"WAVES" WINS POLIGON'S 2006 REFLECTING PLACE DESIGN COMPETITION
Poligon Park Architecture has announced the winner of this year’s installment of their member “Reflecting Place” design competition, which is open exclusively to ASLA members. A team from Design Concepts, a community and landscape architect firm in Lafeyette, Colorado, were selected for their design dubbed "Waves" by Poligon.
The annual “Reflecting Place” competition commemorates the location of each year’s ASLA Expo, and in honor of Minnesota’s notoriety as the Land of 10,000 Lakes, this year’s competition carried an aquatic theme. ASLA member entrants were encouraged to design a shelter that reflected characteristics of waterfront architecture, naturally occurring waterside phenomena, or water itself.
The winning shelter will be erected and displayed by Poligon in their booth at the 2006 ASLA Expo in Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 7 and 8. Following its time at the ASLA Expo, it will be donated to a park of the winner’s choice.
Design Concepts' winning entry explores the form, movement, and path of water, along with various distinctions including its reflectivity and ability to be transformed by other elements. The shelter itself echoes these concepts and emulates the cyclical nature of water by utilizing sloping roof panels directed toward a central gutter visibly taking rainwater to another stage of its journey.
Poligon sponsors the annual “Reflecting Place” competition to celebrate the design contributions of landscape architects and promote the concept of shelters that visually integrate with and enhance their surroundings.
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