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Landscape Architecture Students Sweep Awards in National Student Design Competition

College of Agriculture fourth year landscape architecture students were selected for the top three awards in the Low Impact Development National Student Design Competition sponsored by Prince George's County, the University of Maryland and the Environmental Protection Agency. Winning projects were displayed at the National Low Impact Development Conference held in Washington,DC, on September 21-23, 2004. The Individual Project category first place award went to Ryan Bandy, Lexington, KY; second place to Christopher Barkley, Knoxville, TN; and third place to Christian Comer, Hartford, KY. There were 21 individual entries and 27 group entries in this preeminent competition from 12 programs or universities in the disciplines of landscape architecture, architecture, civil engineering, planning/urban design and environmental science. The competition invited students to submit design and planning problems and solutions that respond to the innovative and creative use of low impact development techniques in the built environment. Low Impact Development (LID) is an integrated site design approach for addressing hydrologic and environmental impacts associated with conventional land development. Developers and builders can save money and reduce environmental impacts in a practical manner utilizing LID techniques and practices.

Click the links below to see the entries in PDF format:
(Warning: these files are large and may take a long time to download over some connections.)

Ryan Bandy
Christopher Barkley
Christian Comer

For more information:

LID national conference - http://mwcog.org/environment/LIDconference
LID student design competition - http://www.larch.umd.edu/lidsite
LID information - http://lowimpactdevelopment.org