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Brooks +Scarpa: Dense City – Housing for Quality of Life and Social Change
October 21, 2022 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Low-Income affordable housing used to mean fortress-like structures that were soulless and cheaply built. Today, there is a growing interest amongst architects that have spawned new and innovative approaches to affordable housing that are well-designed and incorporate a combination of creative social programming, cutting-edge forms and materials, sustainable design and a keen sense of aesthetic. This seminar will explore new models that have transformed affordable and low-income housing into cutting edge architecture.
This seminar will explore, discuss and show example and discuss how new models and current trends in affordable and low-income housing design have produced innovative and cutting-edge designs and how they have improved our cities and communities. We will discuss and show examples of extraordinary low-income and affordable housing projects and discuss their relevance to good community, neighborhood and urban design today. The seminar will also demonstrate how hi-design affordable housing architecture can help create more equitable societies.
Angela Brooks, FAIA & Lawrence Scarpa, FAIA
Brooks + Scarpa Architects
Angie and Larry are recipients of the 2020 National AIA Gold Medal. Angie is only the third women to receive this award and Angie and Larry are only the second duo. Angie is also the recipient of the 2020 AIA California Maybeck award, The first woman to ever receive this award.