Award
Merit Award
Site
Tokyo, Kanazawa, Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, Columbus
Client
Illinois Institute of Technology
Landscape Architects
Mohammad Arabmazar, Mariannys Lopez, Brendan Hall, Viona Chiang, Ruth Muniz, Jonathan Cienfuegos, Mistika Jimenez, Brenda Cardenas, Caleb Hadley, Erika Aoki, Sakuro Tajima, Reiju Tomita, Shuta Miura, Michell Ruiz, Subi Lee, BreAnne Long
Project Details
TREES ALIVE! is a collaborative research and travel exchange between American and Japanese landscape architecture programs to study the techniques, details, and cultural traditions for trees in contemporary urban landscapes. Students participated in collaborative technical workshops and visits to significant gardens and landscapes to investigate urban tree planting and legacy tree conservation in Tokyo, Kanazawa, Chicago, Columbus (Indiana), Philadelphia, and New York. Two technical booklets – one for Japan sites and one for the United States sites – documented 30gardens and landscapes in 270 pages for this externally-funded research.
Project Team
Students/ Group: Mohammad Arabmazar, Mariannys Lopez, Brendan Hall, Viona Chiang, Ruth Muniz, Jonathan Cienfuegos, Mistika Jimenez, Brenda Cardenas, Caleb Hadley, Erika Aoki, Sakuro Tajima, Reiju Tomita, Shuta Miura, Michell Ruiz, Subi Lee, BreAnne Long
School: Illinois Institute of Technology
Class: Landscape Architecture Advanced Studio LA544
Professor: Ron Henderson FASLA, Susan Weiler FASLA, Toru Mitani, Tetsuki Nakakura