2024-11-05T03:03:33-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/150194750/la-m-s-applies-design-and-project-management-skills-toward-co-mutual-co-beneficial-support-in-the-face-of-covid-19 Antonio Pacheco 2020-04-23T16:17:00-04:00 >2020-04-23T16:18:51-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a0/a04214d925cca55b477d14a52fef86e2.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>As traditional architecture and design firms struggle to cope with the social and economic fall out of the&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1534026/covid-19" target="_blank">COVID-19</a>&nbsp;crisis, Los Angeles-based urban design nonprofit&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/mas.la" target="_blank">LA-M&aacute;s</a>&nbsp;has been able to put their project management, design, and community engagement skills to work by coordinating the delivery of material and economic aid to communities that are under siege by the pandemic.&nbsp;</p> https://archinect.com/features/article/149997413/bridging-cross-disciplinary-boundaries-with-la-m-s Mackenzie Goldberg 2017-03-27T12:09:00-04:00 >2019-10-25T19:32:56-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/wp/wpqeoffmlsox9jlu.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Architecture has always been a discipline with undefined boundaries and shifting points of focus, which typifies the work of this week's&nbsp;<a href="http://archinect.com/features/tag/845829/small-studio-snapshots" target="_blank">Small Studio Snapshots</a>, the cross-disciplinary non-profit <a href="https://www.mas.la/" target="_blank">LA-M&aacute;s</a>. Self-positioned as an urban design organization, the seven-member team&mdash;comprised of&nbsp;architects, graphic designers, urban planners, and community organizers&mdash;uses policy and architecture to help marginalized communities shape their neighborhoods and their future.</p>