Architecture, especially in metropolitan areas, lacks ambiguity. This stems from the consumeristic and fast-paced culture that inhabits it, perpetuated and reinforced by stereotypes. Streetscapes are dull, failing to engage with its inhabitants. My thesis focuses on rethinking the way we view stereotypes and...

The built environment is constructed in binary heteronormative ways that exclude queer people, which causes the creation of hidden, often unstable, queer spaces. These spaces exist in a variety of forms, catering to different queer communities even though there has...

The agriculture in Tulare Basin heavily relies on groundwater irrigation, constituting 97% of water usage. Over the past few decades, excessive overpumping has caused severe land subsidence and nitrate contamination, compounded by fertilizer application and septic systems. Corcoran Clay, known for its...

The Allensworth Agricultural Experiment Station is a 4,000 square foot site in Allensworth, CA that will test out different types of soil revitalization techniques and agroecological planting configurations that can increase soil fertility, create habitat, engage the local community. Built in collaboration with...

“Game of Landscape Go” offers a unique opportunity to serve as an educational tool in landscape design, environmental management, and urban planning. This innovative game simulates responses to economic crises, pandemics, hazards, and pollution, fostering understanding of sustainable land...

What is the hope of cultural engagement in the context of architecture? Does it embrace the need for connectivity with generative and expansive thinking to produce spatial possibilities? By instigating architectural practice as cultural participation, can it warrant diplomacy for determining the...

Architecture is inherently public. Our work as architects necessarily engages with the concerns of the world around us. We do not (and cannot) work in isolation; rather, through our actions, we enter into an exchange with the interests and welfare of the common good.