USC Architecture XpoInstructor: Andy Ku
This thesis repositions storytelling as a critical tool for decoding the cultural, historical, and community narratives embedded in Los Angeles’ Chinatown, reimagining its spaces as thresholds where collective memory and speculative futures intersect. By transcending conventional urban design frameworks, it constructs a dreamscape that merges reality and fantasy, transforming the neighborhood into an abstract, visitor-centric […]
Cultural engagement enhances social, spiritual, and leisure activities. It involves assembling events, happenings, and spaces to bring people together. Cultural participation is a shared experience that promotes a sense of belonging and connection with others. This Directed Design Research course studies architecture and design approaches that support cultural vitality and practice – concentrating on developing […]