Planning students win Kitchener Award of Excellence

Four students from the School of Planning accepted an Award of Excellence from the City of Kitchener in the 2011 Urban Design Awards.  The students won in the Student Projects category which "recognizes a student or group of students for exemplary theoretical or studio projects relating to urban design and/or the public realm."

The project focused on an area of Kitchener and was part of a third year course in the undergraduate Planning program.

The design concept presented in this project successfully integrated the retained built form into an extensive open space network and provided a comprehensive pedestrian walking system that combined hard scaped and smaller park and trail-like linkages. The project also successfully integrated potential hazard land areas into a unique amenity and provided a well balanced mix of development throughout the study site. The project presents an innovative design solution for the study area which is generally in alignment with the City’s Pedestrian Charter, Parks Master Plan and guidelines in the City’s Urban Design Manual.

City of Kitchener