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Architecture and Urban Design

Heather Roberge, Department Chair

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UCLA Architecture and Urban Design is a champion of ideas and their articulate expression. Our exceptional faculty teach students to engage the world around them, to see ideas as opportunities for reflection and imagination, and to leverage design and writing as productive forms of response. These ideas are grounded in a critical engagement with the history and theory of architecture and the future contingencies of contemporary culture. Through rigorous inquiry, we interrogate contemporary urban issues and propose possible futures with equal measures of expertise, optimism, and vision.

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Bachelor of Arts — Architectural Studies

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Portrait of student: Jose Andres Lopez

It feels good to be done; thank you to everyone who has supported me through my academic journey.

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Portrait of student: John Clinton Northrup
Portrait of student: Jessica Gabrielle Rahmani

Through photography, I strive to encapsulate the visual patterns of every-day sights and turn the simplicity into something sterling.

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Portrait of student: Andy Sett

I'm pursuing architecture to expand my understanding of the built environment, and to further the conversation of its sustainable capabilities to diminish climate change.

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To conclude UCLA Arts’ 2020 Virtual Commencement, graduating students will join their respective departmental faculty for individualized celebrations. These celebrations will take place concurrently in discrete digital rooms. Please join your graduate at one of the respective locations.

Master of Architecture — First Professional Degree

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Portrait of student: Shany Albalak

I have a strong interest in producing socially conscious design that benefits and considers the communities around it, leading to opportunities of creativity and unique solutions.

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Portrait of student: Chieh-Ting Chuang

Chieh-Ting is born and raised in the sunny Tainan City, Taiwan. She is interested in using multiple media to explore different fields of architectural space and design strategy.

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Portrait of student: Ching-I Kao

Annie is an immigrant rights activist and designer based in LA. She is passionate about social justice and committed to serving communities of color through policy and design.

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Portrait of student: Martha Rachel Kriley

Martha's work explores the ways in which forms and materials, both traditional and emerging, can be creatively and rigorously applied to address sustainability and social equity.

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Portrait of student: Florian Eliott Lepinard

Hi, I am Florian. As an engineer-architect, I am passionate about design because it oscillates at the intersection of people, technology and sustainability.

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This project is a proposal for a market hall and town hall located in Hollywood. The hyperbolic paraboloids perform formally and structurally as concrete shells and steel columns.

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Master of Architecture — Second Professional Degree

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Portrait of student: Revathi Ganesh

I have always been interested in art, to have pursed my career in architecture is a true passion.

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Portrait of student: Linyi Zhang
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Doctor of Philosophy

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