Hines Student Urban Design Competition: Harvard University's Winning and Finalist Proposals
Urban Land Institute Hines Student Competition
A team representing Harvard University took top honors and $50,000 prize in the 2016 Hines Student Urban Design Competition. The winning masterplan proposal aim to transform a Midtown Atlanta site into a thriving, walkable, transit-oriented neighborhood. The team is advised by Alex Krieger, Professor of Urban Design at the Graduate School of Design. The Harvard teams have historically placed well in the annual national competition and have been selected many times as the top four finalist teams. 2016 marked the first time Harvard as the winner of the Hines competition.
"The ULI Hines Student Competition offers graduate students the opportunity to form their own multidisciplinary teams and engage in a challenging exercise in responsible land use. Student teams comprising at least 3 disciplines will have two weeks to devise a comprehensive design and development program for a real, large-scale site full of challenges and opportunities. Submissions will consist of boards that include drawings, site plans, tables, and market-feasible financial data."
Past Harvard Hines competition team winners and finalists are noted below:
2016 Winner: "The Midtown Beat" (Atlanta) - Advisor: Alex Krieger, Professor of Urban Planning, GSD
2016 Finalist: "Converge ATL" (Atlanta) - Advisor: Bing Wang, Professor in Real Estate and Built Environment, GSD
2015 Finalist: "Treme 2.0" (New Orleans) - Advisor: Anita Berrizbeitia, Professor in Landscape Architecture, GSD
2015 Finalist: "Claiborne Grove" (New Orleans) - Advisor: Bing Wang, Professor in Real Estate and Built
2014 Finalist: "Sulphur Dell" (Nashville) - Advisor: Richard Peiser, Michael D. Spears Professor in Real Estate, GSD
2013 Finalist: "Connec+ Minneapolis" (Minneapolis)- Advisor: Anita Berrizbeitia, Professor in Landscape Architecture, GSD
2012 Finalist: "Boyou Commons" Harvard University/University of Colorado (Houston)- Advisor: Anita Berrizbeitia, Professor in Landscape Architecture, GSD
2011 Finalist: "Celebration of Art" (San Diego)- - Advisor: Richard Peiser, Michael D. Spears Professor in Real Estate, GSD
2007 Finalist: "East First Stree Los Angeles" (Los Angeles) - Advisor: Richard Peiser, Michael D. Spears Professor in Real Estate, GSD
2007 Finalist: "Spanning by Divide" (Los Angeles)- - Advisor: Richard Peiser, Michael D. Spears Professor in Real Estate, GSD
2006 Finalist: "Bridging Innovation at Grand Crossing" (St. Louis) - Advisor: Richard Peiser, Michael D. Spears Professor in Real Estate, GSD
2006 Finalist: "Aurora" (St. Louis)- Advisor: Alex Krieger, Professor of Urban Planning, GSD
2005 Finalist: "Seeden" (Salt Lake City)- Advisor: James Stockard, Professor of Urban Planning, GSD
2004 Finalist: "Strip Landing" (Pittsburg)- Advisor: Richard Sommer, Professor of Urban Planning, GSD
2003 Finalist: "City Beautiful + City Real" (Washington D.C.)- Advisor: James Kostaras, Professor of Urban Planning, GSD