EVENTS
DESIGN FOR DIGNITY:
AN AIA|LA CONFERENCE FOR HOUSING

Catalyzed by the homelessness crisis in the Los Angeles region, the AIA|LA Design for Dignity Conference serves as a forum for the architectural community to coalesce around, initiate, and fulfill strategies that reduce homelessness and increase housing affordability.

Design for Dignity will do a deep dive into ten solutions challenged by regulatory requirements, CEQA challenges, parking rules, and community reaction.

Breakout groups will explore and resolve roadblocks, develop strategies for success, and create pathways that expand and extend project implementation.

This all-day workshop will also provide a briefing session on existing funding sources for affordable, supportive, and bridge housing.

Design for Dignity is presented by Egan | Simon Architecture.

PREVIOUS YEARS

Design for Dignity 2018


WHEN | WHERE

Friday, July 19, 2019

8:00AM-3:30PM

Holman United Methodist Church
3320 West Adams Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90018

DETAILS

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TICKETS

$95 for AIA Members
$135 to the public


REGISTER HERE
CONTINUING EDUCATION

CES Learning Units: 6 HSW LU

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

The AIA|LA thanks those who are supporting discourse and action on homelessness and housing affordability as D4D’s Sponsors.

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2019 SPEAKERS
Barbara Bouza, FAIA, IIDA, LEED AP, EDAC
Managing Director, Principal, Gensler & 2019 President, AIA Los Angeles
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Brian Lane AIA, LEED® A.P.
Principal, Koning Eizenberg
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Christopher Hawthorne
Chief Design Officer, Office of Economic Development, City of Los Angeles
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Darryn Harris
District Director, Office of Rep. Karen Bass (CA-37)
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Jacqueline Waggoner
VP & Market Leader, Southern California, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.
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Kishani De Silva
FUSE Executive Fellow, Los Angeles County Development Authority
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Molly Rysman
Housing and Homelessness Deputy, Office of Supervisor Sheila Kuehl
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Navneet Grewal
Senior Attorney, Western Center on Law & Poverty
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Roger Sherman, AIA
Design Director, Gensler
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Kevin Hirai
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer, Flyaway Homes and Founder & President, Bella Vista Property Management
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Tommy Newman
Director of Public Affairs, United Way of Greater Los Angeles
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Allan J. Abshez
Partner, Loeb & Loeb LLP and Housing Product Council Chair, ULI-LA
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Becky Dennison
Executive Director, Venice Community Housing
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Michelle Espinosa Coulter
Director of Artist Housing, Meta Housing Corporation
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Al Grazioli
Asset Development Director, LAUSD
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Caroline Kelly, JD
Former Chair, Los Angeles County Mental Health Commission
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Sarah Mahin
Director of Policy & Systems, Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority
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Bill Pickel
Executive Director, Brilliant Corners
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Lara Regus
Senior Vice President, Development, Abode Communities
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Amy N. Anderson
Executive Director, PATH Ventures
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David Ambroz
Commissioner, Los Angeles City Planning Commission
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Patrick D. Spillane
Senior Vice President, I D S Real Estate Group & Board Chair, Skid Row Housing Trust
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Tunua Thrash-Ntuk
Executive Director, Los Angeles Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LA LISC)
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Meredith Berkson
Homeless Initiative, Chief Executive Office, County of Los Angeles
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John S. Egan, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP
Principal Architect, EGAN | SIMON architecture
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Jose Herrasti, AIA
Principal, M U T U O
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Charly Ligety
Housing Innovation Coordinator, Housing on Merit
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Sarah Lorenzen, AIA
TOLO Architecture & Board Director, AIA Los Angeles
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Aaron Vaden-Youmans
Associate, Grimshaw & Board Director, LA Forum for Architecture & Urban Design
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Christina Tung
Associate Principal, Grimshaw
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Ismar Enriquez, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP
Torti Gallas + Partners
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Jennifer Kim
Housing Innovation Director, Office of Mayor Eric Garcetti
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Helmi A. Hisserich
Housing Director, Housing Strategies & Services Division, Housing + Community Investment Department of Los Angeles
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Holly Harper, AIA
Planning Assistant, Urban Design Studio, Los Angeles Department of City Planning
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Mark Oberholzer, AIA, LEED AP
Associate Principal, KTGY Architecture + Planning
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Greg Verabian, AIA, LEED AP
Principal, Design Director, HKS, Inc. & Vice-President/ 2020 President-elect, AIA Los Angeles
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Rev. Oliver E. Buie
Minister of Community Engagement, Holman United Methodist Church
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