Architects have an important role in creating market-rate, affordable, and supportive housing. This panel has a breadth of experience in creating opportunities for future work, examples of partnerships for funding, community outreach, and execution of a variety of housing scenarios.

Learn about the definition of affordable housing, the design of permanent supportive housing, how to bring a team together, and how architecture/design can embody a program and more.

Moderator:

Stephanie Reich, AIA | Design and Historic Preservation Planner, City of Santa Monica

Panel:

Hessam Vakili, Assoc. AIA | Director of Design and Development at TAIT & Associates, Inc

Marsha Santry | Senior Development Manager at TAIT & Associates

Aaron Clark | Architect at Lenity Architecture

Maria Ogrydziak, AIA | Founder, Maria Ogrydziak Architecture

Bill Pride | Executive Director of Davis Community Meals and Housing