MLA Students, Alumni Win Four Merit Awards from St. Louis ASLA
2024-02-29 • Sam Fox School
“Road to Recovery” by Kaitlin Irving, MLA ’23 and Chenyue Wang, MLA ’23
The St. Louis chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) presented their annual Student Awards on Feb. 3, 2024. Two WashU alumni and two current students in the Sam Fox School received awards for their work. The organization shared that “student work serves to inspire, drive, and irrevocably change and evolve the profession of landscape architecture.”
Students were invited to submit projects that were completed as part of a landscape architecture degree program in the last calendar year. From there, a team of local practitioners reviewed the submissions and designated awards.
The following Sam Fox School alumni and current students received awards.
“Road to Recovery”
Kaitlin Irving, MLA ’23
Chenyue Wang, MLA ’23
Faculty Advisor: Seth Denizen
“Finding a Middle Ground: Rethinking Ecological Restoration in the Ex-Lago”
Jingyan Wang, MLA ’23
Niansong Zhang, MLA ’23
Faculty Advisor: Seth Denizen
“From Thin Air”
Kevin Corrigan, MLA ’24
Faculty Advisor: Derek Hoeferlin with Kotchakorn Voraakhom
“Deep Earth Lab”
Samantha Pounders, MLA ’24
Holly Reising, MArch/MLA ’26
Moqi Yao, MLA ’24
Faculty Advisor: Irene Compadre
