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