California College of the Arts Architecture
PROJECTS 2022
Re-Commission Project for Nike Wildlife
Chak Ying Wong, Geada Alagha, David Rico-Gomez
Set in the Presidio, the team used onsite materials to construct aquatic, terrestrial, and aerial habitats for displaced species.
Instructors 2022
Margaret Ikeda
Margaret Ikeda is an associate professor of Architecture at California College of the Arts (CCA) in San Francisco, California. She is the Integrated Studio Coordinator and has developed the Buoyant Ecologies Studio curriculum which, since 2015, has received five national AIA COTE Top Ten Student Awards for sustainability. Margaret is also a co-founder and co-director of the CCA Architectural Ecologies Lab that serves as a platform for collaborative research between designers, scientists, and manufacturers. The lab merges spatial practice with innovative techniques of material production and ecological research.The most recent project called the Float Lab, is currently moored in the Port of Oakland and designed to test a new type of resilient floating breakwater. In conjunction with the launch of the Float Lab, the Port awarded her with a Community Investment Grant to create an educational book called A Guide to Field Identification, Marine Animals Coloring Book of the San Francisco Bay.
ADVISORS 2022
Ryan Ayala, Audio Consultant, San Francisco
Kamille Hammerstrom, SJSU Research Associate, Benthic Lab, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
Evan Jones, Architect, Co-director of Architectural Ecologies Lab, CCA
John Oliver, PhD, SJSU Research Professor, Benthic Lab, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
Lew Stringer, Associate Director of Natural Resources, Presidio Trust
Jonathan Young, Wildlife Ecologist, Presidio Trust