UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Two landscape architecture students in the Penn State
Stuckeman School earned honors for their work through the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Pennsylvania-Delaware (PA–DE) chapter’s 2020 Student Awards Program.
Jiafeng Deng earned top honors for two of his projects: “
Bike to School” in the Analysis and Planning category and “
Le Pont” in the General Design category.
Based in Baltimore, the main goal of Bike to School is to reuse an existing alley at Darley Park to provide a safe environment to connect schools and children.
The concept of “Le Pont” is based on the idea of a bridge creating an ascending experience to the Basílica de la Sagrada Família. Also known as Sagrada Família, it is a large unfinished Roman Catholic basilica in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Spain. According to an excerpt, “The word ‘pontiff’, or pope, comes from the Latin meaning: a bridge. Using a bridge to connect Sagrada Família symbolizes a link to heaven, in which the bridge creates a sublime spiritual feeling.”
Fahimeh Farhadi, a master’s student, also earned a Merit Award in the General Design category for her “
Sensory Path” project for Darley Park in Baltimore. According to the project description, “The sensory path connects people with nature and creates a deep understanding of space by using five senses; sight, scent, sound, touch and taste.”
Both students’ projects can be viewed in the Stuckeman School’s
Virtual Student Awards Gallery.
The PA–DE ASLA Student Awards Program recognizes projects in six categories: Analysis and Planning, Communications, General Design, Research, Residential Design, Student Collaboration and Student Community Service. Honor, Merit and Special Recognition Awards are presented in each category.