{"id":60447,"date":"2019-10-10T16:40:20","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T20:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?post_type=cu_story&#038;p=60447"},"modified":"2025-09-30T11:30:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T15:30:51","slug":"urban-design-awards-manuel-baez-students-win","status":"publish","type":"cu_story","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/story\/urban-design-awards-manuel-baez-students-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton\u2019s Manuel B\u00e1ez and Students Win Urban Design Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 pt-24 pb-32 md:pt-28 md:pb-44 lg:pt-36 lg:pb-60 xl:pt-48 xl:pb-72\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/urban-design-awards-2019-banner2-1200x900.jpg); 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and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Award of Merit: Urban Elements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 30 Carleton students participated in this project, including a core team made up of Guillermo Bourget Morales, Sami Karimi, Josh Eckert and Aniq Chaudhry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three other Carleton students won awards for their own projects during the evening:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>John Vieira and Vedad Haghighi won the Award of Merit, Student Project for Black Box Theatre on Nepean Point.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Madelaine Snelgrove won the Award of Excellence, Student Project for Power, Pulp, Paper and Print: Revealing the Industrial.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Guillermo Bourget Morales won the Award of Merit, Student Project for Sesquicentennial Waves, Brewer Park Pool.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>B\u00e1ez\u2019s Gather-Ring combines two iconic symbols, the tree and dream catcher, evoking diverse cultural interpretations and discourse.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull wp-image-60470 size-full w-screen ml-offset-center cu-max-w-child-max px-4 md:px-6 lg:px-12\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/urban-design-awards-2019-presenter-1200x680.jpg\" alt=\"A speaker presents at a podium during the Urban Design Awards\" class=\"wp-image-60470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/urban-design-awards-2019-presenter-1200x680.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/urban-design-awards-2019-presenter-1200x680-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/urban-design-awards-2019-presenter-1200x680-400x227.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/urban-design-awards-2019-presenter-1200x680-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/urban-design-awards-2019-presenter-1200x680-700x397.jpg 700w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/urban-design-awards-2019-presenter-1200x680-200x113.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"awards-celebrate-urban-design-excellence-in-the-nations-capital\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Awards Celebrate Urban Design Excellence in the Nation&#8217;s Capital<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThroughout the history of the land on which Canada has been founded, trees have played a meaningful role, at times acquiring mythic status,\u201d said B\u00e1ez, professor in the <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/architecture\/\" target=\"_blank\">Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism<\/a>. \u201cEmerging from the Earth and growing towards the sun, they bear fruit and witness the land\u2019s history. Their leaves are light catchers and within their inner structure, annual growth rings are record keepers of the land, thus serving as stewards and symbols of our history, collective memory and dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the spirit of reflection, community engagement, reconciliation and commemoration of Canada\u2019s 150th anniversary, the Gather-Ring is a symbolic offering for cultural exchange, storytelling, discourse and contemplation. It won the 2017 national competition held by Canadian Heritage\u2019s Art in the Capital Program for an artwork with a \u201cdream\u201d theme to be displayed on the Ottawa side of the Portage Bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Consultation with Elders Claudette Commanda and Verna McGregor, both members of the Kitigan Zibi Anishnabeg First Nation, were critical to the realization of the Gather-Ring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Literally and figuratively, the site\u2019s panoramic perspective beyond the heart of Canada\u2019s capital region enhances the tradition of the Confederation Loop, a symbolic gathering circle with a rich history connecting Quebec, Ontario, Victoria Island and expanding out to include the nearby Chaudi\u00e8re Falls and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project is part of the broader research-based Gathering Circles initiative established through Carleton and the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) to provide lasting offerings to Ottawa\u2019s Indigenous community. 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