{"618168":{"#nid":"618168","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Student Project \u0022Looping the Banks\u0022 Receives Honorable Mention in ULI Hines Student Competition","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStudents from the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;Schools of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arch.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EArchitecture\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EBuilding Construction\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;were selected as honorable mentions\u0026nbsp;in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/americas.uli.org\/\u0022\u003EUrban Land Institute\u003C\/a\u003E (ULI) Hines Student Competition.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis year, the competition enters its 17th year. According to the ULI competition website, \u0026quot;The ULI Hines Student Competition is part of the [Urban Land] Institute\u0026rsquo;s 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.\u0026quot;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESeven teams from Georgia Tech entered this year\u0026#39;s competition. Each team must have five graduate students from at least three different disciplines to be eligible to compete.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe assignment for this year\u0026#39;s competition explored the\u0026nbsp;redevelopment of a site in Cincinnati comprising portions of a highway, the central business district, and the central riverfront along the Ohio River. Student groups took a deep dive into the potential to bridge\u0026nbsp;the highway and combine it with adjacent properties,\u0026nbsp;ultimately to connect both areas to create a sustainable, pedestrian-focused, mixed-use neighborhood.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe competition, which kicked off on January 14, is designed to simulate a real world design, planning, and development project. \u0026nbsp;This year\u0026#39;s assignment focused on Cincinnati\u0026rsquo;s vision for connecting the central riverfront entertainment district.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech team selected as an honorable mention submitted a project titled, \u0026quot;Looping the Banks.\u0026quot; Conner Smith, Master of Architecture student, served as team leader for Looping the Banks. Also on the team were \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arch.gatech.edu\/master-architecture\u0022\u003EMaster of Architecture\u003C\/a\u003E student, Wanli Gao, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/bc.gatech.edu\/master-real-estate-development\u0022\u003EMaster of Real Estate Development\u003C\/a\u003E student, Bryan Katz, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arch.gatech.edu\/master-science-urban-design\u0022\u003EMaster of Science in Urban Design\u003C\/a\u003E students, Jingxin Xu and Siqi Li. School of Architecture professor and director of the Urban Design program, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arch.gatech.edu\/people\/ellen-dunham-jones\u0022\u003EEllen Dunham-Jones\u003C\/a\u003E, and School of Architecture professor of the practice, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arch.gatech.edu\/people\/brian-bell\u0022\u003EBrian Bell\u003C\/a\u003E were faculty advisors for this team.\u0026nbsp;Director of the Master of Real Estate Development for the\u0026nbsp;School of Building Construction, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bc.gatech.edu\/people\/rick-porter\u0022\u003ERick Porter\u003C\/a\u003E, and associate principal at Perkins+Will, Atlanta, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/perkinswill.com\/people\/cassie-branum\u0022\u003ECassie Branum\u003C\/a\u003E were professional advisors for Looping the Banks.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording to the group\u0026#39;s project proposal, Looping the Banks aims to complete, \u0026quot;a vibrant loop around the Banks riverfront park\u0026quot; while also, \u0026quot;forming a connection between the Central Business District and the Ohio River.\u0026quot;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I\u0026rsquo;m really proud of them,\u0026quot; Dunham-Jones said.\u0026nbsp;\u0026quot;I love seeing the students work together and produce so much work with people they\u0026rsquo;ve never really met before. It\u0026rsquo;s extraordinary, really.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe work from all seven teams is currently on exhibition in the Cohen Gallery located on the second floor of the College of Design\u0026rsquo;s Architecture East Building.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/americas.uli.org\/press-release\/teams-representing-the-university-of-cincinnati-university-of-texas-at-austin-massachusetts-institute-of-technology-and-harvard-university-advance-in-uli-hines-student-competition\/\u0022\u003EClick here for the ULI Hines Competition press release.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech students from the Schools of Architecture and Building Construction received an honorable mention in the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Hines Student Competition.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech students from the Schools of Architecture and Building Construction received an honorable mention in the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Hines Student Competition."}],"uid":"34569","created_gmt":"2019-02-19 23:44:20","changed_gmt":"2019-02-20 13:34:25","author":"cwagster3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-02-19T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2019-02-19T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"618167":{"id":"618167","type":"image","title":"Looping the Banks","body":null,"created":"1550619736","gmt_created":"2019-02-19 23:42:16","changed":"1550619736","gmt_changed":"2019-02-19 23:42:16","alt":"Student present their project, Looping the Banks, at the ULI Hines Competition Opening Exhibition in the Cohen Gallery in the Georgia Tech College of Design","file":{"fid":"235301","name":"ULI_LoopingtheBanks.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ULI_LoopingtheBanks.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ULI_LoopingtheBanks.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":72836,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ULI_LoopingtheBanks.jpg?itok=0v36VfN4"}}},"media_ids":["618167"],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"},{"id":"48996","name":"School of Architecture"},{"id":"1223","name":"School of Building Construction"}],"categories":[{"id":"137","name":"Architecture"},{"id":"179355","name":"Building Construction"},{"id":"142","name":"City Planning, Transportation, and Urban Growth"}],"keywords":[{"id":"3291","name":"Urban Land Institute"},{"id":"177212","name":"ULI Hines"},{"id":"2991","name":"Urban Planning"},{"id":"175","name":"Architecture"},{"id":"1461","name":"Building Construction"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003ECarmen Wagster\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003EMarketing and Events Coordinator\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology | School of Architecture\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:zoe.kafkes@design.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Ecarmen.wagster@design.gatech.edu\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["carmen.wagster@design.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}