The East Village of San Diego is a de­clin­ing ware­house dis­trict with new re­de­vel­op­ment op­por­tu­ni­ties but chal­lenged with ac­tive fault lines. “La Moda Fresca” trans­forms the site into a vi­sion of fresh food and fresh ideas. The cen­ter­piece is “Eat Street,” a pedes­trian prom­e­nade of restau­rants and street food that is a flex­i­ble, multi-func­tion space cel­e­brat­ing food cul­ture. It in­te­grates lo­cal artist colonies, a grow­ing stu­dent pop­u­la­tion, a com­mu­nity gar­den, and in­tro­duces an in­no­v­a­tive food waste re­cy­cling pro­gram. Working in an in­ter­dis­ci­pli­nary team of five grad­u­ate stu­dents, this pro­posal was se­lected as one of four fi­nal­ists in this in­dus­try-wide rec­og­nized com­pe­ti­tion.