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Deliver high-quality permanent supportive housing faster and more affordably while maintaining dignity, community, and architectural quality for residents. 

How could advanced modular construction become a scalable solution to California's affordable housing crisis—not just another building? 

Develop a repeatable steel modular building system that integrates design excellence, manufacturing efficiency, and rapid on-site assembly without compromising livability. 

An 84-unit permanent supportive housing community built around a shared courtyard, demonstrating how modular construction can deliver beautiful, efficient, community-focused housing at scale. 

MACRO - An AIA Award-winning project that validated modular housing as a practical, scalable model for affordable housing and influenced future HOPE developments throughout Los Angeles. MICRO - Provides affordable housing to over 168 low income tenants

Design a personal residence that would serve not only as a family home, but as a full-scale laboratory for testing new ideas in architecture, construction, and modern living.

How can a home continually adapt to the changing ways we live, work, gather, and connect with the outdoors?

Use the project as an experimental platform to explore flexible living spaces, innovative materials, operable building elements, and construction techniques that blur the boundaries between indoors and out.

The DeMaria Experiment Residence became a highly adaptable contemporary home where architecture, technology, and everyday living work together to create spaces that evolve with their occupants. 

More than a residence, the project became a living research laboratory—informing future work while demonstrating how thoughtful experimentation can lead to more adaptable, sustainable, and meaningful architecture.

Create an innovative, sustainable home using upcycled shipping containers—an approach never before approved for permanent residential construction in the United States.

Could shipping containers become more than a novelty and evolve into a viable building system?

Bridge architectural vision, engineering, and code compliance to transform an unconventional idea into a practical construction solution.

The Redondo Beach House became the first fully National/Uniform Building Code-compliant cargo container based residence in the United States

MACRO - An AIA Award recipient and an internationally award recognized project - the  catalyst for container architecture around the globe. MICRO - successful home for a forward thinking family

Design a mobile vertiport that could safely support the emerging electric air/drone mobility industry while remaining flexible, transportable, and adaptable to a rapidly evolving regulatory and operational environment.

How can infrastructure accelerate the adoption of advanced air mobility by making future air transportation accessible, scalable, and ready for deployment? 

Create a modular, relocatable vertiport that integrates passenger experience, operational efficiency, and rapid deployment into a single adaptable platform capable of supporting next-generation electric aircraft. 

A prefabricated mobile vertiport designed to provide the essential infrastructure for Joby's all-electric aircraft, demonstrating how architecture can support the future of sustainable urban air mobility. 

The project reimagines transportation infrastructure as flexible, deployable architecture—helping establish a new model for vertiports while supporting the transition to cleaner, faster, and more connected mobility networks.

Create a community center and residence that could serve the diverse needs of an East Los Angeles neighborhood while demonstrating a more sustainable, cost-effective approach to construction using an unconventional building system. 

How could an innovative building system create a place that strengthens community, supports learning, and adapts to a wide range of neighborhood activities?

Combine recycled cargo containers with conventional construction to create a flexible, multi-purpose facility that balances sustainability, functionality, and long-term value. 

A hybrid community center and parsonage integrating seven recycled shipping containers with traditional construction to house classrooms, offices, gathering spaces, a teen center, and residential living. 

The project demonstrated that alternative construction systems can create meaningful civic architecture—expanding the role of innovative building technologies beyond housing to serve education, community engagement, and neighborhood life.

Create an innovative mixed-use development on a compact Venice Beach site that combined residential living, creative workspaces, and sustainable construction using an unconventional building system. 

Could cargo containers become a viable solution for urban infill—creating flexible, high-quality architecture that responds to both people and place? 

Integrate recycled shipping containers with conventional construction to create a code-compliant live/work building that balanced architectural expression, sustainability, and urban functionality. 

A mixed-use development built from fourteen recycled shipping containers, combining two contemporary residences above a street-level gallery and parking while demonstrating the versatility of modular steel construction. 

One of the nation's first mixed-use cargo container developments, the project demonstrated that alternative construction systems could deliver sophisticated urban architecture while helping redefine the possibilities of sustainable infill development.

Create a BOLD residential addition and studio that would support the creative process while responding to the constraints of a steep urban hillside and the character of the Mt. Washington neighborhood.

How can architecture become an extension of the creative process—supporting making, juxtaposing, living, and inspiring in equal measure?

Integrate flexible living and studio spaces with innovative construction and a strong connection to the landscape, creating a home that adapts to both artistic practice and everyday life.

A contemporary live/work residence that blurs the boundaries between home, studio, and gallery—providing an environment where architecture actively supports creativity.

The Artist Ark demonstrates that a home can be more than a place to live; it can become a catalyst for artistic expression, experimentation, and a deeper connection between people, place, and the creative process.

Create a safe, dignified temporary housing community that could be rapidly deployed, relocated, and provide immediate relief to Los Angeles' homelessness crisis. 

How could architecture become a catalyst for hope, healing, and human dignity—not simply a place to sleep? 

Develop a relocatable modular community that combined speed of construction, operational efficiency, and people-centered design while creating spaces that foster safety, interaction, and recovery. 

A modular bridge housing village organized around a central courtyard, using relocatable steel modules to provide rapid deployment while creating a welcoming environment that supports residents on their journey toward permanent housing. 

An award-winning project that demonstrated how modular construction can deliver meaningful architecture with speed, compassion, and dignity—helping redefine emergency housing as an opportunity for positive human impact.

Design a contemporary two-story, five-unit residential development within the historic fabric of South Pasadena while respecting the neighborhood’s established scale and architectural character.

How can contemporary multifamily housing contribute to a historic neighborhood—supporting greater density while preserving the familiar rhythm and identity of the streetscape?

Organize the development around a street-facing California Bungalow that maintains the neighborhood scale, while positioning the contemporary residences beyond with a modern material palette and carefully composed massing.

An elegant five-unit apartment community that balances contemporary living with contextual sensitivity, successfully navigating a rigorous Planning Commission process to become a thoughtful addition to the neighborhood.

The project demonstrates how multifamily housing can introduce a modern architectural language while respecting local history—strengthening the streetscape and contributing gracefully to an established community.