegant composition of residential landscape architecture.

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MKT MIXED-USE

SWA Group DESIGN CONSTRUCTED | COMMERCIAL The MKT mixed-use development repurposes a 200,000 square foot 1970’s era industrial office park into a vibrant, trail-oriented entertainment destination. Located in Houston’s hip Heights neighborhood, MKT’s frontage along the highly used Heights Hike and Bike Trail provides a community anchoring destination that merges the public and private realm, establishes an indooroutdoor connection and promotes active transportation in the heart of car-centric Houston.

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The adaptive reuse nature of the project provides dramatic contributions to carbon reduction goals. Its location along two city-wide bike paths further adds to the project’s sustainability goals by reducing the dependency on automobiles. This goal is further articulated through a parking strategy that under-parks the retail outlets. An emphasis is placed on materials that are locally sourced and recycled. Existing stormwater infrastructure is expanded upon to increase detention effects, and planted with native groundcovers to increase habitat value.

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RIVERSOUTH

dwg. DESIGN CONSTRUCTED | COMMERCIAL Located just south of Austin’s Lady Bird Lake, this office tower thoughtfully responds to its constraints to transform an underutilized, triangular site into a sustainable standard for adjacent future development. The design team demonstrated a commitment to environmental responsibility, from treating and storing all stormwater on site to drastically increasing biodiversity and the urban forest. All condensate and roof rain water is captured for reuse in irrigation, allowing for a roof garden that provides social and solitary spaces set within a lush, woodland-inspired oasis. The terrace’s diverse planting, investment in shade trees, warm material palette, and emphasis on detail, create an alluring refuge from the urban environment.

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KATHERINE G. MCGOVERN CANOPY WALK AT HIGH ISLAND SWA Group DESIGN CONSTRUCTED | PUBLIC

At the heart of this project is the need to reframe perspectives on conservation and stewardship in the age of climate change. Using a “Bird’s Eye Perspective” the designers expressed these values in the resulting Kathrine G. McGovern Canopy Walk. Originating from a restored 1920’s oil pumphouse, the 20-foot high boardwalk traces the habitats of various bird species along their mid to upper canopy transects. After rising between a maze of tree tops through the “eyes of a warbler,” the 700-foot-long flight terminates at two internationally renowned ponds. Previously inaccessible, creative design affords connectivity to one of nature’s greatest phenomenons.

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Here, tens of thousands of birds nest, rest, and raise their young for life’s future challenges, including the inevitable flight across the adjacent Gulf of Mexico. By forging a deeper connection to place, experience facilitates a culture of care through enhanced birdability.

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MIDLAND CENTENNIAL PARK Ten Eyck Landscape Architects DESIGN CONSTRUCTED | PUBLIC

Anchored by the new Bush Convention Center, Centennial Park transforms two blocks in downtown Midland into the city’s central public civic space. Inspired by our client’s need for this space to accommodate all citizens for major events and the gridded land patterns of downtown Midland, the park provides a green heart for the city. Sustainable, LID design solutions were utilized, including native and adapted plants, vegetated rain swales, harvested water for irrigation, and sub-surface soil cells. A dog park, play area, interactive water feature, and weekend outdoor markets under the Oak allees ensure repeat visits by locals. The large event

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SOUTH OAK CLIFF RENAISSANCE PARK Studio Outside DESIGN CONSTRUCTED | PUBLIC

Once a thriving neighborhood, for decades the South Oak Cliff community in Dallas has been overlooked for park investment and access to nature. South Oak Cliff Renaissance Park is the first completed project of the Five Mile Creek Urban Greenbelt Master Plan and an important step in providing equitable access. Linking the Cedar Crest Regional Trail to South Oak Cliff High School, this 1.8-acre park is focused on neighborhood and environmental health. This project transforms an overgrown and littered site into a place of natural respite. Today the park is a beacon of the community’s Renaissance. The site formalizes physical connections,

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increases views & safety, and strengthens the neighborhood’s physical and environmental health. The Community’s prioritized active elements of the park (basketball, BBQ, playground, & outdoor classroom) parallel a central spine that also engages the ecological restoration of the creek corridor.

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SOUTH TEXAS ECOTOURISM CENTER Design Workshop DESIGN UNREALIZED | PUBLIC

The opening of the South Texas Ecotourism Center fulfills nearly a decade of collaboration between Cameron County, Commissioner David Garza, representatives from the neighboring town of Laguna Vista, and the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service to build a central gateway where locals and visitors alike can begin to discover the Coastal Rio Grande Valley’s incredible biodiversity, rich cultural heritage, and diverse ecotourism opportunities. The site’s 10 acres presented a rare development opportunity situated both along a busy regional thoroughfare but also surrounded by the vast wetlands and prairies including some of the world’s most specialized

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and endangered ecosystems. From this unique vantage point, the South Texas Ecotourism Center has been able to highlight the special place of its immediate surroundings and inspire visitors to learn more broadly about the larger region and participate in building its more resilient future.

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GASMER - INDUSTRIAL TO PARK REDEVELOPMENT Lionheart DESIGN UNREALIZED | PUBLIC

The 28.8-acre Gasmer Drive Redevelopment Property, formerly owned by Shell Oil, is ripe with potential for creating a new kind of destination for the community and indeed the greater Houston region. The master plan embraces all facets of the site, weaving the site’s history, contemporary arts, programming, culturally rich and diverse community, ecology, and stormwater detention together to tell a new story about urban transformation. Rather than wipe away the past, the master plan tells a deeper story about how we can repair our landscapes while not rejecting the memories. With creative programming of the pavilion and other events, we will create pathways for empathy, joy, and celebration of our human connections to each other.

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AIRLINE HIGHWAY COMMUNITY PARK MASTER PLAN TBG Partners PLANNING + ANALYSIS

Unlike any park in southern Louisiana, the future Airline Highway Community Park is a 120-acre park that emphasizes green infrastructure practices and design for resilience and sustainability. The project team developed a master plan for Airline Highway Community Park that will not only implement stormwater management practices to help mitigate flood damage to adjacent properties in the watershed but provide the community and parish with a unique world class park with diversification of amenities. Established through a series of community engagement events, the initial park programming amenities include athletic fields, native meadows, picnic pavilions, a splash pad, adventure playground, amphitheater, kayak launch and hiking and nature trails.

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EL PASO DOWNTOWN TREE PLAN Surroundings PLANNING + ANALYSIS

El Paso sits in one of the regions which will be most affected by climate change in the next decades. An analysis of the state of Texas from 2000-2050 shows a 75% increase in widespread summer droughts, and “Dangerous Heat Days” will increase to 115 days per year. While the City has made large strides in water conservation practices, other climate-combating strategies, such as increasing tree canopy, are needed to increase the City’s resiliency to an ever hotter future. The El Paso Downtown Tree Plan and Design Guidelines will set the stage to respond to our climate challenges and will propel the City of El Paso towards expanding a sustainable, regionally and ecologically appropriate urban forest across its urban downtown core and beyond.

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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FOR SEA LEVEL RISE: INNOVATIVE GLOBAL SOLUTIONS Texas A&M University LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL RESEARCH

Newman, G. & Qiao, X., eds. (May 18, 2022). Landscape Architecture for Sea Level Rise: Innovative Global Solutions. Routledge: London. This book assesses and illustrates innovative and practical worldwide measures for combating sea level rise from the profession of landscape architecture. The work explores how the appropriate mixture of integrated, multi-scalar flood protection mechanisms can reduce risks associated with flood events including sea level rise. Illustrative case studies

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performed from the United States, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Japan, China, and the Netherlands identify the structural (engineered), non-structural (nature-based), and hybrid mechanisms (mixed) used to combat sea level rise and increase flood resilience.

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PROFESSIONAL PROFESSIONAL AWARDS AWARDS

Excellence Awards of

AT THE AT THE DISCRETION DISCRETION OF THE JURY, OF THE JURY, ONE AWARD OF ONE AWARD OF EXCELLENCE MAY EXCELLENCE MAY BE GIVEN PER BE GIVEN CATEGORY

MIRAMAR RESIDENCE Hocker DESIGN CONSTRUCTED | RESIDENTIAL

The Miramar residence is located at the intersection of Miramar and Eton Avenues in the City of Highland Park, Texas, and features dual public facades facing each street, one welcoming pedestrian and the other vehicular traffic. Heavy planting in the front and side yards, along with vertical green on the courtyard walls, provide foreground that allows the house to disappear into its surroundings as if it has been there for years. Within the perimeter wall is a private pool and spa, nestled into the courtyard. A guest house is separated from the main house, both horizontally and vertically, allowing for a lush transition of sloped woodland planting, boulders, and river birch trees, truly creating a world apart from the surrounding neighborhood and city.

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THE HOLDSWORTH CENTER Ten Eyck Landscape Architects DESIGN CONSTRUCTED | COMMERCIAL

The Holdsworth Center offers world-class training and leadership development to selected school districts through a generous multi-year investment in public education. To enhance the existing ecological character of the site, 23 acres of uplands, a pecan grove, and a riparian edge were preserved, constituting over 50% of the total acreage. Trails, circulation paths, and buildings were woven through this existing and new vegetation in an integrated design move aimed at increasing visitors’ connection to nature. Additionally, this sustainable campus features spaces for large gatherings, intimate conversations, games, and exercise that are knitted into the restored landscape.

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ROBERT L. B. TOBIN LAND BRIDGE Rialto Studio DESIGN CONSTRUCTED | PUBLIC

Enabling both pedestrians and animals to cross a six-lane parkway safely, the Robert L.B. Tobin Land Bridge opened in late 2020’s the first land bridge of this significant scale and use to be conceived and built in the United States. At 159 feet wide and spanning the full width of a San Antonio parkway, the structure reconnects both people and wildlife between the two previously separated tracts of Phil Hardberger Park. The structure is entirely covered with vegetation for a seamless transition from the native landscape to the newly constructed parkland elevated off the ground. Wildlife viewing blinds and an elevated canopy walkway allow visitors to experience

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wildlife from new perspectives. Site soils were reused, and 250,000 gallons of onsite rainwater harvesting supplies irrigation needs.

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ALLEN MOLSEN FARM Parkhill DESIGN UNREALIZED | PUBLIC

Increased food demands have paved the way for industrialized farming, large-scale animal domestication, dramatic irrigation consumption, genetically modified foods, fertilizer, and chemical use. Technology, food production, and delivery have made it convenient for people to buy food in minutes without talking to anyone, knowing where the food came from, how the food was prepared, or what its contents are. Molsen Farm is an agriculture revival on the last 88 acres of remaining farmland in Allen, Texas. The Ag-Park would be the community center for agriculture education, crop demonstrations,

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sustainable farming methods, and organic alternatives that would give people back the essential tools required to participate in agriculture within the urban environment. Molsen Farm would provide future generations with the knowledge to grow a healthy future rooted in sustainable practices and equitable community engagement.

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DALLAS WATER COMMONS Studio Outside PLANNING & ANALYSIS

The Dallas Water Commons is the result of a dynamic public-private partnership between the City of Dallas and The Dallas Wetlands Foundation. Immediately south of downtown and north of the Great Trinity Forest, the Dallas Water Commons provides an accessible amenity in the urban core of Dallas, one of the fastest growing cities in the US. The Commons is approximately 17 acres and creates a dynamic landscape that provides valuable public park space while filtering and cleansing urban stormwater, cycled through both constructed cells and restored wetland ponds. The DWC demonstrates water conservation, water filtration, and flood management,

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while creating a beautiful and educational place for visitors and students. This living laboratory will establish a space for experts in ecology, engineering, design, public health, and education to collaborate on solving the critical issues facing cities around the country and world.

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METRO URBAN DESIGN MANUAL SWA Group COMMUNICATION

In the past three decades, the City of Houston has suffered from catastrophic climactic flooding disasters and heat island effect, unrestrained sprawl, social inequity, and negative perceptions of transit as an inferior alternative to automotive transportation. The new METRO Urban Design Manual (UDM) aspires to challenge planning and design excellence at regional, neighborhood, and site scales. In order to enhance environmental resilience, diverse communities, sustainable growth, and customer experience, the UDM provides guidelines that support the high-quality standard of design, delivery, and maintenance that contributes to safety, comfort, and quality of life throughout the METRO service area.

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SANSHAN HILLSIDE PARK SWA Group INTERNATIONAL

Located in the heart of south China’s Pearl River Delta region, Sanshan Hillside Park preserves a rare urban mountain forest in the heart of a rapidly growing urban district. Rising above the surrounding, low-lying urban water-town fabric, the project repositions this unique urban landform as a wilderness-enriched mountain forest park, balancing the city’s growing need for public open space while providing an ecological oasis that connects people with their natural environment. Enriched with cultural gathering spaces and trails, the park provides ample recreational opportunities that bring together the community. The hilltop canopy walk and the

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mini library have been popular destinations, promoting the reading culture among young Chinese people, and offering unique and immersive perspectives on the city and its natural systems.

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PROFESSIONAL PROFESSIONAL AWARDS AWARDS

Classic Award

AT THE AT THE DISCRETION DISCRETION OF THE JURY, OF THE JURY, ONE AWARD OF ONE AWARD OF EXCELLENCE MAY EXCELLENCE MAY BE GIVEN PER BE GIVEN CATEGORY

ARBOR HILLS NATURE PRESERVE MESA Design Group CLASSIC

Arbor Hills Nature Preserve is a story about preserving heritage and nature, and seizing an opportunity to take a risk by departing from typical park development to create a special place in the community. Twenty-years since its initial development, the project is still one of the most loved and used parks in the City of Plano. At a time when urban development continues to unfold around the site, Arbor Hills Nature Preserve invites visitors to rediscover nature in the heart of the suburbs and provides visitors with a glimpse of what the landscape of North Texas used to look like.

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Texas ASLA Conference Awards Book 2023

Articles inside

THE HOLDSWORTH CENTER

Awards of Excellence

MASTER PLAN RENDER

EL PASO DOWNTOWN TREE PLAN

Honor Awards PROFESSIONAL

GUANGZHOU WATERFRONT LANDSCAPE DESIGN

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PERMIAN BASIN ODESSA MASTER PLAN

EXPLORE, DISCOVER, ENGAGE: A PLAN FOR THE FORT WORTH BOTANIC PLANNING & ANALYSIS

BROADWAY CORRIDOR REDEVELOPMENT PLAN

LONGHORN VILLAGE INDEPENDENT LIVING EXPANSION

AUSTIN OAKS BUSINESS PARK

THE LAKESIDE RETREAT

Merit Awards PROFESSIONAL

Awards of Excellence

Honor Awards

INFRASTRUCTURE ASSEMBLAGE UNITS FOR GALENA PARK ANALYSIS

TILTH & TANKS: ADAPTING ABANDONED INFRASTRUCTURE FOR HEALTH EQUITY IN THE ONION CREEK FLOODPLAIN

RESIDENTIAL DESIGN URBAN DESIGN

AWARDS