Cal Poly Pomona’s architecture student magazine, Stable, founded in 2025, provides a print and digital platform for undergraduate students in Southern California to engage, support, and empower each other, as well as to converse with practitioners across the profession. This first issue, Bad Ideas, is based on the premise that learning does not occur without error or testing out ideas against others. In both print and digital formats, the magazine’s inaugural issue includes works and lessons by students, faculty, and practitioners at-large with retrospective examples of badly conceived projects or ideas from practice and academia—as well as how to learn from or prevent mistakes or errors in the future. Stable is an initiative of the Department of Architecture’s Architecture Student Publication Club.

Aleena Hussain is the chief editor and a cofounder of Stable. She is the president of the Architecture Student Publication Club at Cal Poly Pomona within the university’s Department of Architecture where she is a bachelor’s of architecture student. She grew up in Alhambra, California, and has a strong interest in writing.

Angel Lopez, a bachelor’s of architecture student at Cal Poly Pomona, is the head of writing and cofounder of Stable. Lopez also acts as a secretary for the Architecture Student Publication Club. He grew up in Alhambra, California, and is interested in woodworking.

Elizabeth Mayen is cofounder of Stable and oversees the magazine’s finances. She is the scheduler and treasurer of the Architecture Student Publication Club at Cal Poly Pomona. She is a bachelor’s of architecture student who was born and raised in East Hollywood, California, with an interest in interior design.

Valeria Parada is the head of graphic design and cofounder of Stable. She attends Cal Poly Pomona where she is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in architecture. She grew up in Long Beach, California, and is interested in graphic and visual art.

Danna Soussan, a bachelor’s of architecture student at Cal Poly Pomona, is the head of advertising and cofounder of Stable. She was born and raised in Houston, Texas. Soussan is interested in pursuing a career in architecture as a designer.

Aaron Cayer is assistant professor of architecture at Cal Poly Pomona, where he is also the faculty advisor for Stable. Prior to his appointment at Cal Poly Pomona, he worked as assistant professor of architecture history (2018–2023) at the University of New Mexico where he was faculty advisor for the student journal TRACE. He is trained as an architect and historian, having received his PhD in architecture history from the University of California, Los Angeles as well as undergraduate and graduate degrees in architecture at Norwich University in Vermont. His first book, Incorporating Architects: How American Architecture Became a Practice of Empire (University of California Press, 2025) was published with Graham Foundation support. Cayer currently serves on the board of directors of The Architecture Lobby and the editorial board of the Journal of Architectural Education.

Founded in 1968, the Department of Architecture at Cal Poly Pomona’s mission is to advocate for the broader purposes of architecture, including its public significance, its role in creating sustainable environments, and its provision of service to society through graduates who are responsible professionals motivated by a sense of civic engagement. Within the department, the student-run Architecture Student Publication Club, founded in 2025, aims to provide a publication platform for students, faculty, and practitioners of architecture in order to create a community of exchange and a culture of learning.