LANDFRAME; A Shift in Practice

On Indigenous Peoples Day, celebrate the beginning of LANDFRAME, a Page Foundation project, centered on strengthening tribal land relationships by integrating Indigenous knowledge into the architectural design process. Through vital partnerships, including with the Indigenous Society of Architecture, Planning, and Design (ISAPD), LANDFRAME is a digital platform created to support meaningful land acknowledgement statements, Indigenous-led narratives, and culturally grounded design. While initially developed for the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry, LANDFRAME serves a broader purpose: fostering respectful, informed engagement with land by reconnecting with its identity, acknowledging its history, and elevating the communities and people who continue to care for it. 

Speakers:
Anjelica S. Gallegos, Project Lead, LANDFRAME; Co-Founder, Director, Indigenous Society of Architecture, Planning, and Design (ISAPD)
Miriam Diddy, Co-Lead, LANDFRAME; Regional Director, Indigenous Society of Architecture, Planning, and Design (ISAPD)

About the Speakers:
Anjelica S. Gallegos (Jicarilla Apache Nation | Pueblo of Santa Ana) pushes boundaries of design thought and practice in sensitive environments, including the Southwest, Arctic, and New England coast. Gallegos serves as an architectural designer in the Government Studio at Page, now Stantec. Anjelica is a co-founder and Director of the Indigenous Society of Architecture, Planning, and Design, with work featured in Architectural Digest, Metropolis Magazine, and more. She is a Fulcrum Fund recipient, the Regional Regranting Program of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and has presented her research at the Society of Architectural Historians International Conference, and is the initial creator and project lead for LANDFRAME. Gallegos designs systematic programming that elevates Indigenous history, practices, and knowledge while advancing connection-building and reciprocity in the broader architecture field. Her research and built work focuses on Indigeneity in architecture including site memory, policy and architecture intersections, like the Federal Indian boarding school system, and sustainable design principle application. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Cum Laude) in Architecture and a minor in Photography from the University of Colorado Denver. Gallegos graduated with her Master of Architecture degree from Yale School of Architecture as the Alpha Rho Chi Medal recipient.

Miriam Diddy (Diné (Navajo) | Hopi Pueblo) is a Senior Planner at Pland Collaborative in Albuquerque, NM. For the past decade, she has assisted several tribal and rural communities on a variety of planning, mapping, building assessment and design initiatives. As a Diné and Hopi woman, she approaches her work through the lens of her cultural background and finds inspiration in the resiliency of Indigenous design, culture, and practices. Her work focuses on connecting the contemporary built environment with cultural narratives while utilizing the power of data to empower stakeholders and reinforce data sovereignty. She currently volunteers as Region Director of Deserts & Xeric Shrublands for the Indigenous Society of Architecture, Planning, and Design; Secretary for the American Indian Council of Architects and Engineers; Board Member for Creative Startups; and recently served as a Steering Committee member for APA Tribal + Indigenous Planning Division.
 

This event is part of the Indigenous Society of Architecture, Planning, and Design (ISAPD)'s ‘Thinking/Being/Designing for the Collective’ series, developed in collaboration with the Center for Architecture. Drawing inspiration from Archtober 2025’s theme of Shared Spaces, join ISAPD to imagine a world where space and resources are shared responsibly and reciprocally. As we respond to the complex collective experience in 2025: learn Indigenous principles to re-establish a cyclical and renewable relationship with the environment, develop material conditions where communities can unite across separation, reflect on the role that reconciliation plays in rethinking spaces for diplomacy, and focus on design practices and tools where cultural lineages and lived histories intersect.