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Organized by the Land Art Generator Initiative, the competition aimed to bring together artists, architects, scientists, landscape architects and engineers to see to the design and construction of public art installations that uniquely combine aesthetics with utility-scale clean energy generation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech teams were introduced to the competition through their undergraduate architecture studio in spring 2012 directed by Fred Pearsall, senior lecturer. The students were divided into teams of two or three and guided through the process of designing an entry for the competition.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cYou go into a competition because you think there is something to be learned,\u201d said Pearsall, whose expertise is landscape-based, ecological art and architecture. \u201cSo this was a golden teaching opportunity.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cFred taught us so much through this studio and he was instrumental in\u003Cbr \/\u003E the success of this project,\u201d said Smith. \u201cWe looked at everything from philosophy to biomimicry. \u0026nbsp;However, the most important thing he taught us was the value of collaboration.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cShota and I agreed that our studio project would not end on a deadline of when the semester ended,\u201d said Murray. \u201cThe interest of carrying it further really made us push ourselves. From every level, it was such a well thought out competition and an amazing site.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Scene Sensor,\u0022 by Murray and Vashakmadze, is a striking piezoelectric energy-generating art project designed to be installed above and below the surface of the Staten Island Park. With a proposed energy-generating capacity of 5,500 megawatt hours, the installation is comprised of two planes that span the width between the site\u2019s northern and eastern mounds, where a strong wind current exists. The screens are designed to map the wind currents, and the flexible panels are also free to shift with the wind. This means that instead of harnessing the wind\u2019s energy like a turbine, the metallic mesh is fitted with piezoelectric wires that transform motion into electrical current.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EVisitors to the site can also generate energy by walking on an intersecting platform that lies above the water line.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOn a spring day,\u201d according to the students\u2019 design brief, \u201cthe energy collected through these intersecting processes would be enough to power 1,200 households.\u201d At night, the screens are lit up so that visitors can see what the wind map looks like in living color.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cPIVOT,\u201d by Hu and Smith features two intertwining operations: a floating \u201cterra nova\u201d constructed at the moving line between land and water and billowing piezoelectric canopy system and floating docks that gather human flows on the site. With this design, visitors to Freshkills can enter the installation from boat launches at each end of the decking or from a series of gangplanks located along the proposed trail system.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELocated within the river valley confluence, PIVOT captures energy from nature and generates 2,578 megawatt hours of clean electricity annually to be used in surrounding homes. This lightweight structure provides a maximal beneficial impact by not bearing on the landfill cap. Rather, it occupies only 18 acres of land at the water\u2019s edge. The metal mesh and translucent fabric maximize visibility and sunlight beneath the system to ensure the survival of sea grasses and other edge species.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis has been a great opportunity to meet and have conversations with architectural and planning professionals,\u201d said Hu. \u201cThe greatest benefit is to learn how to approach a design problem with people who have a variety of perspectives when it comes to design.\u201d \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Architecture Chair George Johnston observed, \u201cThis great success of these four remarkable students confirms what we all recognize, that Georgia Tech undergraduate students are among the best anywhere, and that our commitment to undergraduate education in architecture is stronger than ever as exemplified by the inspired teaching of Fred Pearsall.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe monetary prize awards to the winners of the 2012 LAGI design competition will not guarantee a 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