Lecture Recap and Video: Urs Peter Flueckiger on 'Natural Light: The Architecture of Donald Judd' Feb. 21, 2022 In this presentation, Urs Peter Flueckiger lectures on "Natural Light: The Architecture of Donald Judd." Read more Image
CAPLA Undergraduate Architecture Student Wins AIAS Chapter Leader Honor Award Feb. 21, 2022 Ally Kwan ’23 B.Arch has been awarded the 2021 Chapter Leader Honor Award from the national American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) organization, while the UArizona AIAS student organization has been honored with a 2021 AIAS Chapter Honor Award Honorable Mention. Read more Image
Lecture Recap and Video: Jason Jurjevich on 'Navigating Differential Privacy In Decennial Census Data' Feb. 20, 2022 In this talk, Jason Jurjevich, associate professor of practice in the UArizona School of Geography, Development and Environment, reviews the history of data protections leading up to differential privacy and outlines important takeaways for planners and real estate professionals working with census data. Read more Image
Immersed in Architecture: Christine Ufondu '25 B.Arch Feb. 16, 2022 B.Arch student Christine Ufondu, who is also pursuing in a Minor in Real Estate Development, will graduate in 2025. She was born in Houston, Texas, but mostly grew up in Rivers State, Nigeria. Though she chose to come to CAPLA site unseen, it was the right decision: she loves the community of faculty, students and immersive design. Read more Image
Urban Food Systems: GLHN-Sponsored Architecture Studio Crafts Paradigm for a Sustainable Future Feb. 14, 2022 Assistant Architecture Professor Courtney Crosson is working with CAPLA students to design solutions for a more sustainable Tucson by 2050, thanks to sponsorship and advising by GLHN Architects & Engineers. In the Fall of 2021, students partnered with five community organizations to design sustainable urban food systems. Read more Image
CAPLA Planning Professor Discusses the Rapid Growth in Small, Rural Communities Due to the Pandemic on NPR’s Morning Edition Feb. 11, 2022 Philip Stoker, assistant professor of landscape architecture and planning, was interviewed in the January 21, 2022 episode of NPR’s Morning Edition: “The ramifications of exploding interests in small-town living during the pandemic.” His NITC-funded research includes CAPLA graduate students. Read more Image
Creating Spatial Justice: Mackenzie Waller, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture Feb. 7, 2022 Mackenzie Waller joined the college this semester as assistant professor of landscape architecture. Learn more about Mackenzie, including current research in environmental/spatial justice and this semester's landscape architecture design studio created around preserving native bees in urban Tucson. Read more Image
Public Health Researchers Join Statewide Initiative to Prepare for Climate Impacts Feb. 4, 2022 Researchers at UArizona's Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and CAPLA are partnering with organizations across the state to implement interventions aimed at protecting Arizonans from heat hazards thanks to $2 million in funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read more Image
Third-Year B.Arch Students Create Award-Winning, Accessible Designs for Bisbee, Arizona Feb. 1, 2022 This fall, third-year Bachelor of Architecture students in studios led by Teresa Rosano, Dulce Arambula, Eduardo Guerrero, Siri Trumble and Beth Weinstein participated in a universal design awards program generated from a partnership between AGM/Ascension Wheelchair Lifts and CAPLA. Meet the winners. Read more Image
Lecture Recap and Video: Linda C. Samuels on 'Infrastructural Opportunism, Infrastructural Urbanism, Infrastructural Optimism' Jan. 31, 2022 Linda C. Samuels, assistant professor of urban design at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis, joins us for the CAPLA Lecture Series on the topic of "Infrastructural Opportunism, Infrastructural Urbanism, Infrastructural Optimism." View the video from Samuels' January 31, 2022 presentation. Read more Image