Design For Dignity: Day Three

AIA|LA presents…
The 5th annual “Design For Dignity” Conference

“Homelessness in LA: Understand it Today, Change it Tomorrow”- Part Three

moderated by Alice Kimm, FAIA – Principal, John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects and Member, Open Source Homelessness Initiative (OSHI)

Time, in addition to cost, is critical to support those experiencing homelessness in LA. How can we quantify and learn from current or completed projects in order to innovate faster and less costly solutions? We’ll discuss this with our panelists, and then join the other moderators to review lessons learned from this 3-day 5th annual Design for Dignity conference.

Speakers:

Alice Kimm, FAIA – Principal, John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects and Member, Open Source Homelessness Initiative (OSHI) (moderator)
Amy N. Anderson – Chief Housing Officer, Office of Mayor Garcetti, City of Los Angeles
Kelli Bernard – EVP & National Cities Leader, AECOM & Chair, Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority Commission
Simon Ha AIA, LEED AP – Partner, Steinberg Hart & Chair, Skid Row Housing Trust
William Huang – Director of Housing, City of Pasadena
Hayk Makhmuryan – Art Worker, Community Organizer, Los Angeles, CA
Mitch O’Farrell – Councilmember, District #13, City of Los Angeles & Chair, Homelessness and Poverty Committee
Ivy Pochoda – Author of Wonder Valley, The Art of Disappearing, Visitation Street, and These Women & Teacher, Studio 526 Skid Row

Summation and Lessons / Narratives to Move Us Forward:

Michael B. Lehrer, FAIA – Founding Partner & President, Lehrer Architects LA
Wade Killefer, FAIA – Partner, KFA Architecture & President-elect, AIA Los Angeles
Alice Kimm, FAIA – Principal, John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects and Member, Open Source Homelessness Initiative (OSHI)
Doug Smith – Senior Writer, Los Angeles Times

July 23 (Part One) – “Catharsis from Crisis to Transformation: Shifting Ground”

moderated by Michael B. Lehrer, FAIA – Founding Partner & President, Lehrer Architects LA

July 24 (Part Two) – “New Types of Housing Solutions”

moderated by Wade Killefer, FAIA – Partner, KFA Architecture & President-elect, AIA Los Angeles

July 28 (Part Three) – “Homelessness in LA: Understand it Today, Change it Tomorrow”

moderated by Alice Kimm, FAIA – Principal, John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects & Member, Open Source Homelessness Initiative (OSHI)

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