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AIASF Housing Knowledge Community

AIA San Francisco in collaboration with the AIASF Housing Knowledge Community present the 2024 AIASF Housing+ Symposium. Join us for ongoing conversations that navigate the future of housing in San Francisco. Discover insights from frontline organizations on the City's latest legislative landscape and its implications for housing in the Sunset neighborhood. Delve into the efficacy of these laws in supporting vulnerable communities and explore innovative approaches leveraging land values and financial strategies to enhance housing accessibility.

Registration

AIA Member: $90 | General Admission: $125 | Student: $30

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Sponsorship

Sponsorship helps us to continue these important conversations that bridge our industry with the communities in which we live and work.

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Keynote

Charles R. Durrett, AIA
Principal Architect, The Cohousing Company

Architect and co-founder of the Co-Housing Company, Charles Durrett, will introduce and moderate the day's program. Drawing on his 30-year career as an activist architect, Charles will frame the discussion around the value of housing and the roles those involved in housing delivery — including architects — can play in changing the future of housing design.

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Program

New Laws: What’s on the Books? | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Policy)

Experts in planning and land-use law will offer knowledge, insights and current information regarding the making, enacting, negotiating and application of housing-related legislation, and the ways changes in regulations are affecting design and community growth.

Lisa Chen, City and County of San Francisco
Leah Rothstein, Co-Author, Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law
Mark Rhoades, AICP, Rhoades Planning Group
Sujata Srivastava, SPUR
Josh Switzky, San Francisco Planning Department

New Ideas: What’s on the Boards? | 12:45 - 1:45 PM (Design)

Architects, development strategists and a land use attorney will describe how new typologies and unconventional planning formulas can re-make housing design and community planning to be more efficient, equitable and humane.

Derek Sagehorn, California High-speed Rail Authority
Karen Parolek, President, Opticos Design and author, Missing Middle Housing
Vivian Schwab, Northern California Land Trust
Joshua Morrison, Frolic

New Work: What’s in the Ground? | 2:00 - 3:00 PM (Development)

A group of progressive developers will present recent and pending projects that capitalize on recent legislation and emerging ideas about housing design and community development.

Jim Heid, FASLA, Building Small: The Network
Colleen Ma, Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation (TNDC)

Closing Remarks

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