This year we had a record number of
applicants for the Fred Tschopp Scholarship. The aims of the scholarship are;
1. Research that will contribute to
new knowledge in the discipline of landscape architecture through design
research
2. Research
that has the potential to make a challenging, exciting and significant
difference to our world, cities and landscapes
3. Research
that will honor the legacy of Fred Tschopp Snr., as characterized by his
creative and innovative expansion of the traditional boundaries of the
Profession of Landscape Architecture as represented in his "Pioneering
work in Rotorua".
After much deliberation we managed to
whittle the applicants down to three; Shayne Noronha, Michael Sun and Xinxin Wang.
After further painful deliberation we decided to award Xinxin Wang the
scholarship for 2015. The panel and the family of Fred Tschopp jnr. felt that
Xinxins research work showed the most potential to fulfil the three aims of the
scholarship. As part of the award ceremony, the 2014 award recipient, Grace He,
gave a heartfelt speech about how the award had helped her to develop her
research work.
Unfortunately the happy
ceremony was overshadowed by the sad news that Fred jnr, the founder of the scholarship,
is unwell and was unable to visit NZ. We very much miss Fred’s sagacious advice
and his strategic thinking around the possibilities for the scholarship and the
possibilities that the profession of landscape architecture has for the future
of New Zealand.
The whole department, faculty and students, extends their best
wishes to Fred, Jean and the family.
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