Texas Tech's Department of Landscape Architecture students recently took home 11 awards in a broad range of categories from the Texas Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects' 2025 Design Competition. The honors were presented on Friday (Apr. 25) at the Texas ASLA Annual Conference in Houston.
“The projects showed work across topics such as early childhood nature play and urban design,” said Kathryn Nelson, Associate Professor of Practice and Assistant Department Chair within the Department of Landscape Architecture. “The projects were created during participation in the sophomore through graduate-level design studios.”
- Ripple | Urban Design (Award: Merit) | Anissa Cantu, Jonathan Mata, Whitney Moreno, Mari Lee Bargainer, Lauren Pardo and Raven Breaux (Fourth Year Students)
- Vista Del Agua | Analysis & Planning (Award: Merit) | Anissa Cantu (Fourth Year)
- Flow & Filter: Highlands Park | General Design (Award: Merit) | Ella Gielstra (Second Year)
- Reimagining Deer Park | Research (Award: Merit) | Jocseline Medina (Third Year)
- EOS | General Design (Award: Honor) | Jonathan Gomez (Third Year)
- Nexus | General Design (Award: Honor) | Josue Guerrero (Third Year)
- Landscapes, Health & Healing | Undergraduate General Design (Award: Merit) | Colleen Dawson (2024 Graduate)
- Irrawaddy River Adapting to Nature | General (Award: Graduate Honor Award) | Han Khaing (Graduate Student)
- Galveston Trails | General Design (Award: Merit) | Jonathan Mata (Fourth Year)
- The Impact of Nature based Play Area on Play and Learning Behavior of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) | Graduate Research (Award: Merit) | Umme Tasnim Haque (2024 MLA Graduate)
- Sunset Park + Art District | Urban Design (Award: Merit) | Rachel Moreno (Fourth Year)
In other action during this time, approximately 44 students from the Department of Landscape Architecture took the opportunity to participate in an extended field trip to multiple landscape architecture firms and site visits in the Houston area. Andrew Castilleja, an Assistant Professor of Practice in the Department of Landscape Architecture and a doctoral student in Land-Use Planning, Management & Design, led the off-campus program.
Among the sites visited were:
- Buffalo Bayou Park: Led by landscape architects from SWA Group, the visit focused on the park's design, history and resilient features.
- Kinder Land Bridge: The Texas ASLA award-winning project was a self-guided tour, allowing students to explore its various activities and features.
CONTACT: Kathryn Nelson, Associate Professor of Practice and Assistant Department Chair, Department of Landscape Architecture, Texas Tech University at (806) 834-2862 or Kathryn.Nelson@ttu.edu
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