2026: La Plaza Cultural Center at the Multi Agency Resilience Center, Antelope Valley, CA
Winning submissions of the 2026 Architecture at Zero competition for the design of the La Plaza Cultural Center at the Multi Agency Resilience Center, Antelope Valley, CA, a year-round educational and cultural venue that will transform into a resiliency asset during regional emergencies, offering critical support for evacuees, first responders, and multi-agency operations.
professional
MERIT AWARD
La Plaza Viva
Perkins & Will, Dallas, The Beck Group, Dallas & TBG Partners, Houston
TX
Yiwei Huang, Architectural & Sustainable Designer, Perkins & Will
Yunqi Zhou, Architectural Designer, The Beck Group
Saba Abdolshahi, Architectural & Sustainable Designer, Perkins & Will
Yuwei Shen, Landscape Designer, TBG partners
Yuhe Xiao, Urban Planner, TBG partners
professional
CITATION AWARD
CARAPACE | La Plaza Arts and Culture Center
Stantec
Houston, TX
Laith Bouizar, Mechanical Designer, Project Lead
Dan Mills, Architect, Designer
Kate Ehrenberg, Designer, Designer,
Boxiao Wang, Designer, Designer
Alex Beard, Designer, Designer
Alex Goldberg, Senior Architect, Designer
Shivanthi Carpino, Principal, Designer
Mo Elsayed, Senior Bld. Performance Analyst, Designer
COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
HONOR AWARD
Oasis for Resilience
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Arquitectura
Coyoacán, Mexico
Ariadna Ixchel Muñoz Piña, Diseño
Jose Miguel Gomez Carbajal, Diseño
Daira Itzel Antonio Luis, Diseño
Mtro. Bruno Bellota Noguera – Architecture Professor, Advisor
Mtra. Chisel Cruz Ibarra – Architecture Professor, Advisor
COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
MERIT AWARD
CROSSROADS: Cultivating Community, Confronting Climate
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Matheus Salles Nogueira, Architecture and Urbanism Student, Lead Designer
Júlia Tosin Duarte, Architecture and Urbanism Student, Lead Designer
Luiza Prestes Teixeira, Architecture and Urbanism Student, Designer/Energy Analyst
Natália Tusset, Architecture and Urbanism Student, Designer/Decarbonization Strategist
Maurício Carvalho Ayres Torres, Architecture Professor, Advisor
COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
CITATION AWARD
THE WOVEN
Hanoi Architectural University
Hanoi, Vietnam
Hanoi Architectural University
Lead: Dương Hà Kim
Lê Đức Việt, Phùng Hải Thành, Dương Hà Kim, Lê Duy Hoàng, Lê Hồng Minh, Dương Quang Bảo, Đặng Đình Vượng, Trần Thuỳ Anh, Nguyễn Khánh Linh, Lê Quang Minh, Lương Hồng Ngọc, Nguyễn Thục Nhi, Hồ Đăng Dương, Nguyễn Mạnh Dũng, Nguyễn Phùng Duy Anh, ặng Hải Thịnh, Vũ Thu Huyền, Nguyễn Thị Hoài Thương, Phạm Trịnh Song Thy
Hanoi University of Science and Technology
Nguyễn Hoàng Đạt, Nguyễn Tiến Đạt, Đào Minh Thái, Dương Ngọc KhôiLê Minh Hiếu, Phạm Văn Thanh
COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
CITATION AWARD
Casa del Viento
UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Dylan Hoan, Student, Team Member
Raymond Frank, Student, Team Member
Melanie Guan, Student, Team Member
Andrew Menna, Student, Team Member
Gonzalo Vazquez, Student, Team Member
COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD
PueBlo
Feng Chia University
Taichung, Taiwan
DA-KAI, YEH, Student, Designer, Feng Chia University
YU-TUEH, CHAI, Student, Designer, Feng Chia University
Hsuan-Mu, Huang, Architect, LEED Green Associate, Teacher, Feng Chia University
YuanYuan, Chuang, Architect, LEED AP+, AIA, IIDA, USGBC, GSIEDA, NDRI-GSE, Teacher, Feng Chia University
Wei-Han, Lu, (TA)Teaching Assistant, Participant, Feng Chia University
YOU-MING, LU, (TA)Teaching Assistant, Participant, Feng Chia University
CHENG-CHIH, SHIH, Architect, BIM Expert , Feng Chia University
Min-Feng, Hsieh, Associate Professor, FCU-School of Architecture, Feng Chia University
Stephanie Smith-Haenel, Assistant Professor, Reviewer, CSU-Fresno-School of Art, Design and Art History
Michael Sammet, Instructor, Reviewer, AAU
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
MERIT AWARD
El Santuario
Burlingame High School
Burlingame, CA
Lydia Covalesky, Student, Project Manager
Lucas Zhu, Student, Design Lead
Alia Chandiramani, Student, Site Designer
Jacob Ovadia, Student, Mechanical Engineer
Mei Watanabe, Student, Sustainability Specialist
Rain Yang, Student, Mechanical Engineer
Samantha Nguyen, Student, Site Designer
Noah Woo, Student, Sustainability Specialist
Anna Liu, Teacher, Advisor
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
CITATION AWARD
Desert Willow Center
Canyon Crest Academy
San Diego, CA
Jane Kent, Designer
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD
Sombrero Big
Admiral Farragut Academy Tianjin
Tianjin, China
Yifan Hao, Student, Main Designer
Jiaqi Niu, Student, Designer
Zhijin Qiu, Student, Design Assistant
Yezi Jin, Student, Design Assistant, Haihe High School
Yajie Yin, Advisor, Project Advisor, Freelancer