Cooper Hewitt National High School Design Competition:

Theo Dimitrasopoulos represented Terreform ONE in the 2019 Cooper Hewitt National High School Design Competition Judging Weekend, held at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City on June 8–9, 2019. More information on the 2019 Judges can be found here.

The Cooper Hewitt National High School Design Competition is one of the most prestigious design competitions for young students in the United States, inviting high schoolers from across the country to respond to a real-world design challenge with thoughtful, research-driven proposals. This year's competition challenged participants to address pressing issues facing communities today, pushing students to think critically about the role design can play in solving problems at the intersection of the built environment, social equity, and ecological sustainability.

Finalists from across the country traveled to New York City to present their work in person to an esteemed panel of judges — designers, architects, researchers, and industry professionals — before the winning entry was selected.

Winners: Daniela Contreras and Lucas Dunoyer. Congratulations to Daniela Contreras and Lucas Dunoyer of Miami, FL, who were named the winners of the 2019 National High School Design Competition with their design, Sound Gardens — a system conceived to absorb and mask sound pollution affecting the quality of life for inhabitants of dense urban environments. The design combined landscape architecture principles with acoustic engineering thinking to create a replicable urban intervention with both ecological and social benefit.

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