Angelike Angelopoulos
Award of Honor
Project Name: 'Gateway Corridor 61-Norris, TN'
Group Award: Angelike Angelopoulos, Amanda Gann, Cameron Rodman, Whitney Tidd
Client: PlanEastTennessee, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Location: Norris, Tennessee

Project Description:

Gateway Corridor 61 rests at the convergence of Appalachian heritage and the modern innovations of the Tennessee Valley Authority.   The foundation for preservation and planning is solidified in the efforts to fuse tradition and modernity.  

The tie between the Appalachians and the land is enduring and deep.  True Appalachian frontiersman prided themselves on their ability to live and work on the land.  They represented the sense of self sufficiency and are known for their arts and crafts. Born of necessity, handiwork reflects a love of the past as well as a desire to preserve traditional arts and crafts for future generations.  As the Tennessee Valley Authority moved in making way for modern day, the land around the city of Norris stood still, encompassing breathtaking pastoral views and drawing crowds during the warm months to take advantage of pristine lakes and state parks.

This studio endeavor comprising 4 students, seeks to preserve, enhance and establish a foundation for a corridor that currently exists as a thoroughfare and lacks a core community center.  Residents living in Corridor 61, travel to neighboring towns for basic city functions demonstrating the need for a town center.  The land surrounding Highway 61 forms a meandering line across the horizon further demonstrating the need to preserve such views.  One can travel the full 2 miles of the corridor and never realize a community exists there. Following extensive research, the students individually tackled 3 key elements for design intervention.  Way finding, Ecological Infill, and Common Core are the products of these demonstration projects.
Tennessee State Chapter ASLA
Award of Honor | Gateway Corridor 61
AWARD OF HONOR
Project Name: ‘Mind, Body & Soul: Performance Landscapes for Healthy Communities'
Individual: Angelike Angelopoulos
Client: Thesis Disertation, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee

Project Description:
Urban landscapes have evolved over time to suit the needs of various, and sometimes-competing priorities of growing cities.  As a result, the health of human inhabitants has not always been a primary consideration, and the manner with which the built environment has historically been planned and designed exacerbates the aforementioned health challenges.  The harshness of the urban environment and limited access to nature has been know to increase rates of mental health issues such as anxiety and depression among city dwellers.   Social challenges also arise with increased use of digital technology, limiting face-to-face interaction and straining support systems that are often provided by engaging a community. 
Fragmented landscapes offer an opportunity for redesign and can help to counteract the open space and nature deficiencies found in the urban context. This project explores how the redevelopment of blighted and underutilized landscapes may be used as a method to mitigate or overcome social, mental, and physical health challenges posed by contemporary urban environments and the lifestyles they facilitate.  The Blackstock site in downtown Knoxville, TN is selected as the test site for this exploration due to its central location, proximity to four historic neighborhoods where such challenges are observed to be persistent, and blighted.  Program will be integrated within the project site to increase physical activity, mental stimulation and social interaction, as well as to improve air quality, and provide access to amenities that promote healthy dietary habits.
Tennessee State Chapter ASLA
Award of Honor | Mind, Body & Soul: Performance Landscapes for Healthy Communities
Chosen by the faculty of UTK's Landscape Architecture Program for the highest honor of leadership and commitment to the discipline of Landscape Architecture, Faculty and Colleagues.
The Universtity of Tennessee Landscape Architecture Program
University of Tennessee, Knoxville Faculty Leadership Award
Student presenter for research and analysis identifying the complexities of healing gardens for Harmony adoption agency, calling attention to results based methodologies at Camp Montvale in Maryville, TN.
CELA
Council for Educators in Landscape Architecture(CELA) | Student Presenter
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE 
Project Name: ‘Happy Holler’ Street Park
Individual: Angelike Angelopoulos
Client: PlanET, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee

Project Description:
Host to Knoxville’s historic milling and textile industries, Second 
Creek currently is surrounded by industrial zones, mixed 
retail and historic residential neighborhoods. Happy Holler 
on Central Avenue is a major storm-water and community 
collector. This project looked at the convergence of social 
and environment impacts in a community through storm-water 
filtration and education through the implementation of bioswale 
streetscapes.
Tennessee State Chapter ASLA
Award of Excellence | Happy Holler Street Park- Knoxville, TN
ASLA
American Society of Landscape Architects- Top 5 Finalist: National Student Representative
'Established in honor of the School of Architecture's former director, Max Robinson, the MAX_minimum Design Competition is a recurring annual design competition meant to encourage the greatest impact on the design environment with the least possible means. The concentration of these projects is a focus that potentially impacts the College of Architecture and Design, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and the state of Tennessee.
It is our goal, foremost, to promote conceptual and pragmatic design excellence within the UT College of Architecture and Design's student body—be it of the students of today, or those who have graduated, its alumni. The competition is thus two-fold and distinct; there is a competition platform for alumni and professionals, and a separate competition experience for current students.'

-Dean Scott Poole | College of Architecture and Design
UTK- The College of Architecture and Design
MAX-MIN Architecture + Design Competition 2013- 3rd Place Finalist with ‘Converging Textures’ Design
Children
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
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Volunteer Team Coordinator and town outreach for Morristown, TN
Relay For Life of Greater Heights
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Volunteer
Social Services
United Way of America
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Business Donator - Little Dutch Restaurant
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