SITUATED GROUNDS STUDIO
DES 302 Design Studio IV
University of British Columbia
Curriculum by Tatiana Nozaki and Blake Allen
Co-taught with: Blake Allen
TAs: Ema Di Fruscia, Thea Johannus, Hannah Dyck-Chan, and Diego Lozano
2026
Situated Grounds Studio is a 3rd year undergraduate studio that asks students to expand their vocabulary of what constitutes place, including its plants, animals, ecological processes and histories. The studio asks how design can cultivate deeper relationships with land and contribute to more ethical, place-responsive futures grounded in history, ecology, and care.
Life in Decay by Polina Povorznyuk
Forest Fragments by Rowan Hagley
Weaving Elements by Fernanda Galindo
Beak and Blade by Michelle Roche
Patchwork: A Mosaic of Cultural Burns by Izabel Zuvic, Rowan Hagley, and Polina Povorznyuk
Deconstructing Decomposition and Soil Memoirs by Anika Deetlefs, Cassandra Qiu, Emily Wilson
Decentered Grounds: Unbuilding the Polar Bear Structure by Aurora Anondodhara, Michelle Roche, Darice Tai
Decomposing Aesthetics by Cindy Chen, Sadra Pourdavoudkharatmaha, and Clare Wu
