Designers and planners need new frameworks and better tools for engaging with communities. Simply going to a community and holding … More
Author: ddlp
I am a professor, architect, & community designer. I live in Sacramento, CA and teach landscape architecture and community development at UC Davis.
Rio Paisanos Workshop in San Luis Potosí, Mexico
In October, Professor de la Peña traveled to Mexico to deliver a keynote talk on participatory design and to facilitate … More
The Sustainable Living and Learning Communities at UC Davis
Since 2015, I have been involved with the Sustainable Living and Learning Communities at UC Davis. In 2018, I led a year-long … More
International Garden of Many Colors
Project Summary and Letter of Support Since the mid 1990s, gardeners in the River Garden Estates neighborhood of north Sacramento … More
Design as Democracy
I’ve been to my fair share of community meetings. To be fair, I’ve organized too many to count. And honestly, … More
Grassroots Barcelona – Summer 2018
Update: Check out some of the work from our class: grassrootsbarcelona.wordpress.com Look up from your tapas and watch the flow of … More
David’s Guide to Barcelona
Welcome to Barcelona, I hope this helps you get around easily. Barcelona is a city I fell in love with … More
Barcelona’s Superilles hit a snag
Last week I strolled through an experiment happening in the industrial Poble Nou neighborhood of Barcelona—a “Superilla” or “Super-island” where … More
Place-It with James Rojas
by James Rojas and David de la Peña Envisioning a Region It’s not easy for people to envision the region … More
Solar Decathlon, UC Davis
Faculty advisor to 2015 and 2017 student teams who design, build, and showcase a net-zero energy home for the U.S. Department … More
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