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WSOA In-Flux

WSOA In-Flux

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WSOA In-Flux is a publishing platform for student work launched by Woodbury School of Architecture in 2020.




Woodbury School of Architecture is distinguished by its multiple locations at the heart of the Southern California creative industries: Los Angeles, Hollywood and San Diego. Together, these sites form a critical infrastructure for architectural investigations.

Our undergraduate and graduate programs prepare students to effect positive change in the built environment, to tackle theoretical debates, and to take on architecture and interior design as critical practices. We educate our students as entrepreneurs, citizen architects, and cultural builders equally committed to professional practice, theoretical discourse, social equity and to formal and technological inquiry.

Our faculty are architects, designers, academics and policy makers practicing in Los Angeles, San Diego and Tijuana. This internationally recognized and award-winning group works closely with students to teach the skills required to push the limits of practice.



Mission

Good design is a human right. Woodbury School of Architecture produces graduates who affirm the power of design to improve the built environment and the lives of others by addressing the pressing issues of our time. We transform our students into ethical, articulate and innovative design professionals prepared to lead in a world of accelerating technological change.


Vision

The future belongs to Woodbury. Woodbury School of Architecture creates an environment that empowers our students to impact the future of the profession through meaningful built work. We imagine a world in which there are no disciplinary rights or wrongs, where diverse and sometimes contradictory values collide to generate new ideas, design innovation, unexpected practices, and the means to expand the influence of our discipline.


Woodbury School of Architecture offers a welcoming environment for students to develop their own unique design voice.  We approach the design disciplines multi-dimensionally, teaching a range of pedagogies and design methodologies. Our students leave Woodbury with the confidence to engage in local and global discourse.

Through engaged faculty-student interaction, we transform our students into innovative professionals with a commitment to the power of good design. Our students and faculty share a commitment to sustainable practices, community outreach and civic engagement.

Our School of Architecture is among the first 14 accredited architectural programs to be accepted for participation in the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) Integrated Path to Architectural Licensure (IPAL) initiative. Successful students will have the opportunity to have an architectural license upon graduation.

We believe that our school is a role model for the direction in which the profession is heading – improving gender parity and ethnic diversity among its members, and reaffirming the importance of ethical conduct and social responsibility. Ours is a welcoming community for every race and orientation, and we resist acts of intolerance in favor of thoughtfulness, generosity and kindness. The economic, ethnic, and academic backgrounds of our students reflect Southern California itself. We are determined to provide a place for open debate, the respectful airing of differences, and for rich forms of expression and imagination.


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HIGH | LOW ADU : Architecture towards a more equitable Los Angeles ︎ Studio 8


ARCH 402
Spring 2021 ︎
Los Angeles

Instructors
Jeanine Centuori


Work by B.Arch Student: Alexandra Terrones


This studio finds opportunities for design, social outreach, and entrepreneurialism within the context of the recently enacted Accessory Dwelling Unit [ADU] laws at the state and local levels. This wave of legislation aims to provide additional housing in backyards and other unused areas of real estate within the city. These laws have inadvertently created a flurry of businesses aiming to capitalize on this new marketplace. Students scrutinize this area of the market, and devise methods for strong design to be married to a smart business strategy. This studio engages the extremes of high-design with do-it-yourself [DIY] culture. Adopting the mantra Good Design is a Democratic Right, students apply their design skills to the everyday problem of the housing crisis in Los Angeles. Within this context, students strive to find a unique design strategy that would have market appeal.





Work by B.Arch students Hillary Lu


The semester culminates with the design of a highly-detailed ADU that is the product of an imaginary company. The vision for the company entails an architecturally complete ADU along with a communication plan to its clientele. The vision for the company includes a detailed design for creating small architectural structures as off-site prefabricated units, or as uniquely built onsite by clients. All projects include detailed user/construction manuals outlining how clients install or build the structures. Working within the current Zoning and Building Codes, this highly realistic project brings architectural vision to bear on solutions that address our need for alternative housing concepts.

Precedent designs inform design ideation. ADU designs articulate Site Strategies, Construction Methods, Performance, and User Engagement. Detailed drawings, physical models, and construction details serve as vehicles for design. The studio culminates with an Owner's Manual that outlines options for clients, as well as instructions for installation or Do-It-Yourself Construction.





Work by B.Arch Student Nevrik Navasartian


Catalog Description


This Topic Studio explores and tests architectural design as it relates to one or more issues relevant to contemporary architectural discourse.