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E-STUD I O The 2021 edition of E-Studio taught by professors Todd
Great Salt Lake as a water-filled basin. Holley based her
Johnson and Caroline Lavoie sustained the department’s
design and value proposition on turning the orientation of
commitment to the Utah Real Estate Challenge (UREC) with
development along the Wasatch Front to face the Lake and
this year’s student entry taking first place and receiving
Basin. In this way a positive constituency and advocacy is
the $20,000 prize. Two LAEP Juniors - Hannah Anderson
created for sustaining the beauty and integrity of the Lake.
and Taylor Olson joined senior Jonathan Bowen and two
Holley reminds us of the courage and creativity of Marjory
Masters of Real Estate students - Sam McKonkie and Ryan
Stoneman Douglas champion/savior of the Everglades.
Thomas from the University of Utah formed the winning team. We were once again fortunate to have the mentoring
Graduate student Danyel Mezzanatto turned her attention
support of Kurt Altvater promoting economic principles
to the rural landscape around Mancos, Colorado where she
and stimulating new ideas for programming and design of
lived for several years. Working with local landowners Danyel
the site and buildings. This year the site was in the up-
applied her thesis topic of “Regenerative Agriculture” to the
and-coming Granary District which has finally “popped”.
Green New Deal and her submittal. Danyel was painstaking
Urban revitalization of significant areas of Salt Like, like the
in her analysis of the site for appropriate soils and micro-
Granary, is now in full swing. The real estate investor and
climate to grow more indigenous/appropriate crops to the
developer community are embracing increasingly progressive
sensitivity on habitats and scenery.
concepts for building product types and design. We are very proud of our students who carry this experience and the accomplishment out into the work force and for Taylor and Hannah, into the senior studio. Green New Deal (GND) bundles issues of the environment, economics, social status, and culture to make a broad appeal. The value proposition is that the above spheres of civilization and ecosystems must be reconciled...or else! The opportunity of this studio and of landscape architecture is to develop methodologies and undertake projects that respond to “new value propositions” respecting the need to address these compounding problems in a far-sighted way. Holly Stringham and Danyel Mezzanatto took on GND projects and we were joined in support by alum and Design Workshop employee Skyler Smith. Holly was adventurous in her design approach and driven by the desire to sustain