{"id":4003,"date":"2025-08-13T04:27:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T04:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/?post_type=news&#038;p=4003"},"modified":"2025-10-16T04:31:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T04:31:35","slug":"usc-launching-design-contest-to-help-provide-shade-to-la","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/news\/usc-launching-design-contest-to-help-provide-shade-to-la\/","title":{"rendered":"USC Launching Design Contest to Help Provide Shade to LA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-light-gray has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-82641648 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained is-style-light-gray--1\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns aligngrid is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:55%\">\n<p class=\"is-style-default tribe-news-single-overline\" style=\"margin-top:0\"><span class=\"is-color-blue\">News<\/span><span class=\"separator\"> | <\/span><span>The Patriot AM 1150<\/span><span class=\"separator\"> | <\/span><span>August 2025<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<h1 style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\">USC Launching Design Contest to Help Provide Shade to LA<\/h1>\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-large is-style-large--2\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">As Los Angeles prepares to host a series of major global sporting events, USC Dornsife Public Exchange and the USC School of Architecture are teaming up to launch a first-of-its-kind student design competition to tackle one of the region&#8217;s growing threats: extreme heat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-large is-style-large--3\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">The Shade Zones Design Competition kicks off in the fall and will run annually through 2027, officials said Wednesday. This year&#8217;s competition is part of ShadeLA, a regional campaign led by USC Dornsife Public Exchange in collaboration with the UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation, and with participation from LA Metro, the city and county of Los Angeles and LA28, the local organizing committee for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outlined tribe-button-has-icon is-style-outlined--4\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/patriotla.iheart.com\/featured\/la-local-news\/content\/2025-08-13-usc-launching-design-contest-to-help-provide-shade-to-la\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read full article on The Patriot AM 1150<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/61b62a590374f42c3e06d538-1024x682.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4004\" style=\"border-radius:16px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/61b62a590374f42c3e06d538-1024x682.webp 1024w, https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/61b62a590374f42c3e06d538-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/61b62a590374f42c3e06d538-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/61b62a590374f42c3e06d538.webp 1060w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo source: Getty Images via The Patriot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group aligngrid is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"is-style-small is-style-small--5\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">Filed under<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"c-tag-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-tag-list__item t-category c-tag-list__item--green\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/news\/?_practice_area=climate-sustainability\" class=\"c-tag-list__item-link\">Climate &amp; 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