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Allensworth Rising Again

Alison Hirsch, USC; Allensworth Progressive Association; Allensworth Community Services District; with students: Sarina Vega (MLA+U ’25) and Nina Weithorn (MLA+U ’24); students in Spring ’23 ARCH 566 seminar Project Partners: Allensworth Progressive Association (APA); Allensworth Community Services District (ACSD) Supported by USC School of Architecture’s Grant & Shaya Kirkpatrick Landscape Architecture + Urbanism Leadership Fund … Continue reading Allensworth Rising Again

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Justice by Design: Landscape as a Tool for Healing and Restitution

Farre Nixon, PI With students: Lucia Bayley, Hannah Flynn, Gloria Gao, Lufan Hu, Yixuan Li, Jiawei Luo, Luis Mota, and Eliana Ramirez Project Partners: Redeemer Community Partnership, Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust Supported by USC School of Architecture’s Grant & Shaya Kirkpatrick Landscape Architecture + Urbanism Leadership Fund 2022 Justice by Design: Landscape as a … Continue reading Justice by Design: Landscape as a Tool for Healing and Restitution

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Climate Justice in Skid Row

Jared Edgar McKnight, PI, Alison Hirsch, PI, Lauren Elachi, Co-PI With students: Andrea Binz, Lara Lebeiko, Eva Malis, Zehra Baneen Rizvi, and the MLA+U 2021-2022 cohort (for Vertical Workshop) Project Partners: Pando, City Homelessness Initiatives, Office of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti  Project Advisors: Homeless Health Care Los Angeles (HHCLA), Los Angeles Community Action Network … Continue reading Climate Justice in Skid Row

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Los Angeles ’92

Alison Hirsch, PI With research team: Molly Fancler (MLA’16), Yao Yao (MLA’17), Donielle Kaufman (MLA’17), Jade Orr (MLA’18), Rachel Ison (MLA’18); with additional student work by Jonathan Froines (MLA’14), Nan Cheng (MLA’15) 2020 Los Angeles ’92 (2020) This research questions whether and how to physically and fairly recognize histories of resistance to violence and inequality … Continue reading Los Angeles ’92

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Hoover-Union Triangle

Alison Hirsch with students: Tsaiquan Gatling (MLA’17), Su Huang (MLA’17), Donielle Kaufman (MLA’17), Talitta Reitz (MLA’16), Christopher Sison (MLA’16) Partners/Oversight: Los Angeles City Council District #1 (Gilbert Cedillo), LA Bureau of Street Services 2015 From the archive (2015): Hoover-Union Triangle This community-based project asked MLA+U students to organized a real community design process and ultimately … Continue reading Hoover-Union Triangle

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Ground Series

View project website Aroussiak Gabrielian, PI; Alison Hirsch, PI; Student team: Leslie Dinkin, Hannah Flynn, Jared McKnight Supported by The Grant & Shaya Kirkpatrick Landscape Architecture + Urbanism Leadership Fund 2021 Ground: an interdisciplinary series on its manifestations and meanings Click here to register for the Ground Series. While a primary medium for the landscape … Continue reading Ground Series

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Test Plot

Faculty: Jen Toy, Alex Robinson, Jenny Jones 2020 Students at Rio de Los Angeles State Park: Robert Andrade, Siwei Chen,Hector Covarrubias Del Cueto,Lauren Cubacub,Shun Feng, Megan Gozini, Yiqian Lin, Jared McKnight,Yiyi Peng, Danielle Vonlehe, Qingru Yang,Wanting Zhou, Colin Amos, Hannah Michael Flynn 2021 Students at Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook: Andrea Binz, Gabrielle Castriotta, Yue Chen, Kunyang Guo, Asher … Continue reading Test Plot

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Home Territory: Democratizing Civic Space for the Unhoused

  Jerome Chou and Lauren Elachi, (USC faculty, research seminar, Fall 2020); Katy Foley and Hyunchoo Sung (USC faculty, studio, Spring 2021) With students: Robert Andrade, Siwei Chen, Hector Covarrubias Del Cueto, Lauren Cubacub, Yongyi Dong, Shun Feng, Megan Gozini, Yiqian Lin, Jared McKnight, Yiyi Peng, Sze Hin So, Danielle Vonlehe, Qingru Yang, Wanting Zhou Input and … Continue reading Home Territory: Democratizing Civic Space for the Unhoused

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LAUSD School Parks

  Esther Margulies, PI Los Angeles Unified School District, LA Department of Recreation + Parks with all MLA+U students Fall 2019 LAUSD School Parks plan as climate change resilience strategy In Fall 2019, for the program’s annual “Community-based Vertical Workshop,” a collaborative opportunity for students to contribute meaningful service to the local community, students worked … Continue reading LAUSD School Parks

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Monuments and the Future of Memory

Aroussiak Gabrielian, Alison Hirsch, USC; LA Commons; Willowbrook Inclusion Network; LACMA; with students: Leslie Dinkin and Jonathan Tolentino, [Phase 1], and Daniela Velazco [Phase 2], and Kavya Gudihal [Phase 3]. Project Partners: LA Commons and Willowbrook Inclusion Network  Supported by USC Arts-in-Action and the Tomorrowland Projects Foundation 2021-2022 [Phase 1] 2022-2023 [Phase 2; ongoing]   … Continue reading Monuments and the Future of Memory