LDA 141 – Community Participation & Design

Designers and planners need new frameworks and better tools for engaging with communities. Simply going to a community and holding … More

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

Since 2015, I have been involved with the Sustainable Living and Learning Communities at UC Davis. In 2018, I led a year-long … More

Project Summary and Letter of Support Since the mid 1990s, gardeners in the River Garden Estates neighborhood of north Sacramento … More

I’ve been to my fair share of community meetings. To be fair, I’ve organized too many to count. And honestly, … More

Update: Check out some of the work from our class: grassrootsbarcelona.wordpress.com Look up from your tapas and watch the flow of … More

by James Rojas and David de la Peña Envisioning a Region It’s not easy for people to envision the region … More

Faculty advisor to 2015 and 2017 student teams who design, build, and showcase a net-zero energy home for the U.S. Department … More