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Landscape Architecture Student wins National ASLA Student Award of Excellence

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    Yi Song's Proposed Plan
    Yi Song's proposed plan for the Rosada Lagoon incorporates a system of naturally-formed and man-made jetties
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    Board illustrating the barrier island and existing conditions
    Existing conditions at the site along the Yucatan Peninsula
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    Environmental Restoration Strategy
    Environmental restoration strategy
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    Coast-Lagoon-Mainland-Based Life Style Structure
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    Existing Site Condition
    Existing conditions at the site
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    Phasing and Responsible Parties
    Board outlining project phasing and the responsible parties
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    Evaluation of Mainland, Lagoon, and Coast
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    Rendering of Y Shaped Jetty System
    Watercolor renderings of life and activity around the new jetty system
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    Rendering of Y Shape Jetty Harbor and Salt Ponds
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    Rendering of Barrier Island Channels
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    Rendering of Y Shape Jetty Beach
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    Rendering of Song's Proposed Colonial Town
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    Sketch of Yi Song's Proposal
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    Yi Song and Gabriel Diaz Montemayor on Site
    Yi Song and Gabriel Diaz Montemayor on-site

685537(4).jpg

Yi Song's Proposed Plan

685537(0).jpg

Board illustrating the barrier island and existing conditions

685537(1).jpg

Environmental Restoration Strategy

685537(2).jpg

Coast-Lagoon-Mainland-Based Life Style Structure

685537(3).jpg

Existing Site Condition

685537(5).jpg

Phasing and Responsible Parties

Award of Excellence_Honor_Y Shape Jetty_Terrace Plan and Evaluation copy.jpg

Evaluation of Mainland, Lagoon, and Coast

685537(9).jpg

Rendering of Y Shaped Jetty System

685537(10).jpg

Rendering of Y Shape Jetty Harbor and Salt Ponds

685537(12).jpg

Rendering of Barrier Island Channels

685537(13).jpg

Rendering of Y Shape Jetty Beach

685537(7).jpg

Rendering of Song's Proposed Colonial Town

WeChat Image_20191001175726.jpg

Sketch of Yi Song's Proposal

WeChat Image_20191001175909.jpg

Yi Song and Gabriel Diaz Montemayor on Site

University of Texas Landscape Architecture student Yi Song has been awarded the American Society of Landscape Architects’ (ASLA) Student Award of Excellence in the General Design Category for his project "'Y' Shape Jetty System: A Sustainable Solution for Coastal Ecosystem Protection, Population Retreat, and Global Tourism Development.” 

The project was completed in Spring 2019 as a part of Assistant Professor Gabriel Diaz Montemayor’s "The Yucatán Studio," an advanced landscape architecture studio exploring sustainable social and environmental modes of development in the coastal region of the Yucatán Peninsula. Song's proposal was selected for the prestigious Award of Excellence from among 368 student submissions from around the world. He will be recognized at an awards ceremony during the annual ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture in San Diego, November 15-18, 2019.

Here’s what the 2019 Awards Jury said of Yi Song’s award-winning proposal:
"This substantial and multi-faceted plan, delightfully illustrated with nontraditional graphics, marries robust analysis with beautiful design interventions for the sustainable development within a lagoon community in the Yucatán Peninsula. The power of the plan, whose design elements focus on natural and human-made jetties in a lagoon, is comprehensive in of tackling eco-tourism, environmental protection, economic development and community building. The jetty concept reduces development pressure on the fragile beach ecosystem and creates a framework connecting the coast, lagoon, and mainland in a way that not only fulfills sustainability goals but also helps foster the economic and social opportunities necessary to support an inclusive regional community."
 
Project Statement:
"Y" Shape Jetty project, located the in the Yucatán Peninsula’s Rosada Lagoon, provides an alternative to coastal development in Mexico. It establishes a new Coast-Lagoon-Mainland-based life circle instead of putting all of the stress on the narrow beach zone. This not only offers a new circle of life, but also protects the environment and supports sustainable development within the area. Fishing, boating, eco-tourism, restaurants, hotels, and industry would all be available around this new jetty system which would also serve as a transition joint, connecting opportunities on both the coast and the mainland. Within this new stretched circle of life, more local people, groups, and parties can be a part of the community together, contributing to the development of social justice.
 
For more information about the project, including the full project narrative, visit the "Y" Shape Jetty System page on the ASLA website. 
 

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