{"product_id":"exhibition-remaking-santa-monica-with-uclas-aud-studio","title":"Remaking Santa Monica with UCLA's AUD Studio (2\/22\/24-3\/2\/24)","description":"\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat if we look at architecture through the lens of generative fiction?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat happens to a neighborhood when we design a building? Architectural design is an intricate process involving many factors, and we tend to investigate each separately. In this studio, we study micro urban narratives through understanding design as a participatory process.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe start from an existing urban block and design the future of it through new construction, gentrification, and market driven development. Depending on the decisions taken for each lot, the whole bloc gets redesigned. Learning from \u003cem\u003echoose your own adventure\u003c\/em\u003e games, we use branching narrative logic as a tool for world-building and invite the audience to play an interactive game and design the future of a Santa Monica block.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSanta Monica uses game engines to craft an interactive narrative for a mixed-use block in Santa Monica; each decision leads to a new block design. We design these variations collectively by simultaneously playing an interactive game where we can see the multiple scenarios play out by piecing together a plan, a physical scaled block model, and an 8-bit style game.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbout the Creators\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSanta Monica\u003c\/strong\u003e was a Fall 2023 graduate-level design studio led by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/yarafeghali.com\/\"\u003eYara Feghali\u003c\/a\u003e at UCLA's Department of Architecture and Urban Design (UCLA AUD), part of the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture (UCLA Arts). The Santa Monica studio participants are third-year Master of Architecture candidates at UCLA AUD: Peilin Cao, Haydon Chan, Zongli Casper Li, Yufei Ma, Kinamee Rhodes, Jane Wu, Qinyi Wu, Qing Yin, and Chaoying Mavis Zhao.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGame narrative structure consulting by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.racheljoyvictor.com\/thesis-1\"\u003eRachel Joy Victor\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eUnity Game Development by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.follyfeastlab.com\/\"\u003eFolly Feast Lab.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbout this Exhibition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThis project ran from  22\u003csup\u003end\u003c\/sup\u003e of February to the 2\u003csup\u003end\u003c\/sup\u003e of March. Please make a booking above to visit.\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gameplayarts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45215517540516,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/3125\/0852\/files\/Remaking-Santa-Monica-WP-Page-header.png?v=1709840461","url":"https:\/\/ecc08a-2c.myshopify.com\/products\/exhibition-remaking-santa-monica-with-uclas-aud-studio","provider":"Gameplayarts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}