Capstone Projects — SCSLA UCLAx

2026 Capstone projects

The final design class culminates in a self-directed project that demonstrates competency in site selection, analysis, programming a site, conceptualizing a design, and rendering a final conceptual design proposal booklet.

INSTRUCTORS: Meg Rushing Coffee and Jim Pickel

Michelle Sullivan
Dean Howell
Stephanie Landregan
Madison Glazer

JUDGES:

Kim Rhodes
Angie Song
Melanie Buffa

SCRIBES:

Laura Williams
Tom Galassi
Bella Smith
Tato Maizza
Lauren Tucker

Elisa Reclusado
Ranen Ayob
Michael Bircumshaw
Charlie Follette
Daniel Talton

SCASLA EXCELLENCE AWARD

Regenerative Confluence:

Reimagining Urban Flood Infrastructure at the Compton Creek and Los Angeles River

Callie Ham

SCASLA EXCELLENCE AWARD

INVITATIONS TO STAY:

Reimagining Social and Ecological Life at Caltech

Jen Moody

SCASLA ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Reconnecting:

Creek and Marsh, Community and Nature

Kristin Byrd

SCASLA ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Reimagining Border Crossings

Mitchell Miller

SCASLA ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Arena Park:

Renewed Energy in South Bay L.A.

Josep Ferrer Miranda

SCASLA ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Rewoven:

Fire, Water and People at Runyon Canyon

Patrese Winter

SCASLA HONORABLE MENTION

A New Mission for Mission Bay:

Envisioning a Public & Resilient Waterfront on the South Shore

Leeloo Gilet

SCASLA HONORABLE MENTION

Renewed Purpose:

Restoring Land and Lives
on a Brownfield in Compton

Zoë Marans

SCASLA HONORABLE MENTION

Resiliency in the WUI:

Where Reciprocal Relationships Build Capacity to Thrive: A Janes Village Case Study

Nikki Rinehart

SCASLA HONORABLE MENTION

From Landfill to Living Landscape

Torie Stover

Utility Easement to
Thriving Community Center

Ben Marchesano

Designing Schoolyards as Connected Systems:

Integrating Thermal Comfort, Health and Well-Being, Learning, and Environmental Performance at Rice Elementary

Garo Manjikian

From Greyfield to Green:

Reimagining A Historic Site In Oakland California

Patricia Yusuf

Rooted in South LA:

An Urban Ecology of Habitat and Culture

Tate Tilles-Perrine

Rhythms of Place

A Civic Landscape in the Crenshaw Corridor

Charlie Leazer

Kuruvungna Village Springs:

Reaffirming a Living Cultural Landscape

Victoria Gutierrez

Landscape Design 7