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

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

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

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

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

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

Food and Climate Justice in the San Joaquin Valley

Alison Hirsch, PI; Research team: Jade Orr, Sarina Vega, Nina Weithorn, Yuliang Jiang, Leslie Dinkin, Hannah Flynn, Andrea Binz, Lauren Cubacub, Jared McKnight, Ana Mangino, and Nehali Doshi. With partner organization: Valley Forward (2020-2021); Environmental Defense Fund (2022-2023); and Allensworth Progressive Association (2022-2023) Supported by the Landscape Architecture Foundation Fellowship in Innovation and Leadership (Hirsch) … Continue reading Food and Climate Justice in the San Joaquin Valley