Masha Hupalo is an architect who writes and teaches in Los Angeles. Her research focuses on the way policy and high-frequency data inform planning and design, the legal construct of territory and borders, and new forms of governance and ownership. As an educator, Masha worked at SCI-Arc and Aarhus School of Architecture, where she received her PhD. In her research project, she investigated the role of parking policies and requirements in urban design and the speculative nature of planning documentation. Masha worked at COOP HIMMELB(L)AU in Vienna and participated in group exhibitions at Kunsthalle Wien and Design Shanghai Biennale, among others. Her work has been published in ARCH+, MONU and Radical Housing Journal. She received her M.S. in Architecture from Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture, Russia, and her M.A. in Social Design from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna.