CAPLA faculty, students and alumni create projects and other work that are wide-ranging and far-reaching—always with an eye towards a more sustainable built environment.
View summaries and image galleries of this dynamic work:
![Camp Naco](/sites/default/files/styles/az_card_image/public/studio/camp-naco-hdr.jpg.webp?itok=jgAJeIki)
Award-Winning Heritage Conservation Efforts by CAPLA Faculty and Students Lead to $4.6M in State Restoration Funding for Buffalo Soldier Camp
CAPLA Heritage Conservation Program Project Director Helen Erickson and graduate students Sarah McDowell and Teresa DeKoker have been instrumental in efforts to preserve Camp Naco, a borderlands Buffalo Soldier camp located near Bisbee, Arizona, resulting in awards for their story map and new funding to preserve the site.
![Eduardo Guerrero](/sites/default/files/styles/az_card_image/public/studio/eduardo-guerrero-hdr.jpg.webp?itok=ukNqyQl8)
Crossing City Limits (and International Time Zones): CAPLA's Eduardo Guerrero on His Popular Urban Podcast
Though the pandemic was a challenge for many, for CAPLA Senior Lecturer in Architecture and Urban Design Eduardo Guerrero it presented a new opportunity—connecting ideas from urbanism experts around the world through conversations, resulting in his urban podcast, Crossing City Limits. Learn more in this fascinating interview.
![Map of China](/sites/default/files/styles/az_card_image/public/studio/ingram-china-map-hdr.jpg.webp?itok=xQ7L-HxD)
CAPLA Student-Faculty Team Uses GIS to Create Digital Atlas and Award-Winning Poster of Historical Buddhist Sites in Hangzhou, China
This spring, MS Urban Planning student Glenn Ingram, recent MLA graduate Mattea Wallace and Associate Professor Philip Stoker, working with UArizona East Asian Studies Professor Jiang Wu, created the “Regional Religious Systems in Hangzhou China” story map using GIS. This fall, Ingram's poster from the project won an award.
![MLA students at Park(ing) Day 2022](/sites/default/files/styles/az_card_image/public/studio/parking-day-2022-hdr.jpg.webp?itok=ZX_gvnCr)
UArizona Landscape Architecture Students Partner with AIA Southern Arizona for Park(ing) Day 2022
For Park(ing) Day 2022, members of the American Society of Landscape Architecture UArizona student chapter partnered with the American Institute of Architects Southern Arizona to temporarily repurpose parking spaces on downtown Tucson’s Congress Street as a “pop-up” parklet.
![The Temporal Passage, by Jacob Downard](/sites/default/files/styles/az_card_image/public/studio/the-temporal-passage-hdr.jpg.webp?itok=iMKokrA0)
The Temporal Passage: Jacob Downard '22 B.Arch
The architecture of The Temporal Passage responds to the site's volcanic conditions by being conceptually rooted in scale, time and the moving materials of our living earth in an attempt to convey the magnitude of these natural forces. It further explores the spatial and conceptual juxtapositions between the human-operated straight line and the ensured chaos of nature.
![Sonoran Soundscapes](/sites/default/files/styles/az_card_image/public/studio/sonoran-soundscapes-hdr.jpg.webp?itok=Y8VL5YBB)
CAPLA Graduate Students Bring Sights and Sounds of the Sonoran Desert to Austin for SXSW
“For thousands of years, the beauty of the Sonoran Desert has invoked wonder among its human inhabitants,” says Hunter Lohse when introducing the Sonoran Soundscape project that he and fellow MLA students Alizabeth Potucek and Christian Galindo created with Assistant Music Professor Yuanyuan (Kay) Le for the UArizona Wonder House at South by Southwest in March.
![Broadway Boulevard at Swan Road intersection, looking east](/sites/default/files/styles/az_card_image/public/studio/broadway-at-swan-2.jpg.webp?itok=aO4AbwiI)
Award-Winning Report by CAPLA Urban Planning Students Envisions Equitable, Accessible Public Transportation for Underdeveloped Corridors in Tucson
Last spring, Master of Science in Urban Planning students in Associate Professor Kristina Curran's capstone course published the report Thriving Transit Corridors: Driving Transit-Oriented Development Along Tucson’s Broadway Corridor, which has been awarded the 2022 Student Project Award by the Arizona chapter of the American Planning Association.
![Apelido Theatre Company, by Brandon Willmon](/sites/default/files/styles/az_card_image/public/studio/front_PS.jpg.webp?itok=yE1M8SSI)
Apelido Theatre Company: Brandon Willmon '24 B.Arch
The Apelido Theatre Company in the historic mining town of Bisbee, Arizona, is inspired by Brazil, where practitioners of Capoeira use their bodies to create artistic performances in displays of martial prowess, and from the lessons of historic designers whose work brought forth fresh ideas about performance, dwelling and presence.
![Agricultural Center at Mochik Ranch, by Greg Veitch](/sites/default/files/styles/az_card_image/public/studio/mochik-ranch-hdr.jpg.webp?itok=UZMjxeqd)
Agricultural Center at Mochik Ranch: Greg Veitch '23 M.Arch
The Agricultural Center at Mochik Ranch is predicated upon the concept of interdependence, which is a central tenet of Yoeme spirituality and culture. The project goal was to use architecture to facilitate agricultural production and cultural ownership through an interdependent deployment of climactic forces and culturally significant building materials.
![CAPLA faculty at Cool Pavement Project](/sites/default/files/styles/az_card_image/public/studio/keith-iroz-elardo-currans-cool-pavement.jpg.webp?itok=OCu6wmhK)
The Washington Post Interviews CAPLA Professor on Creating ‘Cool Corridors’ to Counter Extreme Heat
Assistant Professor of Planning and Sustainable Built Environments Ladd Keith was interviewed by The Washington Post about the City of Tucson's Cool Pavement Program as well as the inequitable impacts of extreme heat on communities, the concepts behind "cool corridors" and more.
![Root Down](/sites/default/files/styles/az_card_image/public/studio/root-down-hdr.jpg.webp?itok=eGJ6osEw)
Root Down: Maggie Collopy '23 B.Arch
Maggie Collopy's Root Down is a mixed-used building that accommodates institutional, educational, commercial and public uses. Located in the multicultural heart of Tucson, the project serves as a beacon for public integration and educational exposition, and an example of how buildings can be sustainable.
![Housing Project for Domestic Violence Survivors](/sites/default/files/styles/az_card_image/public/studio/domesticviolence-hdr.jpg.webp?itok=HcPp_Q8X)
Housing Project for Domestic Violence Survivors: Kathy Le '24 M.Arch
Kathy Le's Housing Project for Domestic Violence Survivors is a community designed for women and children victims of domestic violence. Le's main goals were to address and resolve issues with security, comfort and community, seeking not just to provide shelter but also to provide nurturing.
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