Volume 5, Issue 4 | Oct. 22 - Nov. 4, 2021 |
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150 years later: ENV connections to 1871 project |
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The City of Los Angeles is expected to move forward with at least one permanent memorial to commemorate a forgotten chapter in Los Angeles history: the Chinese Massacre of 1871.
On Oct. 24, 1871, a mob of 500 rioters besieged what was then Chinatown in downtown Los Angeles after a white bystander was killed and one policeman wounded in the crossfire of a fight between two Huiguan (mutual benefit associations). Nineteen Chinese died from beatings, stabbings, gunshot wounds and lynchings.
ENV Dean Emeritus Michael Woo (pictured in a blue face mask), co-chair of the site selection committee, said officials have allocated $250,000 to the project to cover the costs of a design competition. He isn't the only ENV connection to the 1871 memorial project. Architecture alumnus Raymond Cheng ('74) and Senior Director of Development Jenkins Shannon are members of the steering committee. Professor Hofu Wu introduced Woo to Helena Jubany, managing principal of the Los Angeles office of NAC Architecture, whose firm agreed to serve as the pro-bono advisor to the memorial project. Through Walt Disney Imagineering President Bob Weis ('80, architecture), a retired Imagineer has contributed ideas about using augmented reality to enhance the memorial project's story-telling. Read more
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CPP/ARC No. 2 in nation for graduating Hispanic students
For the second year in a row, Hispanic Outlook on Education has ranked Cal Poly Pomona No. 2 among U.S. schools for degrees awarded to Hispanic students in “architecture and related services” in 2019-20. Overall, it was named No. 1 among polytechnic universities and No. 18 among all U.S. universities for the number of Hispanic students graduating with bachelor degrees.
Read what architecture students have to say about their program.
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Spring 2022 will see a return to primarily in-person classes, said Interim Provost Iris Levine.
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Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund. Students facing financial challenges can apply for HEERF III emergency grants. Grant requests must be filed no later than Dec. 17.
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Notification of Potential Workplace Exposure to COVID-19 is a new website that lists the dates and campus locations of at least one workplace exposure of an individual testing positive for COVID-19.
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What if I get sick? CPP has updated its quarantine and isolation guide for students and employees who have COVID-19 symptoms but don't have a known close-contact exposure.
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The 2022-23 FAFSA and California Dream Act priority filing period has begun. Keep an eye out for upcoming CPP Financial Aid workshops.
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The Poly Pantry is reopening for in-person shopping at its temporary location inside the Bronco Student Center Ursa Major (Bldg. 35-2611). Shopping is by appointment only.
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Students, faculty and staff must first complete the online Health Screener before coming to campus for work, in-person classes, and/or other business and activities. Students living on campus must fill out the Health Screener every day.
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View in-person business hours of department offices, service bureaus and facilities in the ENV Virtual Directory.
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LA and URP Group Advising. You're up, landscape architecture and urban and regional planning majors! Group advising sessions for URP majors are on Oct. 26 and Oct. 28. Group advising sessions for LA majors are on Nov. 2 and Nov. 9. View the full schedule and Zoom link here.
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Design For Good. This 24-hour design-a-thon hosted annually by CPP-AIGA brings designers together to rebrand a local nonprofit. Sign up here.
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MLA Info Session. Learn about the landscape architecture graduate program and the application process on Saturday, Oct. 30. For details, visit www.cpp.edu/la.
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Bronco Launchpad is an annual online crowdfunding event supporting CPP's most unique and urgent projects. ENV has six college and department campaigns this year. View them all here.
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ENV Commencement 2022 will be on Friday, May 20 at 6:30 p.m (PST). The last day to apply for Spring 2022 graduation is March 18.
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Art Department Print Lab is finally open for in-person services in Bldg. 13, Room 2227. Follow @artdepartment13 for updates on services and hours.
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interdepartmental | stay in the know
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ARCHITECTURE
The Cal Poly Pomona chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architecture Students (CPP-NOMAS) is co-hosting a public lecture by Jing Liu, co-founder of the award-winning design firm SO–IL. Liu is an NYC-based architect and Adjunct Associate Professor at the Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.
Jing Liu, Principal, SO-IL
Wednesday, Oct. 27 | 6:30 p.m. (PST)
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Professor Emeritus Luis Hoyos, an expert in historic preservation and urban design, contextualized the title of a new flute concerto by Gabriela Ortiz in an Oct. 18 interview with KQED. "D'Colonial Californiano" was inspired by El Camino Real, the 600-mile route connecting California's 21 Spanish Missions. It's also a style of architecture. "The design ideas of Colonial Californiano stem from the mission period and from the ranches that basically colonized California," Hoyos said.
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The first season focuses on housing insecurity, a topic explored in panel discussions, interviews, and creative works by faculty and students. Department of Landscape Architecture Associate Professor Rennie Tang is in Episode 2 as a moderator for the panel discussion "Representations of Place, Home, and Insecurity."
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ART
Professor Alison Pearlman was quoted in a peppy feature on the history of the specialty coffee menu published by Sprudge, an international publication on all things coffee. As the author of "May We Suggest: Restaurant Menus and the Art of Persuasion," she has a keen understanding about ways menus can order you.
On secret menus: “In order to create that sense of discovery, information about off-menu items has to maintain a paradoxical state of secrecy and rampant rumor. People have to learn about it, but also feel they are one of the few who do."
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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Lani MacLean ('24, master's in landscape architecture) won first place in the 2021 Recontextualizing Spanish Colonization in the Landscape Design Competition, organized by the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo student chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Her entry, Catalytic Convergence, drew from her experience planning within the Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve and her focus on "re-centering Indigenous leadership as a means of de-centering the dominant influence of Spanish colonization."
James Kingsbury ('24, master's in landscape architecture) received a Merit Award for "Centripetal Force: A Reimagined High School Campus for Eagle Rock," his entry in the 2021 Quality of Life Awards program hosted by the Southern California Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Assistant Professor Claire Latané also received the Award for Excellence in Communication for her book, "Schools That Heal: Design with Mental Health in Mind."
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WILDFIRE: Landscape Architecture and the Science of Climate Change
Friday, Nov. 5 | 12-1 p.m. (PST)
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URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING
Associate Professor Alvaro Huerta appears in an interview in the award-winning documentary "Backstreet to the American Dream," directed by filmmaker/journalist Patricia Nazario and executive produced by Dolores Huerta. The film juxtaposes the experiences of American and Mexican immigrant entrepreneurs in the food truck industry, and explores the latter group's ongoing struggle for social justice.
"Backstreet" has made its rounds in more than 12 film festivals since its Aug. 29 release. It will be screened on Saturday, Oct. 23 at the Starlight Triangle Square Cinemas in Costa Mesa as part of the Newport Beach Film Festival.
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REGENERATIVE STUDIES
The Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies will host a virtual tour of Santa Monica City Hall East. Designated as a Living Building Certified structure, it is intended to be a model of ecological resilience, self-sufficiency and zero-waste generation.
Lyle Center Presents: Virtual Tour of Santa Monica City Services Building
Tuesday, Nov. 2 | 12 p.m. (PST)
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Regenerative studies graduate coordinator James J.A. Blair, Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Anthropology, was interviewed by Atmos Magazine for "Mining Atop a Massacre," an article on Indigenous rights and lithium mining in Nevada.
Blair commented on lithium extraction and its harms to Indigenous communities in Chile, Argentina and Bolivia — areas of his research focus — where water is becoming increasingly scarce.
"One of the most consistent concerns is the lack of free, prior, and informed consent for Indigenous peoples,” he said. “That’s consistent with the lithium industry.”
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img | stories in pictures
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RECONNECTING | The URP Alumni Chapter hosted "Coffee with the Dean and Chair," a virtual social mixer attended by more than a dozen chapter members, Interim Dean Lauren Weiss Bricker, Chair/Professor Gwen Urey and URP Alumni President Manuel Munoz ('09).
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opportunities | your professional development
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CONFERENCE | MetaMedia Symposium - Oct. 29
Hosted by the Weston Game Lab at the University of Chicago, this online event revisits the question of self-reference and self-criticism in old and new media.
Organizers ask across three presentations: What does it mean to think of “medium specificity” in our 21st-century transmedia ecology? How do media evolve? What is their relation to technology, social conditions, and political movements? What can we learn from media about media?
View program details and register here.
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NOW HIRING | Landscape Designer - Klopfer Martin Design Group
KMDG is a Boston-based interdisciplinary practice seeking a Landscape Designer to join an interdisciplinary team for projects "that endure in the public realm." Read the full job post (and find other job listings) here.
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POP-UP COURSE | Lies, Damned Lies, and Politics - Spring 2022
Learn what drives media bias, misinformation and conspiracy, and technology’s role in divisive politics in CPU 1540 (Lies, Damned Lies, and Politics: Confronting the Threats of Misinformation, Conspiracy, and Polarization).
Offered by the Office of Academic Innovation in Spring 2022, this 3-unit course counts as an elective credit and also fulfills GE Area E.
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WORKSHOP | Avoiding Plagiarism - Fall 2021
The University Library and the Office of Student Conduct and Integrity's plagiarism workshops will review strategies and tips on paraphrasing and citations, and discuss how the misuse of online platforms can lead to an academic integrity violation.
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ON THE GRID is produced by the College of Environmental Design (ENV) at Cal Poly Pomona.
Masthead design by Maribel Ruiz ('22, architecture).
Send your news, announcements and upcoming events to env@cpp.edu.
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