Estudio Teddy Cruz + Fonna Forman
Estudio Teddy Cruz + Fonna Forman is a research-based urban and architectural design practice based at the University of California, San Diego. The studio investigates borders and migration, informal urbanization, emergency housing, bio-regional climate resilience, civic infrastructure, and public culture.
The practice is led by Teddy Cruz (MDes, Harvard), Professor of Public Culture and Spatial Practice in the Department of Visual Arts and Director of Urban Research at the UCSD Center on Global Justice. Cruz has received the Rome Prize in Architecture (1991), the Ford Foundation Visionaries Award (2011), the Architecture Award from the US Academy of Arts and Letters (2013), and the Vilcek Prize in Architecture (2018).
Fonna Forman (PhD, University of Chicago), Professor of Political Theory at UC San Diego and Founding Director of the UCSD Center on Global Justice, focuses on climate justice, borders, migration, and participatory urbanization. She serves as co-chair of the University of California President’s Global Climate Leadership Council and previously advised the UN Global Citizenship Commission on human rights policy until 2019.
Key projects include Santuario Frontera, the largest refugee sanctuary in the US–Mexico border region. Recent publications include Spatializing Justice: Building Blocks (MIT, 2022) and Socializing Architecture: Top-Down / Bottom-Up (MIT, 2023).
