Student projects honored in student and professional categories at annual AIA Kansas awards
The KU Department of Architecture dominated student categories at the annual AIA-Kansas Excellence in Design Awards earlier this fall, including two top-prize honor awards – Chad Kraus’s Dirt Works Studio for the Sue Mango Garden design-build project at the Lied Center of Kansas, and the Mariposa Early Childhood Education Center by students Sarah Montes and Monet DeFreece.
And notably, two student design-build projects were recognized with top-prize honor awards in professional categories with Dirt Works Studio winning the AIA Small Architectural Project Honor Award for their Phoenix House and Keith Van de Riet’s DesignBuild studio winning the AIA Architectural Craft and Innovation Award for their Prairie Park Pavilion.
Student category awards
Student Built/Unbuilt Honor Award
Project: Sue Mango Garden at the Lied Center of Kansas
Instructor: Chad Kraus
Students: Kimia Aflatoonian, María José (MJ) Ávila (AIAS), Sabrina Chappell (AIAS), Mauricio Gris Perez, Haiqa Hamid, Austyn Hill, Matthew Louis, Rachel Odabasi, Gwen Pennell, Seth Pomerantz (AIAS), Jackson Reusser (AIAS), Miles Schulte, Kaci Shaw, Aiden Sullivan (AIAS), Madison Von Minden
Student Built/Unbuilt Honor Award
Project: Mariposa Early Childhood Education Center
Students: Sarah Montes and Monet DeFreece
Student Built/Unbuilt Merit Award
Project: Marie Curie High School, Designing for a Legacy of Education in Strasbourg, France
Students: Emma Herr and Vincent Yogasara
Student Built/Unbuilt Honorable Mention
Project: Museum of American Urbanism
Student: Micah Frank
Student Built/Unbuilt Merit Award
Project: Shade Pavilion and Firepit
Instructor: Nils Gore
Students: Ryley Ballard, Mitchell Drumright, Michael Fantoni, Erica Hunsberger, Anna Johnson, Nikki Lau, Emilio Lopez, Sloan Munson, Oscar Pederson, James Price, Isaac Sanchez, Isabelle Steiner, Rica Tanutan.
Client: Homeworks USA
Professional category awards
AIA Small Architectural Project Honor Award
Project: Phoenix House
Instructor: Chad Kraus
Students: Grace Beirne, Julia Bond, Corrie Bolton, Morgan Campbell, Makenna Dawson, Hayley Ford, Reese Gilmore, Aidan Hall, Alyda Hunnicutt, Morgan Kime, Spencer Landis, Adin Mehanovic, Samantha Weidner, Amanda Willen
Consultants and Contractors: Apex Engineers; Hicks Concrete; Frank Rhodes Electric; Westerhouse HVAC; Kastl Plumbing;
AIA Architectural Craft and Innovation Honor Award and People's Choice Runner-up Award
Project: Prairie Park Pavilion
Instructor: Keith Van de Riet
Students: Wynn Bowden, Paige Butterfield, Naalkh DeAsis, Ashley Decker, Emily Dulle, Matthew Garrett, Emma Hamer, Sara Miranda Luzio, Christopher Monarres, Sarah Montes, Madison Simons, Alayna Thomas, Melia Whitney
Collaborators and Consultants: Advanced Tree Service; AZZ Galvanizing; Coal Creek Timber Co.; Cottin’s Hardware and Rental; Evergy Energy Green Team; Hicks Classic Concrete; HME, Inc.; KBS Constructors, Inc; The City of Lawrence Department of Parks, Recreation, and Culture; City of Lawrence Traffic Engineering; Masters Media Blasting; McClure Engineering; P1 Construction; Karl Ramberg; Native Lands Collaborative; Prairie Park Nature Center.