1、 Founded in 1899, ASLA is the national professional association for landscape architects representing more than 15,000 members. Landscape architecture is a comprehensive discipline of land analysis, planning, design, management, preservation, and rehabilitation. ASLA promotes the landscape architect

2、ure profession and advances the practice through advocacy, education, communication, and fellowship. About the associationAbout the awards The ASLA Awards Program is administered by the ASLA Library and Education Advocacy Fund, a nonprofit organization established by ASLA in 2001. The ASLA Fund is d

3、edicated to expanding the body of knowledge of the landscape architecture profession, to promoting the value of landscape architecture, and to increasing public understanding of environmental and land use issues and principles. The jury selected 33 projects to receive awards from a field of over 520

4、 entries. “This years awards projects demonstrated the rising cultural relevance of responsible planning and good design across a range of scales and project types in the United States and abroad, said Gary Hilderbrand, FASLA, jury chair and principal at Reed Hilderbrand Associates Inc. By bringing

5、forward a compelling set of diverse projects, this jury showcased some of the successes landscape architects are having with the complex issues that arise for thoughtful design practices today, including the drive for clarity, expressiveness, rigor, and durability in design.”About the JuryGeneral De

6、sign CategoryProductive landscape and a beautiful landscape . . . this will put the students directly in touch with agriculture . . . biggest stroke is to put test plots in the middle of campus. 2005 Professional Awards Jury CommentsThe design had to contend with the following existing site conditio

7、ns and budgetary limitations: Former agricultural use: the new site for the proposed campus was originally a rice field, the origin of the famous “Northeast Rice,” known for high quality due to cool climate and its longer growing season than the those from southern China (one single crop of rice in

8、this area will last from mid-May until the end of October, while in southern China it can only last 100 days. This is one reason that rice can be used as a landscaping material). The soil quality was good and a viable agricultural irrigation system was still in place. Small budget: only about one US

9、 dollar per square meter was allocated for landscaping. Most of the budget funded the design and construction of 320,000 sq m of new university buildings. Short timeline: the university required the design to be developed and implemented within one year. Classes were expected to begin in the fall se

10、mester of 2003. The concept of this design seeks to use rice, native plants and crops to keep the landscape productive while also fulfilling its new role as an environment for learning.The birds eye view of the productive campus: native crops (rice and buckwheat) are used for the new campus landscap

11、e. The paths across the fields are connections between different functional buildings (between student dormitories to classrooms and laboratories) (photo: Kongjian Yu, Chao Yang).Master plan of the campus rice field (photo: Kongjian Yu, Chao Yang).Rice paddies distributed in combination with study p

12、latform for students for uses away from the classroom. Each platform is covered with a native canopy tree. (photo: Kongjian Yu, Chao Yang).Rice fields and buckwheat fields seen from inside the classroom window (photo: Kongjian Yu, Chao Yang).The autumn color of rice paddy and the experience of walki

13、ng through the productive landscape (photo: Kongjian Yu, Chao Yang).Details of the rice fields: native popular trees are used for shading, and the path is designed for potential mechanical use as well as for daily pedestrian use with planting band in the center (photo: Kongjian Yu, Chao Yang).Rice f

14、ields are made penetrable using concrete narrow paths, that allow students, faculty and staff to touch and feel the rice (photo: Kongjian Yu, Chao Yang).The Rice Planting Day: the first Saturday after mid May was designated as the Rice planting day for the university. Students and faculty members wi

15、ll celebrate the planting of rice seedlings. It is an unforgettable and unique experience to the students, and is becoming an integral part of the university culture (photo: Kongjian Yu, Chao Yang).The Rice Harvesting Day: The last Saturday of October each year was designated as the Rice Harvesting

16、Day, when all the students and faculty members participate in harvesting the their own rice. This way, the long lost tradition of rice culture in China becomes a campus culture (photo: Kongjian Yu, Chao Yang).Some rice patches were deliberately left on the fields to last until the winter, giving a b

17、right, warm color to the cold atmosphere (photo: Kongjian Yu, Chao Yang).Rice and buckwheat patches left over in the early winter give off a bright, warm color to the cold atmosphere (photo: Kongjian Yu, Chao Yang).The harvested rice is packed to dry up which creates another unique landscape in the

18、campus (photo: Kongjian Yu, Chao Yang).Golden Rice becomes an icon: the rice produced on the campus is harvested and distributed as “Golden Rice,” serving both as a keepsake for visitors of the school, and also as a source of identity for the newly established, suburban campus (photo: Kongjian Yu, C

19、hao Yang). Native plants (Polygonum) covering the slopes of the university sports field (photo: Kongjian Yu, Chao Yang).Residential Design CategoryRemarkable. . . the landscape architect has made the space feel so much larger. . .very familiar vocabulary of mid-century modernism, but is much richer.

20、 . .extraordinarily precise. . . nice scale to the materials. 2005 Professional Awards Jury CommentsThe garden is organized by three vertical planes. A black slate terrace and reflecting pool are flanked by freestanding sandstone walls. The entry terrace leads to a bocce lawn and a secret garden (ph

21、oto: Scott Smith).The entry terrace and reflecting pool meet the sandstone wall at the gardens entry. Movement is inferred amid stillness. Proportion, geometry and scale provide order within a restrained planting palette (photo: Scott Smith).A cantilevered stone step creates a union between the two

22、adjacent levels of the terraced garden. Grape vines create a dynamic interplay of light, shadow and transparency on the bronze vine scrim (photo: Scott Smith)A cedar bench is suspended from the bronze vine scrim (photo: Scott Smith).Two slate steps cross the black reflecting pool. Concrete edging defines a crushed stone surface upon