LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AWARD WINNERS ARCHIVE |
TEXAS CHAPTER AMERICAN SOCIETY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS |
|
|
ABOUT THE
RESEARCH
Archive
Home It is important that one of ASLA’s largest chapters have a legacy of the highest quality work done by its members. As an organization relying upon volunteer leadership at the local level, the chapter needed a consistent record of achievement. The Texas ASLA Design Award Archive is a major component in creating a demonstrable legacy of excellence. The remarkable breadth of expertise and geographic influence exerted by Texas ASLA members at state, national and international scales is evident from the archived projects. The archive has served as the basis for research in healing garden design by researchers. Specific views of winning health facility designs were selected from the archive and the design characteristics visible are being tested for their efficacy producing a restorative state in hospital patients. Archive and research are presented in various scholarly venues:
Students of landscape architecture in Texas need
to be able to identify the best design projects. Learning about the variety and scope of landscape
architects’ roles in designing and planning the environment is one
of the major functions performed by the archive.
Students also are able to witness the maturation of projects
over time, compare the state goals by the designers with their own
experience of the places and understand the complexities confronting
the achievement of excellence. Sample
Student Case Studies: CURRENT STATUS
The archive now contains 361 award-winning projects
judged as the best between 1986 and 2006. What began in
a large file cabinet had by the mid-1990’s
outgrown its physical space and was increasingly difficult to
manage. The dream was to make the best of Texas landscape architectural
design and planning available to students, professionals and the public
via the World Wide Web. Advances
in hardware and software and clever utilization of available student labor
made this possible beginning in 1997. At present 250 projects are viewable
via the website: http://aslatx.tamu.edu.
Scanning started with the most current years and earlier years are
added as opportunity and time allow.
OTHER
RESEARCH RELATED LINKS: |
|
Archive Home :: Archive History :: Research :: About the Website |
|
College of Architecture, Texas A&M University, Web Master: Taner R. Ozdil |