ElizaJaneFranklin-EXPO-2024
Heritage Lynching: Violence in Preservation
Heritage lynching is the act of terrorizing and/or controlling an individual’s or a community’s heritage including built landscapes, physical artifacts, cultural forms, intangible culture and biological traits which affirm and…
EvanMcAvenia-EXPO-2024_
Learning Via Lummis: Cultural Mythos of L.A.
Tucked along a stretch of the historic 110 freeway, amidst lush, native Californian foliage, stands the Lummis House, or El Alisal. Crafted by Charles Fletcher Lummis in the late 19th…
CynthiaEXPOPoster
The Landscape Cultural Heritage of Suzhou Humble Administrator’s Garden and the Transformation of Garden Museum
The Suzhou Humble Administrator’s Garden is regarded as the height of classical Chinese garden architecture because of its rich cultural value and elaborate sceneries. This study explores the garden’s rich…
PaulKim-EXPO-2024
Encoding Counter-Memories: Asianfuturist Reimaginings through Generative AI
This research aims to shed light on the transformative potential of generative AI (genAI) technology in creating more inclusive and equitable cultural landscapes by reimagining the experiences and aspirations of…
Ryan-Holcomb-EXPO-2024
A Scarred City: Memorialization and the Future of Belfast’s Peace Lines
Walls have long accompanied sectarian violence as a tool of division. Physical scars that communicate the very real divides entrenched in the social fabric of these sites. Bisecting neighborhoods, they…
SMalnati-EXPO-2024
Photo Documentation in the Digital Age
From Ann Pamela Cunningham’s photo-based fundraising techniques for Mount Vernon in the 1860s, to the popularity of the White Pine Series of Architectural Monographs in the 1920s, to Richard Nickel’s…
Yan Su-EXPO-2024
Exploring the Preservation of Traditional Chinese Timber Architecture Craftsmanship through the Restoration of Temples in Southwest China
Traditional Chinese wooden structure architectural technology, characterized by its use of wood as the primary material and intricate joinery techniques, holds a prominent place in Chinese architecture. This craftsmanship, renowned…
ZoeDetweiler_EXPOPoster
Poison Paradise: Montrose Chemical’s Legacy in Southern California
The Montrose Chemical Corporation manufactured half the world’s dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, also known as DDT, from 1947-1982 in the Harbor Gateway neighborhood of Los Angeles. The production of this insecticide, which the…