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Research and Creative Work

In the College of Architecture and Planning at the University of Colorado Denver, students and faculty engage directly with our vibrant city, dynamic community, and magnificent landscape by working on real projects that make a real difference. 

Reimagining the Auraria Campus

Auraria Campus for LUCI section view east from 5th Street
Principal Researchers: Kayla Hart, Emily Mesa, Emily Beeson, and Ella Reid Faculty Advisor: Emmanuel Didier

Instructor Emmanuel Didier’s Fall 2022 Landscape Architecture studio reimagined the Auraria Campus for CAP's Living Urban Campus Initiative (LUCI). The work featured here is by MLA students Kayla Hart, Emily Mesa, Emily Beeson, and Ella Reid. Their project titled “Camino Medio (Middle Path)” proposes the “reconnection and flow of people with place.” Their project uses the form and function of an arroyo, an intervention that aims to transform a series of linear concrete sidewalks into curvy, rolling pathways along the intermittent flow of drainage channels, swales, and ponds.

Auraria Campus for LUCI section view east from 5th Street

Auraria Campus for LUCI section view east between N and S science buildings

Auraria Campus for LUCI section final 2

Auraria Campus for LUCI section final 1

Auraria Campus for LUCI Kayla Hart Emily Mesa Emily Beeson Ella Reid-Final Review Fall 2022

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