Undergraduate Final Projects Filter by Course ARCH 102A: Architectural Design I ARCH 202A: Architectural Design II ARCH 302A: Architectural Design III ARCH 402A: Architectural Design IV ARCH 500A: Comprehensive Architectural Design Shin_102A_Cover3 – Melissa Shin ARCH 102A: Architectural Design I Face to Face After a series of individual exercises that explored live/work scenarios, students collaborated digitally to design likeminded projects for a shared 0.5 acre site in Los… Yum_FA2020_Expo_Cover – Sandra Yum ARCH 102A: Architectural Design I HOME|WORK Our studio studied domestic rituals and house precedents that looked at how architecture could forge new rituals and create new relationships between its occupants and… Collaborative Living c – Andrew Kovacs ARCH 102A: Architectural Design I Collaborative Living This 1st year, 1st semester studio culminated in the design of two houses on one site that had a focus on collaborative living. After a… Salazar_Arch102a_Gallery-Cover—Juan-Salazar ARCH 102A: Architectural Design I Collaborative Living The studio introduces the fundamental techniques of constructing orthographic and axonometric projection drawings with the aim to see how these constructs drive design intentions and… Co-Domo – Andy Ku ARCH 102A: Architectural Design I Co-Domo Co-Domo is a collection of projects that observe the communal living and live/work environments’ virtues and possibilities. This studio values joint venture design processes and… 20_1116-Expo-Export ARCH 202A: Architectural Design II A “SUPER!” BLOCK This studio questions the nature of radical urban space through the discrete proposal of “Superblock”. This joint masterplan, or large-scale requisite corpse, will poke and… 20FA-Arch_202a-Berry_Studio-EXPO-cover_image – Rob Berry ARCH 202A: Architectural Design II Super Future Have you ever wondered about the superblock of the future, or maybe the future of the superblock? This studio spent the past few months doing… arch_202a – anx office ARCH 202A: Architectural Design II Environmental Design – Site and Context Under view – Scott Uriu ARCH 202A: Architectural Design II Site and Context, Analysis and Diagrams Context: the time we have arrived at is strange to say the least. New realities have evolved, politically, socially, economically and are shaping how we… Ayoub_20FA_ExpoCover ARCH 202A: Architectural Design II Environmental Design: Personal Space, Street Space, City Space Through the understanding of context and site at 3 different scales: Personal Space, Street Space, and City Space, this studio proposes a new “City of… VE_FS2020_302a_Cover Studio Touraine_Sophia Sabini-Leite ARCH 302A: Architectural Design III Co-op City – Housing for the Collective Good: From Minimal Dwelling to Maximal Housing The 302a studio took the task to design affordable housing units on three different sites along W 43rd Street in LA’s Leimert Park Village. Building… VE_FS2020_302a_Cover Studio Dutton_Danann De Alba ARCH 302A: Architectural Design III Co-op City – Housing for the Collective Good: From Minimal Dwelling to Maximal Housing The 302a studio took the task to design affordable housing units on three different sites along W 43rd Street in LA’s Leimert Park Village. Building… PERSPECTIVE2 ARCH 302A: Architectural Design III Co-op City – Housing for the Collective Good: From Minimal Dwelling to Maximal Housing The 302a studio took the task to design affordable housing units on three different sites along W 43rd Street in LA’s Leimert Park Village. Building… Print ARCH 302A: Architectural Design III Co-op City – Housing for the Collective Good: From Minimal Dwelling to Maximal Housing The 302a studio took the task to design affordable housing units on three different sites along W 43rd Street in LA’s Leimert Park Village. Building… VE_FS2020_302a_Cover Studio Delz_Thomas Wang ARCH 302A: Architectural Design III Co-op City – Housing for the Collective Good: From Minimal Dwelling to Maximal Housing The 302a studio took the task to design affordable housing units on three different sites along W 43rd Street in LA’s Leimert Park Village. Building… exteriorpersspective_crop1_11.17.20 ARCH 302A: Architectural Design III Speculations on Co-living and Collective Housing It could be argued that housing is in the experimental bulls-eye of the architectural discipline as things reshuffle towards the collective, the social and the… Friends-of-Field-Workers—Jennifer-Siegal ARCH 402A: Architectural Design IV Off-Grid and Off-Site: Strawberry Fields Forever This studio investigates off-grid and off-site modular construction techniques for Central California’s farmworker, fieldworker and migrant communities. 402a_C1_CeciStratton_v2 – J. Yolande Daniels ARCH 402A: Architectural Design IV Thresholds of Segregation in Los Angeles Threshold conditions range from physical, to social, to the phenomenological. Physical thresholds demarcate the spaces in-between and at the periphery. They are often adjunct to… Topic Studio_Paige – Gary Paige ARCH 402A: Architectural Design IV Extreme-ness, or Nine Points for an Architecture of Affordable Housing in Los Angeles Wicked problems require extreme thinking, solutions, and action. Social justice, climate change, houselessness, and more specifically, houselessness in Los Angeles are some notable examples. Yet,… capitol-crawl—Alfred-Koetter ARCH 402A: Architectural Design IV Model Inhabitants In this studio, we considered issues of accessibility in architecture, namely as they are related to spatial barriers in our built environment. Using the ADA’s… Shenaia Turner_Collage – Yaohua Wang ARCH 402A: Architectural Design IV Odd Lots By examining the drawing’s role in interpreting, describing and constructing boundaries across terrains, this studio asks how to think and rethink the relationship between representation… Leimert Park VIllage – Luciana Varkulja ARCH 500A: Comprehensive Architectural Design Social Equity in Tall Timber Contemporary architecture is a volatile amalgam of an ever increasing complexity of building systems, wide ranges of building components and materials re-combined with a growing…
Shin_102A_Cover3 – Melissa Shin ARCH 102A: Architectural Design I Face to Face After a series of individual exercises that explored live/work scenarios, students collaborated digitally to design likeminded projects for a shared 0.5 acre site in Los…
Yum_FA2020_Expo_Cover – Sandra Yum ARCH 102A: Architectural Design I HOME|WORK Our studio studied domestic rituals and house precedents that looked at how architecture could forge new rituals and create new relationships between its occupants and…
Collaborative Living c – Andrew Kovacs ARCH 102A: Architectural Design I Collaborative Living This 1st year, 1st semester studio culminated in the design of two houses on one site that had a focus on collaborative living. After a…
Salazar_Arch102a_Gallery-Cover—Juan-Salazar ARCH 102A: Architectural Design I Collaborative Living The studio introduces the fundamental techniques of constructing orthographic and axonometric projection drawings with the aim to see how these constructs drive design intentions and…
Co-Domo – Andy Ku ARCH 102A: Architectural Design I Co-Domo Co-Domo is a collection of projects that observe the communal living and live/work environments’ virtues and possibilities. This studio values joint venture design processes and…
20_1116-Expo-Export ARCH 202A: Architectural Design II A “SUPER!” BLOCK This studio questions the nature of radical urban space through the discrete proposal of “Superblock”. This joint masterplan, or large-scale requisite corpse, will poke and…
20FA-Arch_202a-Berry_Studio-EXPO-cover_image – Rob Berry ARCH 202A: Architectural Design II Super Future Have you ever wondered about the superblock of the future, or maybe the future of the superblock? This studio spent the past few months doing…
Under view – Scott Uriu ARCH 202A: Architectural Design II Site and Context, Analysis and Diagrams Context: the time we have arrived at is strange to say the least. New realities have evolved, politically, socially, economically and are shaping how we…
Ayoub_20FA_ExpoCover ARCH 202A: Architectural Design II Environmental Design: Personal Space, Street Space, City Space Through the understanding of context and site at 3 different scales: Personal Space, Street Space, and City Space, this studio proposes a new “City of…
VE_FS2020_302a_Cover Studio Touraine_Sophia Sabini-Leite ARCH 302A: Architectural Design III Co-op City – Housing for the Collective Good: From Minimal Dwelling to Maximal Housing The 302a studio took the task to design affordable housing units on three different sites along W 43rd Street in LA’s Leimert Park Village. Building…
VE_FS2020_302a_Cover Studio Dutton_Danann De Alba ARCH 302A: Architectural Design III Co-op City – Housing for the Collective Good: From Minimal Dwelling to Maximal Housing The 302a studio took the task to design affordable housing units on three different sites along W 43rd Street in LA’s Leimert Park Village. Building…
PERSPECTIVE2 ARCH 302A: Architectural Design III Co-op City – Housing for the Collective Good: From Minimal Dwelling to Maximal Housing The 302a studio took the task to design affordable housing units on three different sites along W 43rd Street in LA’s Leimert Park Village. Building…
Print ARCH 302A: Architectural Design III Co-op City – Housing for the Collective Good: From Minimal Dwelling to Maximal Housing The 302a studio took the task to design affordable housing units on three different sites along W 43rd Street in LA’s Leimert Park Village. Building…
VE_FS2020_302a_Cover Studio Delz_Thomas Wang ARCH 302A: Architectural Design III Co-op City – Housing for the Collective Good: From Minimal Dwelling to Maximal Housing The 302a studio took the task to design affordable housing units on three different sites along W 43rd Street in LA’s Leimert Park Village. Building…
exteriorpersspective_crop1_11.17.20 ARCH 302A: Architectural Design III Speculations on Co-living and Collective Housing It could be argued that housing is in the experimental bulls-eye of the architectural discipline as things reshuffle towards the collective, the social and the…
Friends-of-Field-Workers—Jennifer-Siegal ARCH 402A: Architectural Design IV Off-Grid and Off-Site: Strawberry Fields Forever This studio investigates off-grid and off-site modular construction techniques for Central California’s farmworker, fieldworker and migrant communities.
402a_C1_CeciStratton_v2 – J. Yolande Daniels ARCH 402A: Architectural Design IV Thresholds of Segregation in Los Angeles Threshold conditions range from physical, to social, to the phenomenological. Physical thresholds demarcate the spaces in-between and at the periphery. They are often adjunct to…
Topic Studio_Paige – Gary Paige ARCH 402A: Architectural Design IV Extreme-ness, or Nine Points for an Architecture of Affordable Housing in Los Angeles Wicked problems require extreme thinking, solutions, and action. Social justice, climate change, houselessness, and more specifically, houselessness in Los Angeles are some notable examples. Yet,…
capitol-crawl—Alfred-Koetter ARCH 402A: Architectural Design IV Model Inhabitants In this studio, we considered issues of accessibility in architecture, namely as they are related to spatial barriers in our built environment. Using the ADA’s…
Shenaia Turner_Collage – Yaohua Wang ARCH 402A: Architectural Design IV Odd Lots By examining the drawing’s role in interpreting, describing and constructing boundaries across terrains, this studio asks how to think and rethink the relationship between representation…
Leimert Park VIllage – Luciana Varkulja ARCH 500A: Comprehensive Architectural Design Social Equity in Tall Timber Contemporary architecture is a volatile amalgam of an ever increasing complexity of building systems, wide ranges of building components and materials re-combined with a growing…