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Virginia Tech?EUR??,,????'?????< Virginia Tech?EUR??,,????'?????< A master plan for the upscale resort community of Zhang Jia Gang, China, is underway. The plan aims to convert a highly polluted area into an ecologically sound environment. DesignIntelligence ranks accredited undergraduate and graduate programs from the perspective of leading practitioners. Its survey, conducted in mid-2009, tapped professional practice leaders who have direct experience in hiring and evaluating the performance of recent architecture and design graduates. The rankings are compiled using data from surveys conducted and analyzed by DesignIntelligence. In addition to the best schools study, deans and chairs from 166 academic programs participated in their own separate survey. Recent successful activity Projects that involve the undergraduate landscape architecture program are listed below. Virginia Tech Lumenhaus at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon Ben Johnson, professor of landscape architecture, was the lead faculty member working on the landscape design of the Virginia Tech Lumenhaus, a solar-powered house designed and constructed for the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon in Washington, D.C. The landscape featured green roof terraces that were used for water treatment and to lower the home?EUR??,,????'?????< Lakewood Park project Dean Bork, associate professor of landscape architecture, and students worked with the Roanoke Parks and Recreation department to develop a master site plan for Lakewood Park in Roanoke, Va. Bork and a team of visiting scholars from Tongji University in Shanghai, China, developed five plans that were presented to citizens. Ashleigh Marshall of Buchanan, Va., a fourth-year landscape architecture student, created an overall site master plan derived from the schematic plans and public comments. Sustainable lighting: Evaluating light pollution The proposed design of the Medical Arts District Corridor of Study in Lynchburg, Va., intends to improve imagability and way-finding. Mintai Kim, associate professor of landscape architecture, has developed an evaluation method for assessing light pollution and its effects on energy use and public safety. Light pollution is a growing environmental and sustainability concern. George Washington Memorial Parkway vegetation Paul Kelsch, associate professor of landscape architecture, with graduate students Annalisa Miller, Irene Mills, and Jacye Swallow, worked on a cultural landscape report for the vegetation of the George Washington Memorial Parkway north of Alexandria, Va. Medical Arts District Corridor of Confidence Patrick Miller; along with Hooman Koliji, doctoral student; and Shuhardi Maulan, post-doctoral researcher, completed the Medical Arts District Corridor of Study in Lynchburg, Va. The proposed design intends to increase imagability and way finding. This sketch shows a possible design for a roundabout in Roanoke, Va. Virginia Department of Transportation roundabouts Miller; Scott Kennedy, research associate; Maulan; and Koliji completed a project for the Virginia Department of Transportation and the City of Roanoke to identify precedents to improve traffic and safety, to contribute to the pedestrian scale and character of the community, and to enhance identity of the 13th Street and Hollins Road area. Stock car racing landscapes Brian Katen, landscape architecture program chair and associate professor of landscape architecture, has documented more than 150 current and past Virginia speedway sites. Above two images: Associate professor and program chair Brian Katen has documented more than 150 current and past Virginia speedway sites, including the Floyd Speedway in Floyd, Va. The top image show the speedway in the 1950s while the bottom shows the same site today. Zhang Jia Gang master plan Johnson was principal designer on a collaborative project with David Hill, of the Hill Studio in Roanoke, Va., to develop a master plan for the upscale resort community of Zhang Jia Gang, China. The plan incorporated water quality restoration plans to convert a highly polluted area into an ecologically sound environment. The plan won a Virginia Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects Merit Award. International design workshop with Tongji University, China Wendy Jacobson, associate professor of landscape architecture, participated with two students and a recent Virginia Tech graduate in an interdisciplinary, international design workshop sponsored by Tongji University. Amy Yu of Vienna, Va., a third-year landscape architecture student; Nicholas Wilson of North Potomac, Md., a third-year architecture student; and alumnae Jana Davis, who holds a 2005 bachelor?EUR??,,????'?????< Landscape design, landscape experience, and the multiple intelligences Terry Clements, associate professor of landscape architecture, researches people?EUR??,,????'?????<
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DesignIntelligence ranks accredited undergraduate and graduate programs from the perspective of leading practitioners. Its survey, conducted in mid-2009, tapped professional practice leaders who have direct experience in hiring and evaluating the performance of recent architecture and design graduates. The rankings are compiled using data from surveys conducted and analyzed by DesignIntelligence. In addition to the best schools study, deans and chairs from 166 academic programs participated in their own separate survey.
Projects that involve the undergraduate landscape architecture program are listed below.
Ben Johnson, professor of landscape architecture, was the lead faculty member working on the landscape design of the Virginia Tech Lumenhaus, a solar-powered house designed and constructed for the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon in Washington, D.C. The landscape featured green roof terraces that were used for water treatment and to lower the home?EUR??,,????'?????<
Dean Bork, associate professor of landscape architecture, and students worked with the Roanoke Parks and Recreation department to develop a master site plan for Lakewood Park in Roanoke, Va. Bork and a team of visiting scholars from Tongji University in Shanghai, China, developed five plans that were presented to citizens. Ashleigh Marshall of Buchanan, Va., a fourth-year landscape architecture student, created an overall site master plan derived from the schematic plans and public comments.
Mintai Kim, associate professor of landscape architecture, has developed an evaluation method for assessing light pollution and its effects on energy use and public safety. Light pollution is a growing environmental and sustainability concern.
Paul Kelsch, associate professor of landscape architecture, with graduate students Annalisa Miller, Irene Mills, and Jacye Swallow, worked on a cultural landscape report for the vegetation of the George Washington Memorial Parkway north of Alexandria, Va.
Patrick Miller; along with Hooman Koliji, doctoral student; and Shuhardi Maulan, post-doctoral researcher, completed the Medical Arts District Corridor of Study in Lynchburg, Va. The proposed design intends to increase imagability and way finding.
Miller; Scott Kennedy, research associate; Maulan; and Koliji completed a project for the Virginia Department of Transportation and the City of Roanoke to identify precedents to improve traffic and safety, to contribute to the pedestrian scale and character of the community, and to enhance identity of the 13th Street and Hollins Road area.
Brian Katen, landscape architecture program chair and associate professor of landscape architecture, has documented more than 150 current and past Virginia speedway sites.
Johnson was principal designer on a collaborative project with David Hill, of the Hill Studio in Roanoke, Va., to develop a master plan for the upscale resort community of Zhang Jia Gang, China. The plan incorporated water quality restoration plans to convert a highly polluted area into an ecologically sound environment. The plan won a Virginia Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects Merit Award.
Wendy Jacobson, associate professor of landscape architecture, participated with two students and a recent Virginia Tech graduate in an interdisciplinary, international design workshop sponsored by Tongji University. Amy Yu of Vienna, Va., a third-year landscape architecture student; Nicholas Wilson of North Potomac, Md., a third-year architecture student; and alumnae Jana Davis, who holds a 2005 bachelor?EUR??,,????'?????<
Terry Clements, associate professor of landscape architecture, researches people?EUR??,,????'?????<
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November 12th, 2025
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