JAMES ROJAS
2010 Santa Monica Latino Community Access Participation Project Grant Recipient and his class from Pico Youth and Family Center will present
Design Based Urban Planning (DBUP) , inter active, mixed media urban plan on Saturday, May 1, 6-10 during ARTNIGHT
Rojas’ Design Urban Planning Workshop (DBUP) is a project supported by 18th Street’s Latino Community Access and Participation Grant to engage local teens in Santa Monica in the urban planning process.
The workshops occurred every Tuesday and Wednesday evening for two hours from January 19, 2010 through April 28, 2010. Throughout the 16 weeks of the workshops the participants created their own interpretation of the City of Santa Monica; each student tackling a different section of the city and tapping into their own diverse backgrounds as their source of creativity. Throughout the process Rojas taught the teens how to translate conceptual planning into physical forms and explore the rich history of Santa Monica.
Now that the workshop has ended, the model will be a visual expression of what they learned over the last six weeks.
This workshop is funded (in part) by the City of Santa Monica Community Access and Participation (CAP) Grant Program and the Santa Monica Arts Commission
