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Project by B.Arch student Rafael Murro (@l_rafamu05) for Ramiro Diaz-Granados' (@ramirodiazgranados) Fall 2025 3A studio.

There's still time to apply for Fall 2026! Learn more about Undergraduate Programs at the link in bio.

This 50-unit residential complex project is located on York Blvd in Highland Park, California. The building’s unique form wraps around a central staircase pattern, supported by exposed steel beams. Its modernist architectural style features a sophisticated blend of concrete and wood panels, designed to enhance the local atmosphere.

Project by B.Arch student Rafael Murro (@l_rafamu05) for Ramiro Diaz-Granados' (@ramirodiazgranados) Fall 2025 3A studio.

There's still time to apply for Fall 2026! Learn more about Undergraduate Programs at the link in bio.

This 50-unit residential complex project is located on York Blvd in Highland Park, California. The building’s unique form wraps around a central staircase pattern, supported by exposed steel beams. Its modernist architectural style features a sophisticated blend of concrete and wood panels, designed to enhance the local atmosphere.

Project by B.Arch student Rafael Murro (@l_rafamu05) for Ramiro Diaz-Granados' (@ramirodiazgranados) Fall 2025 3A studio.

There's still time to apply for Fall 2026! Learn more about Undergraduate Programs at the link in bio.

This 50-unit residential complex project is located on York Blvd in Highland Park, California. The building’s unique form wraps around a central staircase pattern, supported by exposed steel beams. Its modernist architectural style features a sophisticated blend of concrete and wood panels, designed to enhance the local atmosphere.

Project by B.Arch student Rafael Murro (@l_rafamu05) for Ramiro Diaz-Granados' (@ramirodiazgranados) Fall 2025 3A studio.

There's still time to apply for Fall 2026! Learn more about Undergraduate Programs at the link in bio.

This 50-unit residential complex project is located on York Blvd in Highland Park, California. The building’s unique form wraps around a central staircase pattern, supported by exposed steel beams. Its modernist architectural style features a sophisticated blend of concrete and wood panels, designed to enhance the local atmosphere.

Project by B.Arch student Rafael Murro (@l_rafamu05) for Ramiro Diaz-Granados' (@ramirodiazgranados) Fall 2025 3A studio.

There's still time to apply for Fall 2026! Learn more about Undergraduate Programs at the link in bio.

This 50-unit residential complex project is located on York Blvd in Highland Park, California. The building’s unique form wraps around a central staircase pattern, supported by exposed steel beams. Its modernist architectural style features a sophisticated blend of concrete and wood panels, designed to enhance the local atmosphere.

Project by B.Arch student Rafael Murro (@l_rafamu05) for Ramiro Diaz-Granados' (@ramirodiazgranados) Fall 2025 3A studio.

There's still time to apply for Fall 2026! Learn more about Undergraduate Programs at the link in bio.

This 50-unit residential complex project is located on York Blvd in Highland Park, California. The building’s unique form wraps around a central staircase pattern, supported by exposed steel beams. Its modernist architectural style features a sophisticated blend of concrete and wood panels, designed to enhance the local atmosphere.

Project by B.Arch student Rafael Murro (@l_rafamu05) for Ramiro Diaz-Granados' (@ramirodiazgranados) Fall 2025 3A studio.

There's still time to apply for Fall 2026! Learn more about Undergraduate Programs at the link in bio.

This 50-unit residential complex project is located on York Blvd in Highland Park, California. The building’s unique form wraps around a central staircase pattern, supported by exposed steel beams. Its modernist architectural style features a sophisticated blend of concrete and wood panels, designed to enhance the local atmosphere.

Project by B.Arch student Rafael Murro (@l_rafamu05) for Ramiro Diaz-Granados' (@ramirodiazgranados) Fall 2025 3A studio.

There's still time to apply for Fall 2026! Learn more about Undergraduate Programs at the link in bio.

This 50-unit residential complex project is located on York Blvd in Highland Park, California. The building’s unique form wraps around a central staircase pattern, supported by exposed steel beams. Its modernist architectural style features a sophisticated blend of concrete and wood panels, designed to enhance the local atmosphere.

Project by B.Arch student Rafael Murro (@l_rafamu05) for Ramiro Diaz-Granados' (@ramirodiazgranados) Fall 2025 3A studio.

There's still time to apply for Fall 2026! Learn more about Undergraduate Programs at the link in bio.

This 50-unit residential complex project is located on York Blvd in Highland Park, California. The building’s unique form wraps around a central staircase pattern, supported by exposed steel beams. Its modernist architectural style features a sophisticated blend of concrete and wood panels, designed to enhance the local atmosphere.

Project by B.Arch student Rafael Murro (@l_rafamu05) for Ramiro Diaz-Granados' (@ramirodiazgranados) Fall 2025 3A studio.

There's still time to apply for Fall 2026! Learn more about Undergraduate Programs at the link in bio.

This 50-unit residential complex project is located on York Blvd in Highland Park, California. The building’s unique form wraps around a central staircase pattern, supported by exposed steel beams. Its modernist architectural style features a sophisticated blend of concrete and wood panels, designed to enhance the local atmosphere.

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Design Immersion Days 2026. Register now at the link in bio.

Design Immersion Days (DID) is a four-week summer experience where high school students explore design and architecture through hands-on experimentation. The program sparks curiosity, builds foundational design and critical thinking skills, and connects students to the diverse design culture of Los Angeles.

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Project by M.Arch 1 student Fu Li (@life.ric_) for David Eskenazi (@d.esk) and Matthew Au's (@wvyvwvyvw) Fall 2025 1GA Studio.

There's still time to apply for Fall 2026! Learn more about SCI-Arc Graduate Programs at the link in bio.

This museum explores how architecture can shape a public experience through light, movement, and layered space.

The design features stacked modular volumes that, when shifted and combined, create a sequence of galleries, public spaces, and a clear circulation path for visitors.

An inverted glass pyramid at the entrance brings daylight to the lower level and establishes a strong visual identity, emphasizing the museum’s focus on transparency, openness, and spatial continuity.

Transparent art storage along the main staircase allows visitors to view stored artworks as they ascend, making circulation an active and immersive experience.

Larger glass surfaces on the upper levels provide abundant natural light, reducing reliance on artificial lighting and supporting sustainability goals.

A mesh façade wraps the building, filtering sunlight, softening the form, and minimizing glare to create a unified architectural expression. It reveals a spatial gradient from an open public ground floor to defined gallery spaces and lighter, more transparent upper levels.

Together, these elements create a museum that is open, fluid, and evolving, with architecture, light, and movement deeply interconnected.

Project by M.Arch 1 student Fu Li (@life.ric_) for David Eskenazi (@d.esk) and Matthew Au's (@wvyvwvyvw) Fall 2025 1GA Studio.

There's still time to apply for Fall 2026! Learn more about SCI-Arc Graduate Programs at the link in bio.

This museum explores how architecture can shape a public experience through light, movement, and layered space.

The design features stacked modular volumes that, when shifted and combined, create a sequence of galleries, public spaces, and a clear circulation path for visitors.

An inverted glass pyramid at the entrance brings daylight to the lower level and establishes a strong visual identity, emphasizing the museum’s focus on transparency, openness, and spatial continuity.

Transparent art storage along the main staircase allows visitors to view stored artworks as they ascend, making circulation an active and immersive experience.

Larger glass surfaces on the upper levels provide abundant natural light, reducing reliance on artificial lighting and supporting sustainability goals.

A mesh façade wraps the building, filtering sunlight, softening the form, and minimizing glare to create a unified architectural expression. It reveals a spatial gradient from an open public ground floor to defined gallery spaces and lighter, more transparent upper levels.

Together, these elements create a museum that is open, fluid, and evolving, with architecture, light, and movement deeply interconnected.

Project by M.Arch 1 student Fu Li (@life.ric_) for David Eskenazi (@d.esk) and Matthew Au's (@wvyvwvyvw) Fall 2025 1GA Studio.

There's still time to apply for Fall 2026! Learn more about SCI-Arc Graduate Programs at the link in bio.

This museum explores how architecture can shape a public experience through light, movement, and layered space.

The design features stacked modular volumes that, when shifted and combined, create a sequence of galleries, public spaces, and a clear circulation path for visitors.

An inverted glass pyramid at the entrance brings daylight to the lower level and establishes a strong visual identity, emphasizing the museum’s focus on transparency, openness, and spatial continuity.

Transparent art storage along the main staircase allows visitors to view stored artworks as they ascend, making circulation an active and immersive experience.

Larger glass surfaces on the upper levels provide abundant natural light, reducing reliance on artificial lighting and supporting sustainability goals.

A mesh façade wraps the building, filtering sunlight, softening the form, and minimizing glare to create a unified architectural expression. It reveals a spatial gradient from an open public ground floor to defined gallery spaces and lighter, more transparent upper levels.

Together, these elements create a museum that is open, fluid, and evolving, with architecture, light, and movement deeply interconnected.

Project by M.Arch 1 student Fu Li (@life.ric_) for David Eskenazi (@d.esk) and Matthew Au's (@wvyvwvyvw) Fall 2025 1GA Studio.

There's still time to apply for Fall 2026! Learn more about SCI-Arc Graduate Programs at the link in bio.

This museum explores how architecture can shape a public experience through light, movement, and layered space.

The design features stacked modular volumes that, when shifted and combined, create a sequence of galleries, public spaces, and a clear circulation path for visitors.

An inverted glass pyramid at the entrance brings daylight to the lower level and establishes a strong visual identity, emphasizing the museum’s focus on transparency, openness, and spatial continuity.

Transparent art storage along the main staircase allows visitors to view stored artworks as they ascend, making circulation an active and immersive experience.

Larger glass surfaces on the upper levels provide abundant natural light, reducing reliance on artificial lighting and supporting sustainability goals.

A mesh façade wraps the building, filtering sunlight, softening the form, and minimizing glare to create a unified architectural expression. It reveals a spatial gradient from an open public ground floor to defined gallery spaces and lighter, more transparent upper levels.

Together, these elements create a museum that is open, fluid, and evolving, with architecture, light, and movement deeply interconnected.

Project by M.Arch 1 student Fu Li (@life.ric_) for David Eskenazi (@d.esk) and Matthew Au's (@wvyvwvyvw) Fall 2025 1GA Studio.

There's still time to apply for Fall 2026! Learn more about SCI-Arc Graduate Programs at the link in bio.

This museum explores how architecture can shape a public experience through light, movement, and layered space.

The design features stacked modular volumes that, when shifted and combined, create a sequence of galleries, public spaces, and a clear circulation path for visitors.

An inverted glass pyramid at the entrance brings daylight to the lower level and establishes a strong visual identity, emphasizing the museum’s focus on transparency, openness, and spatial continuity.

Transparent art storage along the main staircase allows visitors to view stored artworks as they ascend, making circulation an active and immersive experience.

Larger glass surfaces on the upper levels provide abundant natural light, reducing reliance on artificial lighting and supporting sustainability goals.

A mesh façade wraps the building, filtering sunlight, softening the form, and minimizing glare to create a unified architectural expression. It reveals a spatial gradient from an open public ground floor to defined gallery spaces and lighter, more transparent upper levels.

Together, these elements create a museum that is open, fluid, and evolving, with architecture, light, and movement deeply interconnected.

Project by M.Arch 1 student Fu Li (@life.ric_) for David Eskenazi (@d.esk) and Matthew Au's (@wvyvwvyvw) Fall 2025 1GA Studio.

There's still time to apply for Fall 2026! Learn more about SCI-Arc Graduate Programs at the link in bio.

This museum explores how architecture can shape a public experience through light, movement, and layered space.

The design features stacked modular volumes that, when shifted and combined, create a sequence of galleries, public spaces, and a clear circulation path for visitors.

An inverted glass pyramid at the entrance brings daylight to the lower level and establishes a strong visual identity, emphasizing the museum’s focus on transparency, openness, and spatial continuity.

Transparent art storage along the main staircase allows visitors to view stored artworks as they ascend, making circulation an active and immersive experience.

Larger glass surfaces on the upper levels provide abundant natural light, reducing reliance on artificial lighting and supporting sustainability goals.

A mesh façade wraps the building, filtering sunlight, softening the form, and minimizing glare to create a unified architectural expression. It reveals a spatial gradient from an open public ground floor to defined gallery spaces and lighter, more transparent upper levels.

Together, these elements create a museum that is open, fluid, and evolving, with architecture, light, and movement deeply interconnected.

Project by M.Arch 1 student Fu Li (@life.ric_) for David Eskenazi (@d.esk) and Matthew Au's (@wvyvwvyvw) Fall 2025 1GA Studio.

There's still time to apply for Fall 2026! Learn more about SCI-Arc Graduate Programs at the link in bio.

This museum explores how architecture can shape a public experience through light, movement, and layered space.

The design features stacked modular volumes that, when shifted and combined, create a sequence of galleries, public spaces, and a clear circulation path for visitors.

An inverted glass pyramid at the entrance brings daylight to the lower level and establishes a strong visual identity, emphasizing the museum’s focus on transparency, openness, and spatial continuity.

Transparent art storage along the main staircase allows visitors to view stored artworks as they ascend, making circulation an active and immersive experience.

Larger glass surfaces on the upper levels provide abundant natural light, reducing reliance on artificial lighting and supporting sustainability goals.

A mesh façade wraps the building, filtering sunlight, softening the form, and minimizing glare to create a unified architectural expression. It reveals a spatial gradient from an open public ground floor to defined gallery spaces and lighter, more transparent upper levels.

Together, these elements create a museum that is open, fluid, and evolving, with architecture, light, and movement deeply interconnected.

Project by M.Arch 1 student Fu Li (@life.ric_) for David Eskenazi (@d.esk) and Matthew Au's (@wvyvwvyvw) Fall 2025 1GA Studio.

There's still time to apply for Fall 2026! Learn more about SCI-Arc Graduate Programs at the link in bio.

This museum explores how architecture can shape a public experience through light, movement, and layered space.

The design features stacked modular volumes that, when shifted and combined, create a sequence of galleries, public spaces, and a clear circulation path for visitors.

An inverted glass pyramid at the entrance brings daylight to the lower level and establishes a strong visual identity, emphasizing the museum’s focus on transparency, openness, and spatial continuity.

Transparent art storage along the main staircase allows visitors to view stored artworks as they ascend, making circulation an active and immersive experience.

Larger glass surfaces on the upper levels provide abundant natural light, reducing reliance on artificial lighting and supporting sustainability goals.

A mesh façade wraps the building, filtering sunlight, softening the form, and minimizing glare to create a unified architectural expression. It reveals a spatial gradient from an open public ground floor to defined gallery spaces and lighter, more transparent upper levels.

Together, these elements create a museum that is open, fluid, and evolving, with architecture, light, and movement deeply interconnected.

Project by M.Arch 1 student Fu Li (@life.ric_) for David Eskenazi (@d.esk) and Matthew Au's (@wvyvwvyvw) Fall 2025 1GA Studio.

There's still time to apply for Fall 2026! Learn more about SCI-Arc Graduate Programs at the link in bio.

This museum explores how architecture can shape a public experience through light, movement, and layered space.

The design features stacked modular volumes that, when shifted and combined, create a sequence of galleries, public spaces, and a clear circulation path for visitors.

An inverted glass pyramid at the entrance brings daylight to the lower level and establishes a strong visual identity, emphasizing the museum’s focus on transparency, openness, and spatial continuity.

Transparent art storage along the main staircase allows visitors to view stored artworks as they ascend, making circulation an active and immersive experience.

Larger glass surfaces on the upper levels provide abundant natural light, reducing reliance on artificial lighting and supporting sustainability goals.

A mesh façade wraps the building, filtering sunlight, softening the form, and minimizing glare to create a unified architectural expression. It reveals a spatial gradient from an open public ground floor to defined gallery spaces and lighter, more transparent upper levels.

Together, these elements create a museum that is open, fluid, and evolving, with architecture, light, and movement deeply interconnected.

Project by M.Arch 1 student Fu Li (@life.ric_) for David Eskenazi (@d.esk) and Matthew Au's (@wvyvwvyvw) Fall 2025 1GA Studio.

There's still time to apply for Fall 2026! Learn more about SCI-Arc Graduate Programs at the link in bio.

This museum explores how architecture can shape a public experience through light, movement, and layered space.

The design features stacked modular volumes that, when shifted and combined, create a sequence of galleries, public spaces, and a clear circulation path for visitors.

An inverted glass pyramid at the entrance brings daylight to the lower level and establishes a strong visual identity, emphasizing the museum’s focus on transparency, openness, and spatial continuity.

Transparent art storage along the main staircase allows visitors to view stored artworks as they ascend, making circulation an active and immersive experience.

Larger glass surfaces on the upper levels provide abundant natural light, reducing reliance on artificial lighting and supporting sustainability goals.

A mesh façade wraps the building, filtering sunlight, softening the form, and minimizing glare to create a unified architectural expression. It reveals a spatial gradient from an open public ground floor to defined gallery spaces and lighter, more transparent upper levels.

Together, these elements create a museum that is open, fluid, and evolving, with architecture, light, and movement deeply interconnected.

UG Thesis 2026 in the books 🎓✨

A huge moment of ideas, experimentation, and bold proposals for what architecture can become. From speculative futures to critical reflections, this year’s undergraduate thesis pushed the conversation forward in powerful ways.

Still thinking about joining us? Fall 2026 applications are open—hit the link in bio to learn more about our Undergraduate Programs.

UG Thesis 2026 in the books 🎓✨

A huge moment of ideas, experimentation, and bold proposals for what architecture can become. From speculative futures to critical reflections, this year’s undergraduate thesis pushed the conversation forward in powerful ways.

Still thinking about joining us? Fall 2026 applications are open—hit the link in bio to learn more about our Undergraduate Programs.

UG Thesis 2026 in the books 🎓✨

A huge moment of ideas, experimentation, and bold proposals for what architecture can become. From speculative futures to critical reflections, this year’s undergraduate thesis pushed the conversation forward in powerful ways.

Still thinking about joining us? Fall 2026 applications are open—hit the link in bio to learn more about our Undergraduate Programs.

UG Thesis 2026 in the books 🎓✨

A huge moment of ideas, experimentation, and bold proposals for what architecture can become. From speculative futures to critical reflections, this year’s undergraduate thesis pushed the conversation forward in powerful ways.

Still thinking about joining us? Fall 2026 applications are open—hit the link in bio to learn more about our Undergraduate Programs.

UG Thesis 2026 in the books 🎓✨

A huge moment of ideas, experimentation, and bold proposals for what architecture can become. From speculative futures to critical reflections, this year’s undergraduate thesis pushed the conversation forward in powerful ways.

Still thinking about joining us? Fall 2026 applications are open—hit the link in bio to learn more about our Undergraduate Programs.

UG Thesis 2026 in the books 🎓✨

A huge moment of ideas, experimentation, and bold proposals for what architecture can become. From speculative futures to critical reflections, this year’s undergraduate thesis pushed the conversation forward in powerful ways.

Still thinking about joining us? Fall 2026 applications are open—hit the link in bio to learn more about our Undergraduate Programs.

UG Thesis 2026 in the books 🎓✨

A huge moment of ideas, experimentation, and bold proposals for what architecture can become. From speculative futures to critical reflections, this year’s undergraduate thesis pushed the conversation forward in powerful ways.

Still thinking about joining us? Fall 2026 applications are open—hit the link in bio to learn more about our Undergraduate Programs.

UG Thesis 2026 in the books 🎓✨

A huge moment of ideas, experimentation, and bold proposals for what architecture can become. From speculative futures to critical reflections, this year’s undergraduate thesis pushed the conversation forward in powerful ways.

Still thinking about joining us? Fall 2026 applications are open—hit the link in bio to learn more about our Undergraduate Programs.

UG Thesis 2026 in the books 🎓✨

A huge moment of ideas, experimentation, and bold proposals for what architecture can become. From speculative futures to critical reflections, this year’s undergraduate thesis pushed the conversation forward in powerful ways.

Still thinking about joining us? Fall 2026 applications are open—hit the link in bio to learn more about our Undergraduate Programs.

UG Thesis 2026 in the books 🎓✨

A huge moment of ideas, experimentation, and bold proposals for what architecture can become. From speculative futures to critical reflections, this year’s undergraduate thesis pushed the conversation forward in powerful ways.

Still thinking about joining us? Fall 2026 applications are open—hit the link in bio to learn more about our Undergraduate Programs.

Project by B.Arch student Indi Kusuma (@kusuma_designs) for Peter Testa's (@peter_testa) Fall 2025 4A studio.

There's still time to apply for Fall 2026! Learn more about Undergraduate Programs at the link in bio.

The ‘Center’ is a radial tower designed to expand existing programs at SCI-Arc while providing space for new research and partnerships. It offers a flexible, future oriented social condenser that shifts as SCI-Arc evolves.

The project acts as a mixing chamber that accelerates interaction between disparate activities. It is a vertical social condenser designed to capture the energy of the institution. The form is centripetal, drawing activity inward. While radial, it is grounded by an ‘Asterisk’ of entries that act as the interface between the public city and the private institution, funneling circulation toward the central core.

Inside, the building operates as vertical infrastructure organized through flexible clustering rather than a fixed hierarchy. The ground floor is a porous extension of the street and the school, anchoring vertical circulation while supporting the tower above. It remains highly active, mixing civic space with production, while above the energy shifts into spaces of discourse. By stacking these contrasting programs, the building forces intersection.

A lightweight, responsive envelope encloses this activity. Semi translucent louvers filter light and mitigate heat, creating a well tempered environment. At night, the tower becomes a lantern in the Arts District.

This project is not just an addition to SCI-Arc, but a complementary organism. While the form is centripetal, the effect is centrifugal, projecting energy back into Los Angeles. The structure ensures it remains generative, an open infrastructure ready to absorb the future of SCI-Arc’s pedagogy.

Project by B.Arch student Indi Kusuma (@kusuma_designs) for Peter Testa's (@peter_testa) Fall 2025 4A studio.

There's still time to apply for Fall 2026! Learn more about Undergraduate Programs at the link in bio.

The ‘Center’ is a radial tower designed to expand existing programs at SCI-Arc while providing space for new research and partnerships. It offers a flexible, future oriented social condenser that shifts as SCI-Arc evolves.

The project acts as a mixing chamber that accelerates interaction between disparate activities. It is a vertical social condenser designed to capture the energy of the institution. The form is centripetal, drawing activity inward. While radial, it is grounded by an ‘Asterisk’ of entries that act as the interface between the public city and the private institution, funneling circulation toward the central core.

Inside, the building operates as vertical infrastructure organized through flexible clustering rather than a fixed hierarchy. The ground floor is a porous extension of the street and the school, anchoring vertical circulation while supporting the tower above. It remains highly active, mixing civic space with production, while above the energy shifts into spaces of discourse. By stacking these contrasting programs, the building forces intersection.

A lightweight, responsive envelope encloses this activity. Semi translucent louvers filter light and mitigate heat, creating a well tempered environment. At night, the tower becomes a lantern in the Arts District.

This project is not just an addition to SCI-Arc, but a complementary organism. While the form is centripetal, the effect is centrifugal, projecting energy back into Los Angeles. The structure ensures it remains generative, an open infrastructure ready to absorb the future of SCI-Arc’s pedagogy.

Project by B.Arch student Indi Kusuma (@kusuma_designs) for Peter Testa's (@peter_testa) Fall 2025 4A studio.

There's still time to apply for Fall 2026! Learn more about Undergraduate Programs at the link in bio.

The ‘Center’ is a radial tower designed to expand existing programs at SCI-Arc while providing space for new research and partnerships. It offers a flexible, future oriented social condenser that shifts as SCI-Arc evolves.

The project acts as a mixing chamber that accelerates interaction between disparate activities. It is a vertical social condenser designed to capture the energy of the institution. The form is centripetal, drawing activity inward. While radial, it is grounded by an ‘Asterisk’ of entries that act as the interface between the public city and the private institution, funneling circulation toward the central core.

Inside, the building operates as vertical infrastructure organized through flexible clustering rather than a fixed hierarchy. The ground floor is a porous extension of the street and the school, anchoring vertical circulation while supporting the tower above. It remains highly active, mixing civic space with production, while above the energy shifts into spaces of discourse. By stacking these contrasting programs, the building forces intersection.

A lightweight, responsive envelope encloses this activity. Semi translucent louvers filter light and mitigate heat, creating a well tempered environment. At night, the tower becomes a lantern in the Arts District.

This project is not just an addition to SCI-Arc, but a complementary organism. While the form is centripetal, the effect is centrifugal, projecting energy back into Los Angeles. The structure ensures it remains generative, an open infrastructure ready to absorb the future of SCI-Arc’s pedagogy.

Project by B.Arch student Indi Kusuma (@kusuma_designs) for Peter Testa's (@peter_testa) Fall 2025 4A studio.

There's still time to apply for Fall 2026! Learn more about Undergraduate Programs at the link in bio.

The ‘Center’ is a radial tower designed to expand existing programs at SCI-Arc while providing space for new research and partnerships. It offers a flexible, future oriented social condenser that shifts as SCI-Arc evolves.

The project acts as a mixing chamber that accelerates interaction between disparate activities. It is a vertical social condenser designed to capture the energy of the institution. The form is centripetal, drawing activity inward. While radial, it is grounded by an ‘Asterisk’ of entries that act as the interface between the public city and the private institution, funneling circulation toward the central core.

Inside, the building operates as vertical infrastructure organized through flexible clustering rather than a fixed hierarchy. The ground floor is a porous extension of the street and the school, anchoring vertical circulation while supporting the tower above. It remains highly active, mixing civic space with production, while above the energy shifts into spaces of discourse. By stacking these contrasting programs, the building forces intersection.

A lightweight, responsive envelope encloses this activity. Semi translucent louvers filter light and mitigate heat, creating a well tempered environment. At night, the tower becomes a lantern in the Arts District.

This project is not just an addition to SCI-Arc, but a complementary organism. While the form is centripetal, the effect is centrifugal, projecting energy back into Los Angeles. The structure ensures it remains generative, an open infrastructure ready to absorb the future of SCI-Arc’s pedagogy.

Project by B.Arch student Indi Kusuma (@kusuma_designs) for Peter Testa's (@peter_testa) Fall 2025 4A studio.

There's still time to apply for Fall 2026! Learn more about Undergraduate Programs at the link in bio.

The ‘Center’ is a radial tower designed to expand existing programs at SCI-Arc while providing space for new research and partnerships. It offers a flexible, future oriented social condenser that shifts as SCI-Arc evolves.

The project acts as a mixing chamber that accelerates interaction between disparate activities. It is a vertical social condenser designed to capture the energy of the institution. The form is centripetal, drawing activity inward. While radial, it is grounded by an ‘Asterisk’ of entries that act as the interface between the public city and the private institution, funneling circulation toward the central core.

Inside, the building operates as vertical infrastructure organized through flexible clustering rather than a fixed hierarchy. The ground floor is a porous extension of the street and the school, anchoring vertical circulation while supporting the tower above. It remains highly active, mixing civic space with production, while above the energy shifts into spaces of discourse. By stacking these contrasting programs, the building forces intersection.

A lightweight, responsive envelope encloses this activity. Semi translucent louvers filter light and mitigate heat, creating a well tempered environment. At night, the tower becomes a lantern in the Arts District.

This project is not just an addition to SCI-Arc, but a complementary organism. While the form is centripetal, the effect is centrifugal, projecting energy back into Los Angeles. The structure ensures it remains generative, an open infrastructure ready to absorb the future of SCI-Arc’s pedagogy.

Project by B.Arch student Indi Kusuma (@kusuma_designs) for Peter Testa's (@peter_testa) Fall 2025 4A studio.

There's still time to apply for Fall 2026! Learn more about Undergraduate Programs at the link in bio.

The ‘Center’ is a radial tower designed to expand existing programs at SCI-Arc while providing space for new research and partnerships. It offers a flexible, future oriented social condenser that shifts as SCI-Arc evolves.

The project acts as a mixing chamber that accelerates interaction between disparate activities. It is a vertical social condenser designed to capture the energy of the institution. The form is centripetal, drawing activity inward. While radial, it is grounded by an ‘Asterisk’ of entries that act as the interface between the public city and the private institution, funneling circulation toward the central core.

Inside, the building operates as vertical infrastructure organized through flexible clustering rather than a fixed hierarchy. The ground floor is a porous extension of the street and the school, anchoring vertical circulation while supporting the tower above. It remains highly active, mixing civic space with production, while above the energy shifts into spaces of discourse. By stacking these contrasting programs, the building forces intersection.

A lightweight, responsive envelope encloses this activity. Semi translucent louvers filter light and mitigate heat, creating a well tempered environment. At night, the tower becomes a lantern in the Arts District.

This project is not just an addition to SCI-Arc, but a complementary organism. While the form is centripetal, the effect is centrifugal, projecting energy back into Los Angeles. The structure ensures it remains generative, an open infrastructure ready to absorb the future of SCI-Arc’s pedagogy.

Project by B.Arch student Indi Kusuma (@kusuma_designs) for Peter Testa's (@peter_testa) Fall 2025 4A studio.

There's still time to apply for Fall 2026! Learn more about Undergraduate Programs at the link in bio.

The ‘Center’ is a radial tower designed to expand existing programs at SCI-Arc while providing space for new research and partnerships. It offers a flexible, future oriented social condenser that shifts as SCI-Arc evolves.

The project acts as a mixing chamber that accelerates interaction between disparate activities. It is a vertical social condenser designed to capture the energy of the institution. The form is centripetal, drawing activity inward. While radial, it is grounded by an ‘Asterisk’ of entries that act as the interface between the public city and the private institution, funneling circulation toward the central core.

Inside, the building operates as vertical infrastructure organized through flexible clustering rather than a fixed hierarchy. The ground floor is a porous extension of the street and the school, anchoring vertical circulation while supporting the tower above. It remains highly active, mixing civic space with production, while above the energy shifts into spaces of discourse. By stacking these contrasting programs, the building forces intersection.

A lightweight, responsive envelope encloses this activity. Semi translucent louvers filter light and mitigate heat, creating a well tempered environment. At night, the tower becomes a lantern in the Arts District.

This project is not just an addition to SCI-Arc, but a complementary organism. While the form is centripetal, the effect is centrifugal, projecting energy back into Los Angeles. The structure ensures it remains generative, an open infrastructure ready to absorb the future of SCI-Arc’s pedagogy.

Project by B.Arch student Indi Kusuma (@kusuma_designs) for Peter Testa's (@peter_testa) Fall 2025 4A studio.

There's still time to apply for Fall 2026! Learn more about Undergraduate Programs at the link in bio.

The ‘Center’ is a radial tower designed to expand existing programs at SCI-Arc while providing space for new research and partnerships. It offers a flexible, future oriented social condenser that shifts as SCI-Arc evolves.

The project acts as a mixing chamber that accelerates interaction between disparate activities. It is a vertical social condenser designed to capture the energy of the institution. The form is centripetal, drawing activity inward. While radial, it is grounded by an ‘Asterisk’ of entries that act as the interface between the public city and the private institution, funneling circulation toward the central core.

Inside, the building operates as vertical infrastructure organized through flexible clustering rather than a fixed hierarchy. The ground floor is a porous extension of the street and the school, anchoring vertical circulation while supporting the tower above. It remains highly active, mixing civic space with production, while above the energy shifts into spaces of discourse. By stacking these contrasting programs, the building forces intersection.

A lightweight, responsive envelope encloses this activity. Semi translucent louvers filter light and mitigate heat, creating a well tempered environment. At night, the tower becomes a lantern in the Arts District.

This project is not just an addition to SCI-Arc, but a complementary organism. While the form is centripetal, the effect is centrifugal, projecting energy back into Los Angeles. The structure ensures it remains generative, an open infrastructure ready to absorb the future of SCI-Arc’s pedagogy.

Project by B.Arch student Indi Kusuma (@kusuma_designs) for Peter Testa's (@peter_testa) Fall 2025 4A studio.

There's still time to apply for Fall 2026! Learn more about Undergraduate Programs at the link in bio.

The ‘Center’ is a radial tower designed to expand existing programs at SCI-Arc while providing space for new research and partnerships. It offers a flexible, future oriented social condenser that shifts as SCI-Arc evolves.

The project acts as a mixing chamber that accelerates interaction between disparate activities. It is a vertical social condenser designed to capture the energy of the institution. The form is centripetal, drawing activity inward. While radial, it is grounded by an ‘Asterisk’ of entries that act as the interface between the public city and the private institution, funneling circulation toward the central core.

Inside, the building operates as vertical infrastructure organized through flexible clustering rather than a fixed hierarchy. The ground floor is a porous extension of the street and the school, anchoring vertical circulation while supporting the tower above. It remains highly active, mixing civic space with production, while above the energy shifts into spaces of discourse. By stacking these contrasting programs, the building forces intersection.

A lightweight, responsive envelope encloses this activity. Semi translucent louvers filter light and mitigate heat, creating a well tempered environment. At night, the tower becomes a lantern in the Arts District.

This project is not just an addition to SCI-Arc, but a complementary organism. While the form is centripetal, the effect is centrifugal, projecting energy back into Los Angeles. The structure ensures it remains generative, an open infrastructure ready to absorb the future of SCI-Arc’s pedagogy.

Project by B.Arch student Indi Kusuma (@kusuma_designs) for Peter Testa's (@peter_testa) Fall 2025 4A studio.

There's still time to apply for Fall 2026! Learn more about Undergraduate Programs at the link in bio.

The ‘Center’ is a radial tower designed to expand existing programs at SCI-Arc while providing space for new research and partnerships. It offers a flexible, future oriented social condenser that shifts as SCI-Arc evolves.

The project acts as a mixing chamber that accelerates interaction between disparate activities. It is a vertical social condenser designed to capture the energy of the institution. The form is centripetal, drawing activity inward. While radial, it is grounded by an ‘Asterisk’ of entries that act as the interface between the public city and the private institution, funneling circulation toward the central core.

Inside, the building operates as vertical infrastructure organized through flexible clustering rather than a fixed hierarchy. The ground floor is a porous extension of the street and the school, anchoring vertical circulation while supporting the tower above. It remains highly active, mixing civic space with production, while above the energy shifts into spaces of discourse. By stacking these contrasting programs, the building forces intersection.

A lightweight, responsive envelope encloses this activity. Semi translucent louvers filter light and mitigate heat, creating a well tempered environment. At night, the tower becomes a lantern in the Arts District.

This project is not just an addition to SCI-Arc, but a complementary organism. While the form is centripetal, the effect is centrifugal, projecting energy back into Los Angeles. The structure ensures it remains generative, an open infrastructure ready to absorb the future of SCI-Arc’s pedagogy.

This Saturday, May 2 at 6pm, step into Spring Show 2026: FUTURE STARES BACK—where ideas evolve into mythologies and creation becomes pilgrimage. Through landscapes shaped by environment, technology, and society, this collection reminds us: the future isn’t just imagined, it’s built with optimism.

Live opening ritual begins at 7pm. Refreshments served from @zomozmezcal and @sacredriverwine. More info at the link in bio.

UG Thesis 2026 is a wrap ✅🎉

There’s still time to apply for Fall 2026! Learn more about Undergraduate Programs at the link in bio.

Undergraduate Thesis is a space for inquiry, invention, and critique—a moment when students position themselves within the discipline and propose new architectural futures. With over 80 jurors, critics, and architecture professionals in attendance, the reviews spark urgent discussions about the evolving role of architecture in today’s world.

‘Architects Need Solutions 25 Years Ahead’: New SCI-Arc Director Winka Dubbeldam on the School’s Future

In our latest Deans List conversation, architect, educator, and new SCI-Arc @sciarc director Winka Dubbeldam @winkadub, discusses leading the school with a focus on research, prototyping, biomaterials, and long-term thinking.

"Architects need to be proactive. You cannot wait for the drama to happen," she tells us. "You need solutions 25 years ahead. So I'm much more interested in asking what we will need in 25 years and prepare students for that."

🔗 Read the full story on Archinect: archinect.com/features/article/150530503/architects-need-solutions-25-years-ahead-new-sci-arc-director-winka-dubbeldam-on-the-school-s-future

📸 Cover image: Winka Dubbeldam, SCI-Arc director/CEO and Archi-Tectonics founding principal. Image courtesy SCI-Arc.

#archinect #architecture #architectureacademia #SCIArc #WinkaDubbeldam

‘Architects Need Solutions 25 Years Ahead’: New SCI-Arc Director Winka Dubbeldam on the School’s Future

In our latest Deans List conversation, architect, educator, and new SCI-Arc @sciarc director Winka Dubbeldam @winkadub, discusses leading the school with a focus on research, prototyping, biomaterials, and long-term thinking.

"Architects need to be proactive. You cannot wait for the drama to happen," she tells us. "You need solutions 25 years ahead. So I'm much more interested in asking what we will need in 25 years and prepare students for that."

🔗 Read the full story on Archinect: archinect.com/features/article/150530503/architects-need-solutions-25-years-ahead-new-sci-arc-director-winka-dubbeldam-on-the-school-s-future

📸 Cover image: Winka Dubbeldam, SCI-Arc director/CEO and Archi-Tectonics founding principal. Image courtesy SCI-Arc.

#archinect #architecture #architectureacademia #SCIArc #WinkaDubbeldam

‘Architects Need Solutions 25 Years Ahead’: New SCI-Arc Director Winka Dubbeldam on the School’s Future

In our latest Deans List conversation, architect, educator, and new SCI-Arc @sciarc director Winka Dubbeldam @winkadub, discusses leading the school with a focus on research, prototyping, biomaterials, and long-term thinking.

"Architects need to be proactive. You cannot wait for the drama to happen," she tells us. "You need solutions 25 years ahead. So I'm much more interested in asking what we will need in 25 years and prepare students for that."

🔗 Read the full story on Archinect: archinect.com/features/article/150530503/architects-need-solutions-25-years-ahead-new-sci-arc-director-winka-dubbeldam-on-the-school-s-future

📸 Cover image: Winka Dubbeldam, SCI-Arc director/CEO and Archi-Tectonics founding principal. Image courtesy SCI-Arc.

#archinect #architecture #architectureacademia #SCIArc #WinkaDubbeldam

‘Architects Need Solutions 25 Years Ahead’: New SCI-Arc Director Winka Dubbeldam on the School’s Future

In our latest Deans List conversation, architect, educator, and new SCI-Arc @sciarc director Winka Dubbeldam @winkadub, discusses leading the school with a focus on research, prototyping, biomaterials, and long-term thinking.

"Architects need to be proactive. You cannot wait for the drama to happen," she tells us. "You need solutions 25 years ahead. So I'm much more interested in asking what we will need in 25 years and prepare students for that."

🔗 Read the full story on Archinect: archinect.com/features/article/150530503/architects-need-solutions-25-years-ahead-new-sci-arc-director-winka-dubbeldam-on-the-school-s-future

📸 Cover image: Winka Dubbeldam, SCI-Arc director/CEO and Archi-Tectonics founding principal. Image courtesy SCI-Arc.

#archinect #architecture #architectureacademia #SCIArc #WinkaDubbeldam

‘Architects Need Solutions 25 Years Ahead’: New SCI-Arc Director Winka Dubbeldam on the School’s Future

In our latest Deans List conversation, architect, educator, and new SCI-Arc @sciarc director Winka Dubbeldam @winkadub, discusses leading the school with a focus on research, prototyping, biomaterials, and long-term thinking.

"Architects need to be proactive. You cannot wait for the drama to happen," she tells us. "You need solutions 25 years ahead. So I'm much more interested in asking what we will need in 25 years and prepare students for that."

🔗 Read the full story on Archinect: archinect.com/features/article/150530503/architects-need-solutions-25-years-ahead-new-sci-arc-director-winka-dubbeldam-on-the-school-s-future

📸 Cover image: Winka Dubbeldam, SCI-Arc director/CEO and Archi-Tectonics founding principal. Image courtesy SCI-Arc.

#archinect #architecture #architectureacademia #SCIArc #WinkaDubbeldam

Project by M.Arch 1 students Sabrina Casanova (@sabrina.casanovaa) + Yaqi Zhu (@yaqi2000) for Marcelo Spina’s (@marcelo.spina) Fall 2025 2GA Studio.

Learn more about SCI-Arc Graduate Programs at the link in bio.

This project proposes an adaptive reuse campus for the Los Angeles Dance Project in Pico Union, integrating contemporary design within an existing vernacular context. Rooted in LADP’s values of movement, improvisation, and community engagement, the design explores how new interventions can emerge without erasing what exists. Drawing from the work of Gordon Matta-Clark and Georges Rousse, the project operates through three strategies: organizing the site through the existing urban grid, layering new and existing structures, and developing a material palimpsest.

Four urban corridors structure the site, framing a central courtyard that connects to Valencia Street and 12th Street, extending neighborhood activity into the campus. The theater anchors the project and guides circulation through stacked and layered cores, linking retained buildings with new insertions. Vernacular roof forms are abstracted through subtraction, mediating between old and new while creating spatial ambiguity.

Material strategies reinforce this relationship. A terracotta rainscreen is paired with existing brick to maintain visual continuity while distinguishing contemporary interventions through geometry and texture. At moments of transition, terracotta shifts into flat tiling, marking thresholds where old and new overlap without fully merging.

This material logic extends into the interior, where terracotta surfaces translate into suspended ceiling elements in the lobby and theater, shaping atmosphere and performance conditions. The project ultimately operates as a layered urban artifact, preserving memory while introducing new spatial and material systems, allowing past and present to coexist in a continuously evolving architectural framework.

Project by M.Arch 1 students Sabrina Casanova (@sabrina.casanovaa) + Yaqi Zhu (@yaqi2000) for Marcelo Spina’s (@marcelo.spina) Fall 2025 2GA Studio.

Learn more about SCI-Arc Graduate Programs at the link in bio.

This project proposes an adaptive reuse campus for the Los Angeles Dance Project in Pico Union, integrating contemporary design within an existing vernacular context. Rooted in LADP’s values of movement, improvisation, and community engagement, the design explores how new interventions can emerge without erasing what exists. Drawing from the work of Gordon Matta-Clark and Georges Rousse, the project operates through three strategies: organizing the site through the existing urban grid, layering new and existing structures, and developing a material palimpsest.

Four urban corridors structure the site, framing a central courtyard that connects to Valencia Street and 12th Street, extending neighborhood activity into the campus. The theater anchors the project and guides circulation through stacked and layered cores, linking retained buildings with new insertions. Vernacular roof forms are abstracted through subtraction, mediating between old and new while creating spatial ambiguity.

Material strategies reinforce this relationship. A terracotta rainscreen is paired with existing brick to maintain visual continuity while distinguishing contemporary interventions through geometry and texture. At moments of transition, terracotta shifts into flat tiling, marking thresholds where old and new overlap without fully merging.

This material logic extends into the interior, where terracotta surfaces translate into suspended ceiling elements in the lobby and theater, shaping atmosphere and performance conditions. The project ultimately operates as a layered urban artifact, preserving memory while introducing new spatial and material systems, allowing past and present to coexist in a continuously evolving architectural framework.

Project by M.Arch 1 students Sabrina Casanova (@sabrina.casanovaa) + Yaqi Zhu (@yaqi2000) for Marcelo Spina’s (@marcelo.spina) Fall 2025 2GA Studio.

Learn more about SCI-Arc Graduate Programs at the link in bio.

This project proposes an adaptive reuse campus for the Los Angeles Dance Project in Pico Union, integrating contemporary design within an existing vernacular context. Rooted in LADP’s values of movement, improvisation, and community engagement, the design explores how new interventions can emerge without erasing what exists. Drawing from the work of Gordon Matta-Clark and Georges Rousse, the project operates through three strategies: organizing the site through the existing urban grid, layering new and existing structures, and developing a material palimpsest.

Four urban corridors structure the site, framing a central courtyard that connects to Valencia Street and 12th Street, extending neighborhood activity into the campus. The theater anchors the project and guides circulation through stacked and layered cores, linking retained buildings with new insertions. Vernacular roof forms are abstracted through subtraction, mediating between old and new while creating spatial ambiguity.

Material strategies reinforce this relationship. A terracotta rainscreen is paired with existing brick to maintain visual continuity while distinguishing contemporary interventions through geometry and texture. At moments of transition, terracotta shifts into flat tiling, marking thresholds where old and new overlap without fully merging.

This material logic extends into the interior, where terracotta surfaces translate into suspended ceiling elements in the lobby and theater, shaping atmosphere and performance conditions. The project ultimately operates as a layered urban artifact, preserving memory while introducing new spatial and material systems, allowing past and present to coexist in a continuously evolving architectural framework.

Project by M.Arch 1 students Sabrina Casanova (@sabrina.casanovaa) + Yaqi Zhu (@yaqi2000) for Marcelo Spina’s (@marcelo.spina) Fall 2025 2GA Studio.

Learn more about SCI-Arc Graduate Programs at the link in bio.

This project proposes an adaptive reuse campus for the Los Angeles Dance Project in Pico Union, integrating contemporary design within an existing vernacular context. Rooted in LADP’s values of movement, improvisation, and community engagement, the design explores how new interventions can emerge without erasing what exists. Drawing from the work of Gordon Matta-Clark and Georges Rousse, the project operates through three strategies: organizing the site through the existing urban grid, layering new and existing structures, and developing a material palimpsest.

Four urban corridors structure the site, framing a central courtyard that connects to Valencia Street and 12th Street, extending neighborhood activity into the campus. The theater anchors the project and guides circulation through stacked and layered cores, linking retained buildings with new insertions. Vernacular roof forms are abstracted through subtraction, mediating between old and new while creating spatial ambiguity.

Material strategies reinforce this relationship. A terracotta rainscreen is paired with existing brick to maintain visual continuity while distinguishing contemporary interventions through geometry and texture. At moments of transition, terracotta shifts into flat tiling, marking thresholds where old and new overlap without fully merging.

This material logic extends into the interior, where terracotta surfaces translate into suspended ceiling elements in the lobby and theater, shaping atmosphere and performance conditions. The project ultimately operates as a layered urban artifact, preserving memory while introducing new spatial and material systems, allowing past and present to coexist in a continuously evolving architectural framework.

Project by M.Arch 1 students Sabrina Casanova (@sabrina.casanovaa) + Yaqi Zhu (@yaqi2000) for Marcelo Spina’s (@marcelo.spina) Fall 2025 2GA Studio.

Learn more about SCI-Arc Graduate Programs at the link in bio.

This project proposes an adaptive reuse campus for the Los Angeles Dance Project in Pico Union, integrating contemporary design within an existing vernacular context. Rooted in LADP’s values of movement, improvisation, and community engagement, the design explores how new interventions can emerge without erasing what exists. Drawing from the work of Gordon Matta-Clark and Georges Rousse, the project operates through three strategies: organizing the site through the existing urban grid, layering new and existing structures, and developing a material palimpsest.

Four urban corridors structure the site, framing a central courtyard that connects to Valencia Street and 12th Street, extending neighborhood activity into the campus. The theater anchors the project and guides circulation through stacked and layered cores, linking retained buildings with new insertions. Vernacular roof forms are abstracted through subtraction, mediating between old and new while creating spatial ambiguity.

Material strategies reinforce this relationship. A terracotta rainscreen is paired with existing brick to maintain visual continuity while distinguishing contemporary interventions through geometry and texture. At moments of transition, terracotta shifts into flat tiling, marking thresholds where old and new overlap without fully merging.

This material logic extends into the interior, where terracotta surfaces translate into suspended ceiling elements in the lobby and theater, shaping atmosphere and performance conditions. The project ultimately operates as a layered urban artifact, preserving memory while introducing new spatial and material systems, allowing past and present to coexist in a continuously evolving architectural framework.

Project by M.Arch 1 students Sabrina Casanova (@sabrina.casanovaa) + Yaqi Zhu (@yaqi2000) for Marcelo Spina’s (@marcelo.spina) Fall 2025 2GA Studio.

Learn more about SCI-Arc Graduate Programs at the link in bio.

This project proposes an adaptive reuse campus for the Los Angeles Dance Project in Pico Union, integrating contemporary design within an existing vernacular context. Rooted in LADP’s values of movement, improvisation, and community engagement, the design explores how new interventions can emerge without erasing what exists. Drawing from the work of Gordon Matta-Clark and Georges Rousse, the project operates through three strategies: organizing the site through the existing urban grid, layering new and existing structures, and developing a material palimpsest.

Four urban corridors structure the site, framing a central courtyard that connects to Valencia Street and 12th Street, extending neighborhood activity into the campus. The theater anchors the project and guides circulation through stacked and layered cores, linking retained buildings with new insertions. Vernacular roof forms are abstracted through subtraction, mediating between old and new while creating spatial ambiguity.

Material strategies reinforce this relationship. A terracotta rainscreen is paired with existing brick to maintain visual continuity while distinguishing contemporary interventions through geometry and texture. At moments of transition, terracotta shifts into flat tiling, marking thresholds where old and new overlap without fully merging.

This material logic extends into the interior, where terracotta surfaces translate into suspended ceiling elements in the lobby and theater, shaping atmosphere and performance conditions. The project ultimately operates as a layered urban artifact, preserving memory while introducing new spatial and material systems, allowing past and present to coexist in a continuously evolving architectural framework.

Project by M.Arch 1 students Sabrina Casanova (@sabrina.casanovaa) + Yaqi Zhu (@yaqi2000) for Marcelo Spina’s (@marcelo.spina) Fall 2025 2GA Studio.

Learn more about SCI-Arc Graduate Programs at the link in bio.

This project proposes an adaptive reuse campus for the Los Angeles Dance Project in Pico Union, integrating contemporary design within an existing vernacular context. Rooted in LADP’s values of movement, improvisation, and community engagement, the design explores how new interventions can emerge without erasing what exists. Drawing from the work of Gordon Matta-Clark and Georges Rousse, the project operates through three strategies: organizing the site through the existing urban grid, layering new and existing structures, and developing a material palimpsest.

Four urban corridors structure the site, framing a central courtyard that connects to Valencia Street and 12th Street, extending neighborhood activity into the campus. The theater anchors the project and guides circulation through stacked and layered cores, linking retained buildings with new insertions. Vernacular roof forms are abstracted through subtraction, mediating between old and new while creating spatial ambiguity.

Material strategies reinforce this relationship. A terracotta rainscreen is paired with existing brick to maintain visual continuity while distinguishing contemporary interventions through geometry and texture. At moments of transition, terracotta shifts into flat tiling, marking thresholds where old and new overlap without fully merging.

This material logic extends into the interior, where terracotta surfaces translate into suspended ceiling elements in the lobby and theater, shaping atmosphere and performance conditions. The project ultimately operates as a layered urban artifact, preserving memory while introducing new spatial and material systems, allowing past and present to coexist in a continuously evolving architectural framework.

Project by M.Arch 1 students Sabrina Casanova (@sabrina.casanovaa) + Yaqi Zhu (@yaqi2000) for Marcelo Spina’s (@marcelo.spina) Fall 2025 2GA Studio.

Learn more about SCI-Arc Graduate Programs at the link in bio.

This project proposes an adaptive reuse campus for the Los Angeles Dance Project in Pico Union, integrating contemporary design within an existing vernacular context. Rooted in LADP’s values of movement, improvisation, and community engagement, the design explores how new interventions can emerge without erasing what exists. Drawing from the work of Gordon Matta-Clark and Georges Rousse, the project operates through three strategies: organizing the site through the existing urban grid, layering new and existing structures, and developing a material palimpsest.

Four urban corridors structure the site, framing a central courtyard that connects to Valencia Street and 12th Street, extending neighborhood activity into the campus. The theater anchors the project and guides circulation through stacked and layered cores, linking retained buildings with new insertions. Vernacular roof forms are abstracted through subtraction, mediating between old and new while creating spatial ambiguity.

Material strategies reinforce this relationship. A terracotta rainscreen is paired with existing brick to maintain visual continuity while distinguishing contemporary interventions through geometry and texture. At moments of transition, terracotta shifts into flat tiling, marking thresholds where old and new overlap without fully merging.

This material logic extends into the interior, where terracotta surfaces translate into suspended ceiling elements in the lobby and theater, shaping atmosphere and performance conditions. The project ultimately operates as a layered urban artifact, preserving memory while introducing new spatial and material systems, allowing past and present to coexist in a continuously evolving architectural framework.

Project by M.Arch 1 students Sabrina Casanova (@sabrina.casanovaa) + Yaqi Zhu (@yaqi2000) for Marcelo Spina’s (@marcelo.spina) Fall 2025 2GA Studio.

Learn more about SCI-Arc Graduate Programs at the link in bio.

This project proposes an adaptive reuse campus for the Los Angeles Dance Project in Pico Union, integrating contemporary design within an existing vernacular context. Rooted in LADP’s values of movement, improvisation, and community engagement, the design explores how new interventions can emerge without erasing what exists. Drawing from the work of Gordon Matta-Clark and Georges Rousse, the project operates through three strategies: organizing the site through the existing urban grid, layering new and existing structures, and developing a material palimpsest.

Four urban corridors structure the site, framing a central courtyard that connects to Valencia Street and 12th Street, extending neighborhood activity into the campus. The theater anchors the project and guides circulation through stacked and layered cores, linking retained buildings with new insertions. Vernacular roof forms are abstracted through subtraction, mediating between old and new while creating spatial ambiguity.

Material strategies reinforce this relationship. A terracotta rainscreen is paired with existing brick to maintain visual continuity while distinguishing contemporary interventions through geometry and texture. At moments of transition, terracotta shifts into flat tiling, marking thresholds where old and new overlap without fully merging.

This material logic extends into the interior, where terracotta surfaces translate into suspended ceiling elements in the lobby and theater, shaping atmosphere and performance conditions. The project ultimately operates as a layered urban artifact, preserving memory while introducing new spatial and material systems, allowing past and present to coexist in a continuously evolving architectural framework.

Project by M.Arch 1 students Sabrina Casanova (@sabrina.casanovaa) + Yaqi Zhu (@yaqi2000) for Marcelo Spina’s (@marcelo.spina) Fall 2025 2GA Studio.

Learn more about SCI-Arc Graduate Programs at the link in bio.

This project proposes an adaptive reuse campus for the Los Angeles Dance Project in Pico Union, integrating contemporary design within an existing vernacular context. Rooted in LADP’s values of movement, improvisation, and community engagement, the design explores how new interventions can emerge without erasing what exists. Drawing from the work of Gordon Matta-Clark and Georges Rousse, the project operates through three strategies: organizing the site through the existing urban grid, layering new and existing structures, and developing a material palimpsest.

Four urban corridors structure the site, framing a central courtyard that connects to Valencia Street and 12th Street, extending neighborhood activity into the campus. The theater anchors the project and guides circulation through stacked and layered cores, linking retained buildings with new insertions. Vernacular roof forms are abstracted through subtraction, mediating between old and new while creating spatial ambiguity.

Material strategies reinforce this relationship. A terracotta rainscreen is paired with existing brick to maintain visual continuity while distinguishing contemporary interventions through geometry and texture. At moments of transition, terracotta shifts into flat tiling, marking thresholds where old and new overlap without fully merging.

This material logic extends into the interior, where terracotta surfaces translate into suspended ceiling elements in the lobby and theater, shaping atmosphere and performance conditions. The project ultimately operates as a layered urban artifact, preserving memory while introducing new spatial and material systems, allowing past and present to coexist in a continuously evolving architectural framework.

Join us at SCI-Arc on Saturday, May 2 at 6pm for Spring Show 2026: FUTURE STARES BACK.

More information at the link in bio.

FUTURE STARES BACK imagines a world where today’s urgencies become tomorrow’s myths. Student visions transform space into a living archive of Earth, Code, and Commons—where architecture, curiosity, and experimentation converge into something in conversation with tomorrow.

Last weeks reviews @sciarcmade for great dialogues with students, faculty and guest critics …. The work was certainly worth it!Congrats to our students and faculty!
#sciarc #reviews #dialogue #design #architecture

Last weeks reviews @sciarcmade for great dialogues with students, faculty and guest critics …. The work was certainly worth it!Congrats to our students and faculty!
#sciarc #reviews #dialogue #design #architecture

Last weeks reviews @sciarcmade for great dialogues with students, faculty and guest critics …. The work was certainly worth it!Congrats to our students and faculty!
#sciarc #reviews #dialogue #design #architecture

Spring 2026 Final Reviews at SCI-Arc wrapped up - ideas pushed further, visions sharpened, and a week defined by bold work and thoughtful critique.

Wednesday featured:
• @baumgartner_architecture, @conescubes, @ramirodiazgranados, @davidfreeland, @ericowenmoss, @dwayneoyler 3B classes
• devynweiser Vertical Studio

Thursday showcased:
• @jackihahbloom, @d4mjan, @education_manferdini 2GBX classes
• @florenciapita Vertical Studio
• @margaret_griffinp Vertical Studio
• @mcaseyrehm @sciarc_ms_ai class