Oregon Rural Community Schoolyards wins a 2024 Washington ASLA Honor Award
At the Annual Awards Ceremony for Washington ASLA, ABLE was awarded the Honor Award in Analysis and Planning for the Oregon Rural Community Schoolyards program. Awards in the Analysis and Planning category recognize the wide variety of professional activities that lead to, guide, or evaluate landscape architecture design and/or works that investigate challenges posed in landscape architecture, providing results that advance the body of knowledge for the profession.
The jury from the ASLA Potomac Chapter awarded nine projects in four categories. In their jury comments, they noted there should be more projects like the Oregon Rural Community Schoolyards.
From the award narrative:
From the towering peaks of the Cascades to the dramatic canyons of the high desert, Oregon is famous for its stunning landscapes. Paradoxically, rural communities among these beautiful natural lands often lack access to high-quality green spaces close to home.
The Oregon Rural Community Schoolyards program addresses this park equity gap and strengthens local resilience by transforming underserved rural schoolyards into vibrant green spaces, generating cultural and ecological benefits that extend beyond students and educators to provide vital resources to entire communities. By creating robust and accessible spaces for rural Oregonians to learn, play, and gather, these revitalized schoolyards build healthier, more connected communities.
Project Credits:
ABLE, Landscape Architecture
Trust for Public Land, Client, and Rural Community Data Analysis
Willamette Partnership, Community Engagement Coordinators
Art Ochoa, Community Coordinator for Chiloquin, Community Engagement Advisor
Jamie Hurd, Community Coordinator for Madras
Tammy Vogt, Community Coordinator for Ontario
Sarah Luft, Community Coordinator for Riddle
ZCS Engineering & Architecture, Structural Engineering for Chiloquin
Elizabeth Skolman, Graphic Design for Chiloquin
Ashley & Vance Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering for Madras
Engineering Northwest, Civil and Structural Engineering for Ontario
Robinson & Owen, General Contractor for Chiloquin
Photography:
ABLE, Trust for Public Land, Spayne Martinez, Art Ochoa, Klamath Tribes, KOMPAN
