Unsettling and as it was revealing, COVID crystallized personal truths and underscored communal interdependence. How do we realize a better shared existence? RELM’s relaunch of Interplay explores visionaries, ideas, and policies rendering enduring and equitable design–imaginative in form—that transcend failed convention. Volume 2, "Recasting Edges" features UltraBarrio, an urban design, planning, and architectural studio out of Houston led by Amna Ansari and Marcus Martinez. Their work seeks to displace silos to regenerate communities through transit ecology, inclusivity, resiliency, and re-imagining infrastructure. LA and Houston share many similarities including the challenges and opportunities designing for a polycentric and polyethnic city. We hope you enjoy—and benefit—from their approach to design. To the great reset.
