Our class of 2016-17 traveled to Ecuador for a two-week post-earthquake reconstruction workshop in the coastal fishing town of San José de Chamanga, where an estimated 60% of homes were damaged as a result of the 7.8 earthquake in April 2016. Directed by codirector Carmen Mendoza Arroyo in collaboration with Professor Santiago del Hierro of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Ecuador (PUCE), the workshop focused on developing strategies and rebuilding efforts related to the public space and urban fabric of Chamanga. Collaborating on site was guest professor Sergio Palleroni of Portland University, Professor Mika Araki of University of Tokyo, Professor David Gouverneur of University of Pennsylvania, and students from RMIT’s MoDDD program, within which our field trip is offered as an elective.