{"385361":{"#nid":"385361","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech team proposal awarded honorable mention in prestigious Urban Land Institute Hines Student Urban Design competition","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA multi-disciplinary team of CoA graduate students from Georgia Tech earned honorable mention at the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Hines Student Urban Design competition. The team is made up of Desmond Johnson (M.Arch), Mario Rodas (M.Arch), Nathan Shi (MSUD), Elizabeth Vason (MCRP) and Ai-Lien Vuong, (M.Arch\/MCRP).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe competition, which is in its 13th\u0026nbsp;year, offers graduate students the opportunity to collaboratively produce a compelling urban design proposal and rigorous financial pro forma. The 2015 competition challenged teams to propose a comprehensive design and development program for parts of the Tulane\/Gravier and Iberville neighborhoods in downtown New Orleans.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cHonorable mention is a remarkable achievement given the caliber of the teams,\u201d said Ellen Dunham-Jones, professor and coordinator of the MSUD at Georgia Tech and faculty advisor to the team. \u201cThe ULI competition has become very highly regarded and gets more competitive every year. I\u2019m thrilled that this year continues Georgia Tech\u2019s winning track record of earning top placements. It\u2019s an intense two-week commitment on the students\u2019 part. But it\u2019s also a terrific opportunity for them to put on the hat of a developer and get as creative about costing, phasing, and finance strategies as about public spaces and building types. AiLien\u2019s team did a great job integrating their design vision and implementation strategies \u2013 and it showed!\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech team proposal \u003Cem\u003EDown the Line\u003C\/em\u003E was cited by the jury for \u201cits phasing scheme, thoughtful relocation of the RV park, general space layout and visual legibility.\u201d There were four finalists and eight honorable mentions selected out of a pool of 120 teams from 60 universities in the U.S. and Canada.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022One of the best aspects of ULI is collaborating on an interdisciplinary team,\u201d said AiLien Vuong, team leader and dual M.Arch\/MCRP student. \u0026nbsp;\u201cWhile it can be challenging, it\u0027s entirely representative of the dynamic all of us will encounter in our own professions.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMCRP student Elizabeth Vason added, \u0022The ULI Hines competition is a two week blast of craziness, but we all brought our different talents to the table and came up with a development proposal we are proud of. I\u0027m so glad the judges appreciated our hard work.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition is part of ULI\u2019s ongoing effort to raise interest among young people in creating better communities, improving development patterns, and increasing awareness of the need for multidisciplinary solutions to development and design challenges. Teams must be comprised of students from at least three disciplines, working to devise a comprehensive design and development program for a real, large-scale site full of challenges and opportunities. Submissions must include drawings, site plans, tables, and market-feasible financial data for the designated site.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about the competition and to see the complete list of winners, visit the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/uli.org\/press-release\/finalists-2015-hines-competition\/\u0022\u003EUrban Land Institute website\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;multi-disciplinary team of CoA graduate students from Georgia Tech earned honorable mention at the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Hines Student Urban Design competition. The team is made up of Desmond Johnson (M.Arch), Mario Rodas (M.Arch), Nathan Shi (MSUD), Elizabeth Vason (MCRP) and Ai-Lien Vuong, (M.Arch\/MCRP).\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A multi-disciplinary team of CoA graduate students from Georgia Tech earned honorable mention at the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Hines Student Urban Design competition."}],"uid":"27814","created_gmt":"2015-03-06 16:26:52","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:00","author":"Lisa Herrmann","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-03-06T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-03-06T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"385351":{"id":"385351","type":"image","title":"ULI board 2015","body":null,"created":"1449246262","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:24:22","changed":"1475894400","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:40:00","alt":"ULI board 2015","file":{"fid":"75399","name":"board_team_150127_small_1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/board_team_150127_small_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/board_team_150127_small_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":642759,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/board_team_150127_small_1.jpg?itok=gTMy2hum"}}},"media_ids":["385351"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"137","name":"Architecture"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1808","name":"graduate students"},{"id":"479","name":"Green Buzz"},{"id":"167177","name":"School of Architecture"},{"id":"167070","name":"serve\u2022learn\u2022sustain"},{"id":"3291","name":"Urban Land Institute"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:lisa.herrmann@coa.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ELisa Herrmann\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003ECollege of Architecture\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.herrmann@coa.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}