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| Re-purposed San Diego modular house in Tijuana. |
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| Land-use analysis at San Diego - Tijuana border. |
Last night I attended a lecture at Shattuck Hall put on by Portland State University's Department of Architecture. A personal friend of my former professor Sergio Palleroni, Teddy Cruz presented an incredible breadth of work. Starting with his analyses of the San Diego - Tijuana border, then traveling to Barcelona, South Korea, and Argentina, Teddy's work, through varying lenses of art, architecture, and urban planning, dives deep into the complex relationships between opposing sides of a conflicted border. This conflict materializes in the ways residents relate, the ways communities function, and the ways in which cities evolve. I found the work that Teddy presented to be not just inspirational in its beauty and depth but also sincere and on-going. It served as a true testimony to the bountiful ways which design professionals can apply themselves so that their work can not just benefit their clients, but also their surrounding communities.
