International Architecture & Design Awards 2026Humane Practicaility: Aiding the Homeless and Crime Crisis in San Bernardino
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Public & Urban Landscape Design
Humane Practicaility: Aiding the Homeless and Crime Crisis in San Bernardino — IADA 2026 award
Humane Practicaility: Aiding the Homeless and Crime Crisis in San Bernardino received Platinum Winner recognition at the International Architecture & Design Awards 2026 in Public & Urban Landscape Design. Project status, design team and credits are listed alongside the presentation.
About the project
The City of San Bernardino has become one of California’s hot-spots in regards to homelessness and crime. The once thriving city has now become a common area of stress and danger. With conditions continuing to worsen, a more practical approach has been designed, focused on healing the city’s key issues, while setting a design standard for cities with similar concerns. The historical and now nearly abandoned Perris Hill Park is now occupied by homeless camps. “Humane Practicality” redesigns the park to maximize the use of this historically important San Bernardino park.
This project aims to provide the resources needed to aid the current homeless crisis, while providing a public safety outlet for the surrounding and nearby communities.
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
The UNLV School of Architecture (SoA) is renowned for its innovative research, teaching, and outreach that is critically informed, academically rigorous, design-led, and interdisciplinary.
