Project by: Jianing Tang, Gracia Caroline Ignatius, Nicole Eng Wei Quah, Xiaonan Li
Los Laureles Canyon is home to over 85,000 residents, most of them migrants carrying skills the canyon urgently needs. Yet without formal infrastructure, that potential goes untapped and the canyon’s ecology continues to degrade.
Talent in Crossing proposes a network of community anchors across the lower-lying region of Los Laureles canyon: spatial infrastructures that grow stronger and more resilient with every person who passes through. Each anchor weaves together care, skill and ecology - formalizing caregiving, upskilling and certifying professionals, and restoring landscapes through the knowledge migrants bring with them.
Each proposal builds on what already exists - amplifying systems and networks, not replacing them. In the canyon, transience is the engine and movement is power.
