MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE
Jessica Gu—AIA Medal for Academic Excellence
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Jessica Gu—AIA Medal for Academic Excellence
About the Award
AIA Medal for Academic Excellence:
For a graduate who displays excellence throughout their academic career.
Land of Living Skies : A Saskatchewan Prairie Architecture
The Saskatchewan Prairie can be described as the sky and fields, divided by a continuous horizon line; this iconic image is the common perception of the landscape. By studying the landscape through four lenses, the prairie shows that it is rich with stories in its physical conditions and cultural phenomena. Architecture becomes a means of documenting the landscape by translating the intangible into tangible design interventions. Opportunities for investigation can be found in the archetypes that represent the existing landscape: from combines, to gophers, to catalogue homes, to native grass, to birds, and many, many more – each one a fragment that represents some aspect of Saskatchewan. Tying together the vast plains of Saskatchewan and the fragments of investigations is the Land of Living Skies Road Trip, a collection of interventions spread out across the province, experienced by car.
So pack a bag, bring a friend, and get ready to hit the road!
AIA Medal for Academic Excellence:
For a graduate who displays excellence throughout their academic career.
Land of Living Skies : A Saskatchewan Prairie Architecture
The Saskatchewan Prairie can be described as the sky and fields, divided by a continuous horizon line; this iconic image is the common perception of the landscape. By studying the landscape through four lenses, the prairie shows that it is rich with stories in its physical conditions and cultural phenomena. Architecture becomes a means of documenting the landscape by translating the intangible into tangible design interventions. Opportunities for investigation can be found in the archetypes that represent the existing landscape: from combines, to gophers, to catalogue homes, to native grass, to birds, and many, many more – each one a fragment that represents some aspect of Saskatchewan. Tying together the vast plains of Saskatchewan and the fragments of investigations is the Land of Living Skies Road Trip, a collection of interventions spread out across the province, experienced by car.
So pack a bag, bring a friend, and get ready to hit the road!
