The Pando Days ’22 lineup!
Pando Days ‘22 is now in full swing for the fall term. Fifteen community-based projects are moving into development, supported by the full courses, studios, or labs of some 17 colleges and universities.
Here’s the lineup:
ARTCENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN, Graduate Transportation Systems and Design
Project location: Sites for 2028 Olympic games, including Pasadena
Project: Transportation and EV system vision for 2050
ARTCENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN, Product Design
Project location: Pasadena
Project: Waste recycling toolkit
CAL ARTS, Design and Critical Studies
Project location: Long Beach
Project: Ocean and climate-related educational installations
CAL LUTHERAN, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Project location: Thousand Oaks campus
Project: Restoring habitat integrity for at-risk species
CAL STATE LONG BEACH, Immersive Design Research Lab
Project location: Long Beach
Project: Urban/ocean civic engagement
COLLEGE OF THE CANYONS, Center for Civic Engagement
Project location: Santa Clarita
Project: Affordable housing and community resilience podcast
CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE, Institute for Sustainability and College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Project location: Northridge
Project: Water-capture education and development program
HARVEY MUDD, Department of Physics/CAL POLY POMONA/POMONA COLLEGE
Project location: Fifteen site locations (three per Supervisor District), LA County
Project: Strategy to bring solar panel manufacturing, installation, and jobs program to scale
LA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT, Sustainable Environment Institute
Project location: Nine LACCD campus locations, Los Angeles
Project: Energy and water conservation professional development program
LA TRADE TECH, Architecture and Environmental Design Program
Project location: Watts, Los Angeles
Project: Urban green space development blueprint
MOUNT SAINT MARY’S, Biology and Chemistry
Project location: Two campus locations, Los Angeles
Project: Heat-island amelioration studies
PEPPERDINE, Religion and Philosophy Division
Project location: Malibu and surrounding communities
Project: Climate migration crisis education for clergy and faith communities
SANTA MONICA COLLEGE, Architecture Studio 3
Project location: Fashion District, Los Angeles
Project: Architectural design and business model strategies to improve garment work conditions
USC, Department of Landscape Architecture + Urbanism
Project location: Elephant Hill, El Sereno
Project: Habitat restoration/maintenance through community-based lab
WOODBURY, Architecture/ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
Project location: Skid Row, Los Angeles
Project: Mobile cooling for unhoused
Up next in the Pando Days season: our all-school brainstorming Blitz with legendary designer John Bielenberg and serial entrepreneur Brandt Williams.
Then in October, we’re launching a series of salon events across Pando Days participating institutions. The events are where students in informal settings can grapple with big thinking – about their Pando Days projects, their education, and what it means to further the common good of the Southland and humanity as a whole.
Interested in learning more about Pando Days? See How It Works for the schedule, with event details.
And watch this space for more information.
Pando on!