The University of Oklahoma chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architecture Students recently competed in the 48th Annual NOMA Conference “Spatial Shifts 2020 Reclaiming Our Cities” Student Design Competition.
The University of Oklahoma was among 29 schools represented in the competition. Teams were asked to develop a program for a sustainable, community-owned, mixed-use development entitled the ‘Black Cultural Zone Resilience Co-Hub’, with an emphasis on net-positive design strategies and a culturally responsive development for a site in Oakland, California.
University of Oklahoma team members included Jonathan S. Jonnalagadda, Hiroki R. Mishima, Mary V. Davis, Mauricio Santamaria Vergara, Alex J. Downum, and Jose M. Aguirre-Vallin. Faculty advisors were Dave Boeck and Rene Peralta.
OU NOMAS student chapter submission
Planning, Landscape Architecture, and Design (PLAD) alumni Trey Ingram, AICP recently spoke with current PLAD student and graduate media assistant Molly Strobel to share his experiences with the Regional and City Planning program and current work with the Toyota Mobility Foundation.
Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture assistant professor Amy Leveno and Mark Leveno, co-founders of OFFICIAL Design, have received a 2026 AIA Central States Region Design Award for the firm’s Granger Annex Community Center project in Garland, Texas.
Construction Industry Speaker Series welcomed Stephen Evans from the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum to give a lecture on better conversations and relationship building.
