Student Projects & Work

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Urban Aquatic Conservatory, by Morgan Oster
Urban Aquatic Conservatory, by Morgan Oster.

Students create a wide variety of outstanding and often award-winning work during their time at CAPLA.

Check out a gallery of select student work or scroll down to view more detailed examples of student projects and work from undergraduate and graduate architecture, landscape architecture, sustainable built environments, urban planning and other students:

Course: Capstone | Instructor: Susannah Dickinson | Student: Kate Stuteville
Course: Capstone | Instructor: Susannah Dickinson | Student: Kate Stuteville
Course: Capstone | Instructor: Christopher Domin | Student: Amal Anoohi
Course: Capstone | Instructor: Christopher Domin | Student: Amal Anoohi
Course: Capstone | Instructor: Susannah Dickinson | Student: Jerrick Tsosie
Course: Capstone | Instructor: Christopher Domin | Student: Tianzhi Sun
Course: Techne III | Instructors: Susannah Dickinson and Sheehan Wachter | Student: Alex Provine
Course: Design Communication III | Instructor: Susannah Dickinson | Student: Andrew Puppos
Course: Design Communication III | Instructor: Susannah Dickinson | Student: Athena Myers
Course: Solar Decathlon Design Challenge | Instructor: Jonathan Bean | Students: Josh Muckenthaler, Sierra Yang, Nik Altamura and Chumei Ru
Instructor: Courtney Crosson
Course: Master's Thesis | Instructors: Aletheia Ida and Bill Mackey | Student: Suzan Borazjani
Course: Master's Thesis | Instructor: Aletheia Ida | Student: Fatemeh Sharaf Zadeh
Course: Orvieto Study Abroad | Instructor: Oscar Lopez
Course: Capstone | Instructor: Dan Hoffman | Student: Audie Batsford
Course: Capstone | Instructor: Bill Mackey | Student: Juliana Seymour
Course: Capstone | Instructor: Bill Mackey | Student: Juliana Seymour
Course: Design-Build Studio | Instructor: Mary Hardin | Student: Axel Golden
Course: Design Communication III | Instructor: Susannah Dickinson | Student: Pawel Sapiecha

Narratives and Galleries

Bisbee Center for Jazz section by Sal Arellano

UArizona Undergraduate Architecture Students Focus on Universal Design for Prize Funded by AGM and Ascension Wheelchair Lifts

For the third year in a row, UArizona architecture students participated in a universal design competition that put their creative and analytical skills to the test on a significantly sloped site. Thanks to AGM Container Controls and Ascension Wheelchair Lifts, the winning students received a total of $7,400 in prizes.

Luna y Sol Cafe exterior concepts

Undergraduate Landscape Architecture Students Create Exterior Concepts for New South Tucson Coffee Shop

Under the guidance of landscape architecture lecturers Alexandra Stoicof and Nolan Bade, 19 students in a fall 2022 BLA design studio created concepts for a new coffee shop coming soon to South Tucson: Luna y Sol Cafe.

Map of China

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.

The Temporal Passage, by Jacob Downard

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

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

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

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

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.

Root Down

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

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.

Map created by Irene Pineda of Pomona, California

Award-Winning Student Map Aims to Help Southern California City Plant a Sustainable Future

Recent Master of Landscape Architecture student Irene Pineda has won first place in the graduate/professional student category of the UArizona 2022 Data Visualization Challenge for her map Plant Trees in Pomona for a Sustainable Future. Her map identifies where trees should be planted to provide more shading in the rapidly industrializing Southern California city.

The Avenue Solar Decathlon Design Challenge entry

UArizona Architecture Students Win 2022 U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon Design Challenge Grand Prize

Professor Jonathan Bean and the Solar Decathlon Design Challenge Multifamily Building team of fourth-year B Arch students Andrew Norris, Jonah Cummins-Mikkalson, Alex Kolodziej and Nhan Vo not only took first place in their division, but also was selected as the 2022 Design Challenge Grand Winner for Commercial Divisions—a first for CAPLA and UArizona.