Los Angeles is a bellwether - an early indicator or marker, making it an appropriate case study for the future of American cities and landscapes. The Cal Poly Pomona Department of Landscape Architecture mission is \"Re - generating Los Angeles.\" The term regenerative is a starting point for contemplation in this ideas competition. Fragmentation of \'re-generate\' implies restoration of existing regimes, while \'generate\' calls for new solutions. What will be the problems facing Los Angeles in the year 2057? How do we imagine those problems? What will be our solutions based upon our values and resources?

Competition entrants may address these questions in any fashion they feel is relevant and insightful. Should strategies be \'top - down\' from organized governance, or large-scale, comprehensive frameworks? Or do moments - small scale inventions/interventions become the best way to address pressing issues? We welcome all speculation upon imagining the state of the future and what we wish it to be.

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