LAA Office is a multi-disciplinary design studio based in Columbus, Indiana. We work with communities of all scales to create public art and public space together.
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Lulu Loquidis, PLA, ASLA
CO-FOUNDER
Lulu Loquidis is a registered Landscape Architect and co-founder of LAA Office. As a designer and project leader for international practices, including Hargreaves Associates and AECOM, she has built a diverse portfolio including gardens, streetscapes, urban plazas, waterfront parks, and resiliency infrastructure. She believes that contemporary landscape architecture establishes a crucial hinge between the environment, art, and human culture. Her current work focuses on transforming underutilized spaces through art and design to foster social life and enliven communities.
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Daniel Luis Martinez, RA, NOMA
CO-FOUNDER
Daniel Luis Martinez is a registered architect, educator, and co-founder of LAA Office. His research and creative work investigate the potential of public art to generate alternative forms of placemaking. Daniel is Associate Professor and Director of Indiana University’s J. Irwin Miller Architecture Program. He has served as a faculty advisor to the Center for Rural Engagement and currently serves as commissioner of Region 9 for the Indiana Arts Commission. Daniel was a participant in the 2023 Chicago Architecture Biennial and Art Omi’s 2022 Architecture Residency in upstate New York. In 2019, he was named an Exhibit Columbus University Design Research Fellow and received an AIA Henry Adams Medal from the University of Florida in 2012. Daniel has worked at leading architectural firms, including Allied Works and Weiss/Manfredi, and his writing has been published in notable architectural journals, including Mas Context, San Rocco, Clog, and Drawing Matter. In 2023, he established the research collective Towards an Immigrant Architecture to explore the contributions of immigrants to art, design and the built environment.