Caroline Lavoie
Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning (LAEP)
Professor | Urban Design, Theory of Design and Representation

Contact Information
Office Hours: Thursday 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.Office Location: FAV 240
Phone: (435) 797-0505
Email: caroline.lavoie@usu.edu
Teaching Interests
• Landscape design theory and representation • Urban cultural landscape • Planning and urban theory
Awards
2021 Utah APA - Merit Award for Embracing the Mutha River (Urban Design Studio), 2022
Utah APA (American Planning Association)
2022 Utah Real Estate Challenge First Place Award (E-Studio project), 2022
Ivory Boyer Real Estate Center
2021 Utah ASLA - Award of Excellence for Embracing the Mutha River (Design Studio), 2021
Utah ASLA (American Society of Landscape Architects)
2021 Utah ASLA - Honor Award for Embracing the Mutha River (Design Studio), 2021
Utah ASLA (American Society of Landscape Architects)
LAEP Department Outstanding Faculty 2020-21, 2021
LAEP
2021 Utah Real Estate Challenge First Place Award (E-Studio project), 2021
Ivory Boyer Real Estate Center
2020 Idaho APA - Student Award for City of Pocatello and the Portneuf River (Design Studio), 2020
Idaho APA (American Planning Association)
2019 Utah APA - Outstanding Achievement Award for City of Ogden (Design Studio), 2019
Utah APA (American Planning Association)
2019 Utah ASLA - Honor Award for City of Ogden (Design Studio), 2019
Utah ASLA (American Society of Landscape Architects)
CELA 2019 Excellence in Design Studio Teaching, Senior Faculty Level, 2019
Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture
2018 Utah APA - Award of merit for City of Pocatello and the Portneuf River (Design Studio), 2018
Utah APA (American Planning Association)
2018 Utah ASLA - Honor Award for City of Pocatello (Design Studio), 2018
Utah ASLA (American Society of Landscape Architects)
2017 Utah APA - Outstanding Achievement Award for Hinckley Ranch (Design Studio), 2017
Utah APA (American Planning Association)
2017 Utah ASLA - Merit Award for City of South Salt Lake (Design Studio), 2017
Utah ASLA (American Society of Landscape Architects)
Architectural Record - 2016 Cocktail Napkin Contest - Award winner: Third runner up, 2016
Architectural Record Magazine - New York
2016 Utah ASLA - Merit Award for Boise Bench urban redevelopment, 2016
Utah ASLA (American Society of Landscape Architects)
Utah ASLA , 2013
Utah American Association for Landscape Architecture
Utah ASLA Student award , 2011
Utah American Society of Landscape Architects
Nominated Artist of the Year, 2008
College of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences, Utah State University
Nominated for the IIAS AWARD OF MERIT , 2007
The International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics
Utah ASLA Student award, 2007
American Association for Landscape Architects
FULBRIGHT Senior Specialist recipient, 2006
Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Urbanismo (FADU)
HONOR Award in Communication , 2005
UTAH ASLA (American Society of Landscape Architects)
FULBRIGHT Senior Specialist Candidate , 2005
AWARD OF MERIT Unique Contribution , 2003
UTAH APA (American Planning Association)
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Unique Contribution, 2000
UTAH APA (American Planning Association)
AWARD OF RECOGNITION (Research and Service) , 2000
Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA)
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Historic Preservation, 1998
UTAH APA (American Planning Association)
Prix D'Excellence en Architecure du Paysage, 1995
FIRST PRIZE, 1993
SHDM-Montreal
HONOR CERTIFICATE, 1989
Association of Landscape Architects of Canada
PRIX ANDRE SAUVE , 1989
Association of the Landscape Architects of Quebec
Second Prize Ex-aequo, 1989
CONCOURS ARQ (Architecture Quebec Magazine)
HONORABLE MENTION, 1988
International Art and Design Competition
National Honor Society, 1988
SIGMA LAMBA ALPHA, California
Publications | Abstracts
- Lavoie, C., Trottier, J., (2018). (2018) (Abstract published CELA) “Urban Design the Landscape Way”.
- Lavoie, C., Trottier, J., (2017). (2017) (Abstract for World Design Summit Montreal) “Urban Design the Landscape Way”.
- Lavoie, C., (2016). (2016) (Abstract for UASAL2016- Utah Academy of Sciences Arts and Letters) "Flow and Fluidity: Perception and Experience in Drawing Landscapes and Riverscapes for Landscape Architecture".
- Lavoie, C., (2016). (2016) (Abstract for CELA2016) "On the Road Again...Perceiving and Drawing Large-Scale Landscapes of the American West.
- Baez, A., Lavoie, C., (2014). (2014) (Abstract for CELA2014) "Regional Planning Initiative For the Province of Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic" (abstract published).
- Lavoie, C., Horrigan, P., Kambic, K., Sullivan, C., Palmer, J., (2013). (2013) (Abstract for CELA2013) Exploratory Physiocartographies of Place and Time".
- Lavoie, C., Licon, C., (2012). (2012) (Abstract for ACSP2012) "Large urban systems in a remote location: An exercise in mapping". ACSP 2012 (Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning)
- Lavoie, C., Horrigan, P., Kambic, K., Langhorst, J., Palmer, J., (2012). (2012) (Abstract for CELA2012) "Forgotten Frames". CELA 2012 (Coucil of Educators in Landscape Architecture)
- Lavoie, C., Licon, C., (2012). (2012) (Abstract for CELA2012) "Large urban systems in a remote location: An exercise in mapping". CELA 2012 (Coucil of Educators in Landscape Architecture)
- Lavoie, C., (2011). (2011) (Abstract for CELA2011) "From Utility to meaning: Industrial Space trandformation in Monterrey Mexico.
- Lavoie, C., Pacheco, P., Palacias, E., (2010). (2010) (Abstract for ACSP2010) "From Utility to meaning: Industrial Space trandformation in Monterrey Mexico.
- Lavoie, C., (2008). (Abstract) Drawing the water continuum from wild places to urban places: A tool for exploring professional perspectives and their design implications. CRESSON
- Lavoie, C., (2006). North African Immigrant Communities in Paris: Documenting Changes (1997-2006) in the use and cultural appropriation of public spaces. CELA (Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture)
- Lavoie, C., (2005). Tarndanyangga or Victoria Square? Meanings inside a Contested Space. CELA (Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture)
- Lavoie, C., (2003). CELA 2003
- Lavoie, C., Nicholson, J., (1997). Historic Irrigation Canals and Street Ditches in Logan, Utah: From the Mormon Village to the Next Metropolis. CELA 97
- Lavoie, C., (1997). The Wall: Movement Through History and Significance. EDRA 28/1997
- Lavoie, C., (1996). Adams Corridor: Lessons from the Immediate Neighborhood. CELA 96
- Lavoie, C., (1996). Body, Space, and Movement: A Phenomenological Approach to Urban Design. EDRA 27/1996
- Lavoie, C., (1996). Redefining the Urban Landscape. ACSP/AESOP 96
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Lavoie, C., Sleipness, O., (2020). Fluid meaning, fluid memory: Collective memory and the Mormon canal system of Cache Valley, Utah. Landscape Journal, 37:2, 79-99. doi: doi: 10.3368/lj.37.2.79
- Licon, C., Lavoie, C., (2017). Landscape Architecture studio in a large, complex, and remote location: The learning experience of StudioMX. Landscape Review
- Lavoie, C., (2006). Collages as re-collections: Experiencing the in-between. Kerb: Journal of Landscape Architecture 14, 14-17.
- Lavoie, C., (2005). Sketching the Landscape: Exploring a Sense of Place. Landscape Journal , 24:1, 13-31.
- Lavoie, C., (1998). The Wall/Ruin: Meaning and Memory in Landscape. Landscape Review: Journal of Landscape Architecture-South Pacific , 4:1, 27-38.
Professional Journal
- Lavoie, C., (2016). Architectural Record's Cocktail Napkin Sketch Contest - 2016 winners. Architectural RecordNovember 2016 *
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Technical Reports
Other Reports
- Lavoie, C., Johnson, T., Class of senior students Fall 2020, , (2022). (Report) Magna's Role on the Wasatch Front. *
- Lavoie, C., Sahasrabudhe, S., Johnson, T., Class of senior students Fall 2020, , (2021). (Report) Embracing the Mutha River: An Urban Study of Sustainable Futures | Pune India. *
- Lavoie, C., Johnson, T., (2019). (Report) Ogden City: Reinventing the Rails Merging West and East. *
- Lavoie, C., Johnson, T., (2018). (Report) Centennial Park Schematic Design. *
- Lavoie, C., Johnson, T., Class of senior students Fall 2017, , (2018). (Report) The City of Pocatello and the Portneuf River. *
- Lavoie, C., Johnson, T., (2017). (Report) Hinckley Ranch - Mountain Ability Center. *
- Lavoie, C., Johnson, T., (2017). (Report) The Evolving Mosaic of South Salt Lake City. . *
- Lavoie, C., Johnson, T., (2016). Designing a Vision for Boise Bench: Engaging public and private groups in a conversation about their future. *
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Other
Newsletter
- Lavoie, C., (2011). "Planning Education at Utah State University: the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning at Utah State University" in Utah APA Newsletter. *
Other
- Lavoie, C., (2013). Salt Lake Community College President's Art Show (catalog of the exhibition art work). *
- Lavoie, C., (2012). (2012) Forgotten Frames (catalog of the exhibition art work).
- Lavoie, C., Drawn to the Middle Ground: Delineating Western Landscapes (catalog). *
- Lavoie, C., (2011). (2011) (Drawing published) in "Landscape Architecture Research: Inquiry, Strategy, Design" (p220): Landscape Architecture Research: Inquiry, Strategy, Design". *
- Lavoie, C., Johnson, C., (2006). Fishing on the Henry’s Fork: A Short Allegory About Passion, Purpose and Persistence in Planning. Landscape Journal
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Teaching
Creative Works | Exhibitions
Creative Works | Other
- "Crossing Borders: The Landscapes and Communities of Highway 89" (May 13 - September 15,2022), Art - Exhibition, One-Person, - 2023
- Landscape | Habitation (January 6-February3,2017), Art - Exhibition, One-Person, - 2017
- Guest critique for U of Utah Michael Larice Urban Design Studio, LAEP - Appearance as guest critic, - 2016
- Women's Work 29th Annual Arts Show - Celebrating Women's Creativity, Art - Exhibition, Competitive, - 2016
- (Not selected/funded) Visual Arts Fellowship (10,000) - Utah Division of Arts & Museums, Art - Exhibition, Competitive, - 2016
- McKinley Arts and Culture Center "Lines of the West" 2015, Art - Exhibition, One-Person, - 2015
- “The Fifth Dimensional Frame: Movement and Interaction Within an Art Installation” (abstract accepted but not presented), Other, Short film - 2015
- City and County Building, Salt Lake City "Lines of the West" 2015, Art - Exhibition, One-Person, - 2015
- "Going this Way" (2014-2015), Art - Exhibition, Invitational, Group exhibition - 2015
- The Dairy Center for the Arts 2015 (not selected) "Lines of the West", Art - Exhibition, One-Person, Not selected - 2014
- Visalia 2014 North American Print and Drawing Exhibition (not selected), Art - Exhibition, Competitive, Not invited - 2014
- Real People 2014 (not selected), Art - Exhibition, Competitive, Not selected - 2014
- Soho20 Chelsea Gallery 2014 (not selected) "Under Construction: Pen and Ink Drawings of the West", Art - Exhibition, Competitive, Not selected - 2014
- "Meditation: Variations on a landscape no.1, 2 and 3" (2014), Art - Exhibition, Competitive, - 2014
- Center for Arts and Media-President's Art Show (2013), Art - Exhibition, Competitive, - 2013
- Permanent collection at Perham Sanford Hospital - "Riverscape" (2013), Art - Commission, - 2013
- Exploratory Physiocartographies of Place and Time, Art - Exhibition, Group, - 2013
- Chamber of Architecture and Space of Slovenia "Drawn to the Middle Ground" (2012), Art - Exhibition, Invitational, - 2012
- New York Mills Cultural Center "Drawn to the MIddle Ground: Delineating Western Landscapes" (2012) , Art - Exhibition, One-Person, - 2012
- Forgotten Frames "Being within the frame" (2012), Art - Exhibition, Group, - 2012
- Wurster Gallery, University of Berkeley. "Landscape of the American West" (2012), Art - Exhibition, One-Person, - 2012
- "Landscapes of the American West" (2010), Art - Exhibition, One-Person, - 2010
- Technológico de Monterrey (Guest critic), LAEP - Appearance as guest critic, - 2009
- Galeria AIG Arte "Usus in Praesens" (2008), Art - Exhibition, Group, - 2008
- Galeria AIG Arte "Usus in Praesens" (2008), Art - Exhibition, Group, - 2008
- Guest critique at Rudgers University, LAEP - Appearance as guest critic, - 2007
- Guest critique, School of Architecture, U of Utah, LAEP - Appearance as guest critic, - 2006
- Third Annual Design Arts Utah, Art - Exhibition, Competitive, - 2005
- Design approach entry for the Jardins de Métis International Garden Festival Competition, Art - Exhibition, Competitive, - 2004
- Design approach entry for the Jardins de Métis International Garden Festival Competition, Art - Exhibition, Competitive, - 2004
- Somewhere…The Scent of My Experience, Art - Exhibition, Competitive, - 2004
- Somewhere…The Scent of My Experience, Art - Exhibition, Competitive, - 2004
- Guest critique at University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, LAEP - Appearance as guest critic, - 2003
- Wherehouse: Examining Urban and Rural Displacement, Art - Exhibition, Group, - 2003
- Art - Exhibition, Competitive, - 2003
- Clotho, Art - Exhibition, Competitive, - 2002
- Clotho, Art - Exhibition, Competitive, - 2002
- Creating Meaningful Linkages, Art - Exhibition, Invitational, - 2002
- LAEP - Appearance as guest critic, - 2002
- Creating Meaningful Linkages: Milling Industries and canals in Logan, Utah, Art - Exhibition, One-Person, - 2001
- LAEP - Appearance as guest critic, - 2000
- LAEP - Appearance as guest critic, - 2000
- Marking Time, Marking Shadows, Art - Exhibition, Competitive, - 2000
- Marking Time, Marking Shadows, Art - Exhibition, Competitive, - 2000
- LAEP - Appearance as guest critic, - 2000
- LAEP - Appearance as guest critic, - 1999
- Crossing Roads - Landscapes in Motion, Art - Exhibition, Group, - 1999
- Crossing Roads - Landscapes in Motion, Art - Exhibition, Group, - 1999
- Mixed media sculpture, metal and concrete, permanently exhibited - 1997
- Drawings from my International Temporary Garden Competition entry at Chaumont-sur-Loire, France, Art - Exhibition, Invitational, - 1996
- Art - Exhibition, Competitive, - 1995
- Other, Design Competition - 1995
- View with a Room, Other, Metal sculpture - 1993
- Living in Montréal, Art - Exhibition, Competitive, - 1991
- Parc Jarry: Montréal, Art - Exhibition, Competitive, - 1991
- Parc Jarry: Montréal, Art - Exhibition, Competitive, - 1991
- Parc Jarry: Montréal, Art - Exhibition, Competitive, - 1991
- THE ARCHITECTURAL MACHINE , Art - Exhibition, Competitive, - 1991
- LANDSCAPE OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY , Art - Work in national publication, - 1990
- MILLENNIUM III, Monument for the next millennium, Art - Exhibition, Competitive, - 1990
- Poétique d'un Paysage Technologique, Other, Senior Project - 1989
- Art - Exhibition, Competitive, - 1988