Capstone

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.

Instructor

Meg Coffee

Steven Chavez

Project Location

Various

judges

Lynn Capouya – Lynn Capouya, Inc
Kurt Culbertson – Design Workshop
Yong Kim – LVL Studio Inc
Emily Mahony – 2GHO
Evan Mather – MIG
Jared McKnight – WRT Design
Elisabeth Weinstein – RIOS

Transforming Vulcan from Landfill to Landmark

Elena Avanesova

Shifting Sands: A Pilot For Adaptive Coastal Wetland Migration In The Face Of Climate Impacts

Julia Bennett

Market Park

T. elizabeth Cramer

Patch and Thread: Stitching Together Nature and Culture along the Arroyo Seco

Clayton Daily

CHANGING COURSE

Dante Iñiguez

Connecting Inner and Outer Space: Creating a Thriving Indoor/Outdoor Work Environment for Rocket Scientists

callie kourtis

Fresno Dry Creek Canal Park: Creating a Waterfront Ecological and Recreational Corridor and Public Park

Daniel Mason Morgan

Journey to Acceptance: Strategies for Harmonizing the Cycle of Life with the Urban Cemetery Landscape

Chan Nguyen

Riverside Chinatown Heritage Park | Employing Ancient Practices to Connect a Modern Community

Grace Pan

Alternative Medicine: Healing Garden in Da’an Forest Park

Heather Smith

In Defiance of Barriers

Andrew Steiger

Rehabilitating A Cultural Landscape: Ralph D. Cornell at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library

Tracy Wolk

Congratulations to

The 2024 Capstone Class

The Capstone course – which culminates in a self-directed project – demonstrates each student’s competency in site selection, analysis, site programming, design conceptualization, and the creation of a final conceptual design proposal booklet.

The 2024 Capstone Class produced a range of remarkable projects that showcase their ability to synthesize all they’ve learned into compelling and highly relevant culminating presentations. Under the guidance of instructors Meg Coffee and Steven Chavez, the students worked tirelessly to research, analyze, and design solutions to a variety of sites in the greater Los Angeles area and beyond.

Each student prepared an oral presentation and compiled a book containing detailed site analysis and artistic renderings of their prepared concept. Capstone books are meticulously assembled to include research, design process, final design solutions and all supporting materials, and then submitted for final grades.