Editorial Note: This story was originally published by School of Architecture and Allied Arts.
A Portland building with zero net energy consumption and water waste along with a neighborhood restoration project in North Minneapolis are the two University of Oregon student designs selected in a national competition led by the American Institute of Architects’ Committee on the Environment (AIA COTE) and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture.
“Regenerating Water Avenue,” a design from UO undergraduate architecture students Lacey Aley, Alex Collins, and Addison Estrada, and graduate student Tim Schneider’s thesis design “TETHER” are among the projects honored in the competition.
The 2016 AIA COTE Top Ten for Students design competition recognized ten projects that integrate innovative, sustainable strategies within their designs; the projects were submitted from architecture schools across the country. The designs will be exhibited during the national AIA convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (May 19-21), and at the 10th Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture’ annual meeting in Detroit, Michigan (March 23-25, 2017).
This marks the second year that UO student designs have been selected for the AIA COTE competition. Last year, UO student projects also earned two honors from the inaugural AIA COTE competition. Students Gabrielle Steffel and Robert Larson won for their projects, “Centennial Mills recycled” and “Innovation Engine,” respectively.
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