Liva Sadovska

Home: University of Applied Arts Vienna
Host: Southern California Institute of Architecture
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Liva is a visiting graduate student conducting research at SCI-Arc (Southern California Institute of Architecture), located in the heart of the megacity of Los Angeles.

In her research, Regenerative Architecture, Liva frames her investigation around the realities of contemporary city-planning and design practices. Cities are known to degrade ecosystems, yet they remain our primary habitat. The reality is we will keep building, the real question is how.

What if cities could heal the ecosystems they have disrupted, including those that have adapted and now depend on urban environments? What if this could happen without compromising architectural quality or the quality of urban life, which remain (and shall remain) key drivers of development? Regenerative Architecture examines how small, yet tactical design interventions, systematically applied across diverse Urban Zones, can produce cumulative and lasting ecological impact. By combining field observation, GIS mapping, and qualitative evaluation tools, the project maps small-scale practices towards scalable strategies and new sets of design intelligence. This approach bridges the urgent gap between ecological ambition and architectural pragmatism.

In a megacity such as LA, defined by extreme density, rich biodiversity, and a iconic architectural identity, her research reframes cities not only as centers of human life but as active participants in the slow, sometimes complicated, but important process of ecological recovery.

Liva Sadovska