Introduction
URBAN DESIGN
The Urban Design program engages the complex processes of global urbanization amid the emerging stress of the climate crisis. Ways of living in cities and landscapes around the world are increasingly untenable, and now require new forms of research and attention. What is the agency of design in these rapidly shifting conditions? The program frames the city not as a fixed, delineated territory but instead as a gradient of landscapes supported by networks of energy, resources, culture, mobility, and capital. It addresses near and long term threats to local, regional, and global ecosystems, positioning design as both an inclusive, activist, tools-based project for specific sites and communities, and as a critical project examining urban form, process, and knowledge.
Spring 2026
EARTH STUDIO
Arroyo Alamar’s Care Community: From Extractive Landscape to Care-based Infrastructure
Project by: Aishwarya Warad, Giovanna Luz Moreira, Vidhi Trivedi
This project supports Colecti…
THE ANATOMY OF A LIVING CANYON
Project by: Aljoharah Althunayan, Yuchen Zhang, Xire Sangpei, Mengtian Chen
Los Laureles Canyo…
Growing Dignity Together
Project by: Amalia Kamien, Tianyi Dai, Xinyue Wang, Yung-Hsiang Yang
How can you take the ti…
PUERTAS AL PACIFICO
Project by: Ambika kannusami, Elsa Paas, Romina Quinn, Vritti Bhamri
Puertas al Pacífico reima…
Stitching the Scar
Project by: Ayesha de Sousa, Dzormo Naa Cofie, Juliana Leite, Vanessa Gallego
Stitching the sc…
La Cuenca Enseña
Project by: Daniela Monroy Zendejas, Mason Rape, Samantha Nowak, Miguel Angel Santivañez
La Cu…
Topo Stabilization
Project by: Geethika T S, Vera Sofia Leon, Atharv Bhole, Guoguo Chen
This project rethinks saf…
Fields of Change / Canchas de Transformación
Project by: Jennie J. Zhou, Eric C. Lin, Junbo Chen, Jiayi Dai
In the rapidly expanding city o…
Talent in Crossing
Project by: Jianing Tang, Gracia Caroline Ignatius, Nicole Eng Wei Quah, Xiaonan Li
Los Laurel…
Community Owned Micro-Maquiladoras
Project by: Jihye Park - Kuan Fu (Jeff) Huang - Zongping Liu - Rebecca Koh
Community Owned Mic…
Reimagine Water Flow from Maquiladora to People
Project by: Ziheng Zhao, Inhoo Seo, Raffy Putra, Wenxin Dai
This project rethinks water in the…
FLUJO TIR - Reparative InterINTERmodal Transportation
Prjoect by: Manuela Hurtado, Susana Chinchilla, Deepanksha Gillakamsety, Yi-jou(Zoe) Lin
What …
Fall 2025
BIGHT STUDIO
Marshkeeperland
Project by Samantha Nowak, Mason Rape, Miguel Santivanez, Daniela Monroy
Marshkeeperland reima…
Long(er) Beach: An Energy Resilient Sandscape
Project by Dzormo Naa Cofie, Aishwarya Warad, Xiaonan Li, Zhuoheng Yu
Situated on the South Sh…
Raritown, A New Way to Stay in Place
Project by Amalia Kamien, Kuan-Fu Huang, Jihye Park, Wenxin Dai
Raritown begins from a simple …
Stewards of the Coast
Project by Geethika Lakshmi T S, Junbo Chen, ZongPing Liu, Nicole Quah
Stewards of the Coast r…
Unfenced: The New Recipe — From Levittown to Jones Beach
Project by Vritti Bhamri, Aljoharah Althunayan, Vidhi Trivedi
The New Recipe reimagines Levitt…
THE BLOOMING BAY
Project by Deepanksha Gillakamsetty / Manuela Hurtado / Susana Chinchilla / Yi-Jou (Zoe) Lin
B…
The Bale Trail
Project by Ayesha de Sousa, Juliana Leite Neri, Vanessa Gallego, Guoguo Chen
The Bale Trail ex…
NO SHIT (Neighborhood Oriented Sewered Housing Integrated Town)
Project by Rebecca Koh, Romina Quinn, Xinyue Wang (Luna), Yung-Hsiang Yang (Angus)
“Our projec…
Moving Riverward
Project by Jianing Tang（Cecily）, Gracia Caroline Ignatius, Vera Sofia Leon, Yangjing Cheng
For…
Living with Water
Project by Zehra Zaheer, Tianyi Shi, Giovanna Luz Moreira
This project begins with a simple be…
The Search for Joy
Project by Jennie J. Zhou, Yuchen Zhang, Atharv Bhole, Tianyi Dai
Seaside Heights is a popular…
Two River Times
Project by M. Raffy Prawira Putra, Elsa Paas, Ambika Kannusami, Ziheng Zhao (Henry)
Water is …
Data Commons
Project by Remilekun Omoleye, Yijing Xiao
During our transect study, we identified an underuti…