Hidden Spaces: Re-envisioning Density

by Karen Curtiss, Jim Zack, Stanley Saitowitz, and Owen Kennerly; moderated by Allison Arieff/SPUR
AIA SF Event
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San Francisco is undergoing a new period of rapid growth. While most community members are aligned on the need for more housing, there is considerable disagreement on the how and the where. Our goal in this panel session is to both understand the cultural and political paradigms that have informed our conception of home and how those paradigms manifest physically in San Francisco and then transcend these paradigms by exploring new design solutions to housing and density.

 

Panelists will each give a 5-minute presentation on topics followed by a discussion moderated by Allison Arieff / SPUR:

 

• Karen Curtiss will present a short history of shelter and how cultural “stories” of home change.

• Jim Zack will discuss the 25’ life looking at lot sizes in San Francisco.

• Stanley Saitowitz will explore housing typologies present, possible and next.

• Owen Kennerly will present on radical mixed use: density over time.

 

Learning Objectives

1. Identify the bureaucratic, economic and cultural sources that create a housing deficit.

2. Identify top-down ways that can help the development of more affordable and market rate housing units and incentives for land owners of single family lots.

3. Identify granular / architectural ways that can add units to a single lot or several lots to increase desirability and density for land owners and future home owners to do so.

4. Use a Q&A to discussion and brainstorm additional ways to help add desirability to a denser urban way of living.

 

Pricing + Registration

• AIA Member: $10

• General Admission: $15

• AIASF Student Member: $5

 

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