2022 DAAPcares Award Winners

We invite you to view the projects from the 2022 DAAPcares award winners, selected from a jury comprised of a faculty member from each of our four schools. Projects are local, national, and international in scope with images, descriptions, and participants included.


School of Design

Best in School - Ryane Johnson - Senior Capstone, "Made in Debt"

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion - Cassidy White - Senior Capstone, "Bundl Bags"

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion - Hayley Graham- Senior Capstone, "Afterbloom"

Sustainability - Alyssa Branca, Makenzie Easterline, and Sarah Portman CODE 3010 with Professor Loran Sanvido, "Conserve UC"

Innovation - Cristelle Mathews - Independent Study with Professor Rebola, "Harm Reduction in Opioid Overdoses through Immediate Safe Use Sites"

Best in Interdisciplinary - SOA & SOP Faculty funded research, "Step Up to Art"


School of Architecture & Interior Design

Best in school, Undergraduate students – 4th-year Architecture and Interior Design Studios with Professors Hank Hildebrandt and Stephen Slaughter, "Social Justice & Community Engagement Studio: King records in Evanston Cincinnati – Resurrecting Legacy”

Best in School, Graduate Students - Anna Hargan - MArch Thesis  "Brutal Intentions: Transforming Brutalism & The Case for Crosley Tower"

Diversity, Equity, & Insclusion - 4th-year Architecture and Interior Design Studios with Professors Hank Hildebrandt and Stephen Slaughter, "Social Justice & Community Engagement Studio: King records in Evanston Cincinnati – Resurrecting Legacy”

Sustainability - Halle Potoczak - Architecture Master’s Thesis Studio, “The Contemporary Pattern Book: A New Residential Housing Model for the Midwest”

Innovation - DAAPcares student group - Cayle Komara, Ashton Morris, Chloe Beckmeyer, Cora Wilson, Grace Mosscrop. Hannah Lobalb, "DAAP Cares Spotify Playlist Posters"

Innovation - Gabrielle Kalouche - MArch Thesis, "Rebuilding After Disaster: Beirut’s Heritage Houses"

Scholarship - Anna Hargan - MArch Thesis  "Brutal Intentions: Transforming Brutalism & The Case for Crosley Tower"


School of Art

Best in Interdisciplinary - SOA & SOP Faculty funded research, "Step Up to Art"


School of Planning

Best in Interdisciplinary – SOA & SOP Faculty funded research, "Step Up to Art"

Sustainability - Gabe Rhoads -  Senior Capstone, “Urban Heat Islands"