STUDENT PROJECTS & AWARDS
Students create a wide variety of outstanding and often award-winning work during their time at CAPLA.
Check out a gallery of select student work or scroll down to view more detailed examples of student projects and work from undergraduate and graduate architecture, landscape architecture, sustainable built environments, urban planning and other students:
Course: ARC 201 | Professors Christopher Domin, Oscar Lopez, Stefan Mostert, Mike Silver, and Siri Trumble | Students: Ava Beveridge & Katie Sweiven
Course: Capstone | Professor: Susannah Dickinson | Student: Kate Stuteville
Course: Capstone | Instructor: Susannah Dickinson | Student: Kate Stuteville
Course: Capstone | Professor: Christopher Domin | Student: Amal Anooh
Course: Capstone | Instructor: Christopher Domin | Student: Amal Anoohi
Course: Capstone | Professor: Christopher Domin | Student: Amal Anoohi
Course: Capstone | Instructor: Christopher Domin | Student: Amal Anoohi
Course: Capstone | Professor: Susannah Dickinson | Student: Jerrick Tsosie
Course: Capstone | Instructor: Susannah Dickinson | Student: Jerrick Tsosie
Course: Capstone | Professor: Christopher Domin | Student: Tianzhi Sun
Course: Capstone | Instructor: Christopher Domin | Student: Tianzhi Sun
Course: Techne III | Professor Susannah Dickinson and Instructor Sheehan Wachter | Student: Alex Provine
Course: Techne III | Instructors: Susannah Dickinson and Sheehan Wachter | Student: Alex Provine
Course: Design Communication III | Professor: Susannah Dickinson | Student: Andrew Puppos
Course: Design Communication III | Instructor: Susannah Dickinson | Student: Andrew Puppos
Course: Design Communication III | Professor: Susannah Dickinson | Student: Athena Myers
Course: Design Communication III | Instructor: Susannah Dickinson | Student: Athena Myers
Course: Solar Decathlon Design Challenge | Studio Professor: Jonathan Bean PhD | Students: Josh Muckenthaler, Sierra Yang, Nik Altamura and Chumei Ru
Course: Solar Decathlon Design Challenge | Instructor: Jonathan Bean | Students: Josh Muckenthaler, Sierra Yang, Nik Altamura and Chumei Ru
Course: Master's Thesis | Professor: Aletheia Ida PhD and Instructor: Bill Mackey | Student: Suzan Borazjani
Course: Master's Thesis | Instructors: Aletheia Ida and Bill Mackey | Student: Suzan Borazjani
Course: MS Arch Thesis | Thesis Chair Professor: Aletheia Ida PhD | Student: Fatemeh Sharaf Zadeh
Course: Master's Thesis | Instructor: Aletheia Ida | Student: Fatemeh Sharaf Zadeh
Course: Orvieto Study Abroad | Instructor: Oscar Lopez
Course: Orvieto Study Abroad | Instructor: Oscar Lopez
Course: Capstone | Professor: Dan Hoffman | Student: Audie Batsford
Course: Capstone | Instructor: Dan Hoffman | Student: Audie Batsford
Course: Capstone | Professor: Bill Mackey | Student: Juliana Seymour
Course: Capstone | Instructor: Bill Mackey | Student: Juliana Seymour
Course: Capstone | Professor: Bill Mackey | Student: Juliana Seymour
Course: Capstone | Instructor: Bill Mackey | Student: Juliana Seymour
Course: Design Communication III | Professor: Susannah Dickinson | Student: Pawel Sapiecha
Course: Design Communication III | Instructor: Susannah Dickinson | Student: Pawel SapiechaNarratives and Galleries
Gather Light: ARC 201
Students in CAPLA’s ARC 201 studio, guided by faculty including Christopher Domin and others, completed the "Gather Light" project focused on understanding and designing in harmony with the Sonoran Desert environment. Through observation, drawing, and modeling, students explored how light, nature, and architecture interact. Key activities involved studying desert plants, translating their forms into design systems, and developing canopies that filter light and enhance outdoor spaces. The project emphasized hands-on learning, teamwork, and iterative design using 2D and 3D representations to create thoughtful architectural interventions that respect and respond to the desert landscape.
Transforming Cooper Center Cabins Through Sustainable Design
CAPLA students, alumni and faculty are redesigning the Cooper Center’s aging cabins to create more sustainable, student-friendly spaces.
Exploring Urban Challenges: CAPLA Students Engage with Oakland’s Evolving Landscape
Students in the ARC 410F/510F Advanced Studio Urban Design course, part of CAPLA’s Senseable Environments track, recently traveled to Oakland, California, to explore the complex social, economic, and environmental issues shaping the Bay Area.
Leadership in Full Bloom: Esmeralda Rubi Carrasco ‘26 MLA
Esmeralda Rubi Carrasco, Class of 2026, is pursuing a Master of Landscape Architecture at CAPLA after earning her Doctor of Business from Grand Canyon University. Inspired by her family’s garden center, Ponderosa Cactus, she’s passionate about plant-forward, community-rooted design that honors the Sonoran Desert.
Shining in SBE: Soleil Lemons ‘26 SBE
Soleil Lemons, Class of 2026, is studying Sustainable Built Environments after transferring into CAPLA her sophomore year. Drawn to planning and design, she’s passionate about creating spaces that are functional, thoughtful, and community-oriented. This summer, Soleil is interning at Yellowstone Landscape, gaining hands-on experience in project coordination and design operations, an experience that has inspired her to pursue a Master’s in Urban Planning and a career as a project manager.
Architecture Student Helps Reconstruct Ancient Greek History
Architecture student Gene King is helping digitally reconstruct ancient Greek buildings at Mt. Lykaion, Greece, using a mix of classical research and modern tools like AutoCAD. Her work blends design, history, and technology, and has reshaped how she views modern architecture.
CAPLA Design/Build
CAPLA Design/Build involves students in hands-on projects via studio courses, independent study and other courses with lab components. The pedagogy of design/build centers around the belief that learning by doing is a powerful method of gaining and retaining knowledge because of the immediate application to tangible problems.