USC Architecture XpoInstructor: Rob Berry
The richness and complexity of the city is a direct result of meaningful interactions between its many different layers—its culture, its history, its form, and its audience. The role of public architecture is to situate events that recognize and emphasize these different layers, connecting people and celebrating public engagement. Distributed Warriors combines two of the […]
Reclaiming commercial spaces to transform them into dynamic public realms, this project repurposes three mini-malls—also known as shopping plazas—into spaces for performance, pop-ups, and contemplation. Located on Anaheim Street in Long Beach, each site is reimagined to support community interaction through flexible programming and spatial variety. By retaining traces of the existing structures, the design […]