CPP MLA Culminating Experience Listing
Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) Culminating Experience Beyond the Channel: Connecting Water, Land, and Community Along the Arroyo Seco
August 20, 2024 to May 24, 2025
The LEAD studio of the MLA program cultivates leaders in evidence-based landscape architecture who are proactive, creative in leveraging opportunities, and socially conscious of their actions. It stresses academic excellence focused on developing awareness of current issues and opportunities, experimenting with innovative methods and technologies to develop solutions, synthesizing interdisciplinary knowledge and community-based knowledge, connecting personal values to analyses, planning, policies, and designs at multiple scales. We use evidence that supports the design process derived from academic research literature, community engagement, and the wealth of data that is increasingly accessible to inform decision-making and design. Amid societal challenges such as climate change, public health, and social inequity, we practice evidence-based design, ecosystematic design, geo-design, design for climate migration, adaptation, resilience, enhanced quality of life, and socio-environmental justice.
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Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) Culminating Experience Canopy of Care: Building Community Resilience through Urban Forest Education, Maintenance, and Cultural Awareness in South Los Angeles
August 20, 2024 to May 24, 2025
CPPMLA LEAD Studio. (2025). Canopy of Care: Building Community Resilience through Urban Forest Education, Maintenance, and Cultural Awareness in South Los Angeles. Faculty Advisors: Li, Weimin & Hunter, Jade. Students: Mara Carcamo, Moon Jin, Abbey Kingsbury, Johanna Ortiz Valiente, and Zachary Solorza. Community Partner: LA Urban Center. US Forest Service Pacific Southwest Station, Department of Landscape Architecture, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA, United States. Please follow our credit policy if you would like to cite and/or request permission to use our work.
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Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) Culminating Experience From the Ashes: Relational Design for Living with Hazards in the Los Angeles WUI
August 20, 2024 to May 24, 2025
Los Angeles County faces increasing climate-related hazards, which are becoming more frequent, intense, and complex—often occurring as compound events, where multiple hazards unfold simultaneously or in sequence. While the county’s Hazard Mitigation and Emergency Management Plans identify risks and propose long-term strategies, they often lack meaningful community engagement. This project responds to the urgent need for community-driven, multiscalar, and cross-agency approaches to climate adaptation and hazard mitigation.
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Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) Culminating Experience Trust to Connect: Holistic Frameworks for Multifunctional Landscapes to Promote Biodiversity in West San Gabriel Valley
August 20, 2024 to May 24, 2025
The LEAD studio of the MLA program cultivates leaders in evidence-based landscape architecture who are proactive, creative in leveraging opportunities, and socially conscious of their actions. It stresses academic excellence focused on developing awareness of current issues and opportunities, experimenting with innovative methods and technologies to develop solutions, synthesizing interdisciplinary knowledge and community-based knowledge, connecting personal values to analyses, planning, policies, and designs at multiple scales. We use evidence that supports the design process derived from academic research literature, community engagement, and the wealth of data that is increasingly accessible to inform decision-making and design. Amid societal challenges such as climate change, public health, and social inequity, we practice evidence-based design, ecosystemic design, geo-design, design for climate migration, adaptation, resilience, enhanced quality of life, and socioenvironmental justice.
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Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) Culminating Experience Huron the Beautiful - A Model of Multi-Benefit Restoration for Agricultural Communities in the San Joaquin Valley, California
August 20, 2023 to May 24, 2024
The LEAD studio of the MLA program cultivates leaders in evidence-based landscape architecture who are proactive, creative in leveraging opportunities, and socially conscious of their actions. It stresses academic excellence focused on developing awareness of current issues and opportunities, experimenting with innovative methods and technologies to develop solutions, synthesizing interdisciplinary knowledge and community-based knowledge, connecting personal values to analyses, planning, policies, and designs at multiple scales. We use evidence that supports the design process derived from academic research literature, community engagement, and the wealth of data that is increasingly accessible to inform decision-making and design. Amid societal challenges such as climate change, public health, and social inequity, we practice evidence-based design, ecosystemic design, geo-design, design for climate migration, adaptation, resilience, enhanced quality of life, and socioenvironmental justice.
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Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) Culminating Experience Co-Design for Reconciliation - A Reimagining of the Ancestral Homeland of the Kootzaduka'a People in Mono County, California
August 20, 2023 to May 24, 2024
The LEAD studio of the MLA program cultivates leaders in evidence-based landscape architecture who are proactive, creative in leveraging opportunities, and socially conscious of their actions. It stresses academic excellence focused on developing awareness of current issues and opportunities, experimenting with innovative methods and technologies to develop solutions, synthesizing interdisciplinary knowledge and community-based knowledge, connecting personal values to analyses, planning, policies, and designs at multiple scales. We use evidence that supports the design process derived from academic research literature, community engagement, and the wealth of data that is increasingly accessible to inform decision-making and design. Amid societal challenges such as climate change, public health, and social inequity, we practice evidence-based design, ecosystemic design, geo-design, design for climate migration, adaptation, resilience, enhanced quality of life, and socioenvironmental justice.
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Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) Culminating Experience The Equity Network Pomona, CA - Every Neighborhood Counts
August 20, 2023 to May 24, 2024
The LEAD studio of the MLA program cultivates leaders in evidence-based landscape architecture who are proactive, creative in leveraging opportunities, and socially conscious of their actions. It stresses academic excellence focused on developing awareness of current issues and opportunities, experimenting with innovative methods and technologies to develop solutions, synthesizing interdisciplinary knowledge and community-based knowledge, connecting personal values to analyses, planning, policies, and designs at multiple scales. We use evidence that supports the design process derived from academic research literature, community engagement, and the wealth of data that is increasingly accessible to inform decision-making and design. Amid societal challenges such as climate change, public health, and social inequity, we practice evidence-based design, ecosystemic design, geo-design, design for climate migration, adaptation, resilience, enhanced quality of life, and socioenvironmental justice.
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Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) Culminating Experience Unlocking the Gateway - A resilient Future for Maywood, California
August 20, 2023 to May 24, 2024
The LEAD studio of the MLA program cultivates leaders in evidence-based landscape architecture who are proactive, creative in leveraging opportunities, and socially conscious of their actions. It stresses academic excellence focused on developing awareness of current issues and opportunities, experimenting with innovative methods and technologies to develop solutions, synthesizing interdisciplinary knowledge and community-based knowledge, connecting personal values to analyses, planning, policies, and designs at multiple scales. We use evidence that supports the design process derived from academic research literature, community engagement, and the wealth of data that is increasingly accessible to inform decision-making and design. Amid societal challenges such as climate change, public health, and social inequity, we practice evidence-based design, ecosystemic design, geo-design, design for climate migration, adaptation, resilience, enhanced quality of life, and socioenvironmental justice.
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Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) Culminating Experience Destination: Baldwin Park - A Community Vision Plan for the City of Baldwin Park, California
August 20, 2023 to May 24, 2024
The LEAD studio of the MLA program cultivates leaders in evidence-based landscape architecture who are proactive, creative in leveraging opportunities, and socially conscious of their actions. It stresses academic excellence focused on developing awareness of current issues and opportunities, experimenting with innovative methods and technologies to develop solutions, synthesizing interdisciplinary knowledge and community-based knowledge, connecting personal values to analyses, planning, policies, and designs at multiple scales. We use evidence that supports the design process derived from academic research literature, community engagement, and the wealth of data that is increasingly accessible to inform decision-making and design. Amid societal challenges such as climate change, public health, and social inequity, we practice evidence-based design, ecosystemic design, geo-design, design for climate migration, adaptation, resilience, enhanced quality of life, and socioenvironmental justice.
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