- City Attorney School Safety Panel
- 12 Take-aways = COTE conference 2 Degrees Celsius
- AIA|LA City Leader Breakfast Series
- DESIGN FOR DIGNITY: Survey Project
- California Statewide initiatives
- DTLA 2040 and the design of the skyline - March 29
- SHAPING THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT OF TOMORROW: Emerging Technologies = April 3
- 5 Take-aways = AMY N. ANDERSON - Executive Director, PATH Ventures = Friday, February 23 (8am)
- RE:CODE LA = Process and Procedures Amendment Ordinance
- 12 Take-Aways = BEST-PRACTICES for MID-SIZE Firms: a roundtable discussion
- AIA|LA Political Outreach Committee (4 Key Initiatives) = Design Access at Los Angeles City Hall & Department of City Planning Urban Design Studio
- http://www.architectmagazine.com/design/making-it-real-how-architects-must-work-to-make-our-world-safer_o
- https://archinect.com/news/article/150051280/reinventing-school-buildings-for-the-age-of-mass-shootings
- https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/qkjzmm/gun-control-isnt-working-so-were-turning-to-architects
- http://schoolconstructionnews.com/2017/11/28/can-design-help-thwart-school-gun-violence/
- https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/mass-shooting-reactive-design
- https://www.curbed.com/2018/2/22/17042004/sandy-hook-elementary-school-design-security-safety
- http://www.centredaily.com/news/local/education/article185438963.html
- https://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-schools-are-being-designed-to-protect-students-and-teachers-from-mass-shooters-2018-02-16
- https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/03/05/how-make-our-schools-safer-not-simple-cameras-and-locks/ogkBxlOMhIjIftXzl23hNO/story.html
- Re-calibrate your role as an architect. Broaden your scope of service, broaden your focus beyond just the performance of the building and expand your practice to solve problems at a larger scale as urbanists and city-makers.
- Communicate. Tell better stories. Serve as the ‘honest broker”.
- Mobilize students to demand more sustainable buildings
- Look at the long-term, life-cycle cost approach.
- Design for the inevitability of disassembly and/or adaptive re-use and re-programmability of the space
- Upgrade our codes and standards immediately.
- Change our system of governance so that the new technologies become the first choice (not the 2nd) for implementation.
- Work with Labor to ensure we are all on the same page = pre-wire homes to be solar-ready and install purple pipe. Legislation becomes regulation, which becomes code.
- Ride the bus. Change your personal lifestyle to make more sustainable choices. Small choices make a big collective impact.
- Offer solutions at a wide spectrum of scales - at both the micro-level and the macro-level, the small scale and the big scale.
- Expand the cost-benefit analysis to talk about the longer-term and the multiplier effect of the added-value on ROI (especially in relationship to the high cost of doing nothing).
- Break the silos. Engage deeply in trans-disciplinary interaction.
- AMY N. ANDERSON - Executive Director, PATH Ventures = Friday, February 23 (8am)
- MATT PETERSEN - President & Chief Executive Officer, Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) = Friday, March 16 (8am)
- REGINA WAUGH - Executive Director, Los Angeles County Women and Girls Initiative = Thursday, March 29 (8am)
- MONICA RODRIGUEZ - Councilmember - City of Los Angeles, District 7 = Friday, April 20 (8am)
- MILTON S. F. CURRY - Dean & Della & Harry MacDonald Dean’s Chair, USC School of Architecture = Friday, April 27 (8am)
- BECKY DENNISON - Executive Director, Venice Community Housing = Friday, May 4 (8am)
- GARY GERO - Chief Sustainability Officer, County of Los Angeles = Friday, May 18
- JENNIFER FERRO - President, KCRW = Friday, June 1 (8am)
- MICHAEL GOVAN - CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director, LACMA = Thursday, July 12
- JIMMY GOMEZ - U.S. Congressional Representative = Summer 2018 (Date TBD)
- Have you or are you currently working on a housing project that addresses homelessness?
- Who is the client/developer?
- Have you completed a modular or component base system residential project before (apartments that at a minimum include a kitchenette and bathroom)?
- Who is the building manufacturer?
- What is the scale of the projects they are building with modular construction? How many units? How many stories?
- Did you feel there were was a large enough pool of manufacturers to select from?
- Did you feel there were was a large enough pool of qualified installers for the client to obtain competitive bids from?
- Did you experience issues with coordination of plans during the design process? What about coordination issues during construction? Please explain.
- Was construction completed on time and on budget?
- Where is the project located?
- How is the project funded?
- What agencies need to review the plans for entitlements and permitting? What agencies inspect the project during construction?
- What is the project delivery process (design-bid-build, Design-build, CM-Multi-prime, etc.)?
- Are you using any innovation in the entitlement, design or construction process that expedite the schedule or reduce cost? If yes, explain the process, how long each phase took, and how the actual timeline compared to traditional stick built construction projects for a similar sized project in that location.
- What are the lessons learned? Do you feel the lessons learned are transferable to any jurisdiction and would enable your next project to be completed faster and at a reduced cost?
Veterans and Affordable Housing Bond Act (SB 3)
We can expect SB 3 to be on the statewide ballot in November 2018. The bond, if approved by voters, will provide $4 billion in new funding for affordable housing in California.
The Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing is leading a coalition to of affordable housing advocates, business leaders, labor, veterans and environmental groups to campaign for support of the bond.
I am recommending to our AIACC Reps to also offer a motion to the Board to support SB 3 and to also join the coalition to advance greater awareness of voting YEs on the Proposition in November. Fact Sheet + Talking Points + Affordable Housing Now Website + Endorsement Form + Communications & Coalition
HKS (10880 WILSHIRE BLVD., SUITE 1850 - LOS ANGELES CA 90024)
- The values of health, wellness, community, production numbers (of units) contribute to the architecture and design of the housing development.
- “Housing is an intervention that supports health and wellness.” - Amy Anderson
- Department of Mental Health, County of Los Angeles
- RAND County of LA study: Cost < 60% to provide a permanent home from someone than it does to pay for all of the otherwise needed County services.
- Realized subsidy = supportive housing.
- Establishes Chapter 1A, which will eventually serve as the only zoning code for the city once all of the Community Plans are updated.
- ZAD - CUP, Class 1
- ZA CUP - CUP, Class 2
- CPC CUP - CUP, Class 3
- Site Plan Review renamed Director Review
- CEQA Administrations
- New section tat would codify existing City policies on CEQA administration
- Clarifies provisions for making appeals on CEQA grounds
- Thresholds or triggers are not changing
- Trying to not change policy.
- Webcode project. Once click on parcel, provides the provisions of what you can build, etc.
- Amlegal becomes updated to this new webcode.
- Does Rec & Parks needs to be added to one of the decision-making authorities?
- We need a timeline prescribed with each of the various steps along the way.
- What is the role of technology in this process?
- Radius maps for notification - legislative actions 500 feet, 300 feet for other notices
- Do you want to work on bigger projects than you currently do?
- Do you have a business plan for how to go after bigger projects?
- Have you tried to go after larger projects but feel that you have been shut out by a tendency for those projects to automatically go to larger firms?
- Have you ever contacted a larger firm to discuss a possible joint venture where you would bring your design skills and they would bring their technical expertise?
- What other things have you tried to get larger projects?
- How to be competitive with salaries—there was a huge jump in mean salary numbers in the LA region in last year’s AIA compensation report compared to the previous report (across the board but particularly for 5-15 years experience). Are these numbers reflective of middle sized firms in LA?
- We need a stronger presence at City Hall
- We need to encourage prominent architects to write more editorials for publication on behalf of the value of the profession and about the importance of giving more design influence to smaller firms.
- We need an designated liaison to influence the way RFQs & RFPs are written to facilitate greater access to contracts for smaller firms.
- We need to create an advocacy platform to ensure more inclusive business opportunities for 2028 Olympics (diversify the suppliers).
- We need to develop a Design Quotient Index to measure the performance of design values.
- To create more opportunities for interaction between small and mid-size firms and potential clients - to facilitate greater exposure to ‘decision-makers’.
- Best-Practices: 30% mandate/ set-aside for small firms. (Howard A. Friedman, FAIA - Berkeley?)
- To advocate to have more architects on RFQ/RFP selection panels.
- To invite more facility managers to serve on AIA|LA design award juries.
- To further explore the benefits of ‘blind competitions’ for a more inclusive selection process.
- To foster more collaborative partnerships between the large firms and small/ mid-size firms (Craig W. Hartman, FAIA - SOM)
- To produce an RFP Writing Seminar and offer insight into best-practices for the model RFQ/RFP.
- To give ‘decision-makers’ greater exposure to architects.
- To organize more speed-dating forums to foster greater mentorship between architects and contractors/ builders/ developers/ clients/ facility managers, etc.
- To create customizable list of pre-qualifications in the Call-For-Entries (CAFE) RFP process
- BUSINESS INCLUSION: On advancing an initiative to ensure greater business inclusion as our region prepares for the Olympics in 2028
- HOUSING FOR ALL: On creating an inventory of all the housing affordability & “Design For Dignity" solutions being advanced by AIA members (see draft survey doe D4D) = Survey Questions - Housing for Homeless (DRAFT)
- URBAN DESIGN: advocating for more resources to fortify the DCP Urban Design Studio. (To embolden the urban design studio to have larger role in the design review process. How helpful is the feedback? To have the architect present for the review is that better or worse??
- DESIGN THINKING: On programming a monthly ‘brown-bag’ (bring your own lunch) presentations at City Hall to showcase well-designed worldwide projects from LA-based architects
- Bringing the way that architects work/ think to our community. The advantages of Design-Thinking.
- The idea of integration….synthesis. A way we can talk to government, the community, developers.
- Six Topics on Agenda.
- Doug Hanson: What 1 or 2 people become the “VOICE” of the architecture profession. Who is our voice?? In mainstream media. May or may not have to be an architect. The role of Frances Anderton.
- Adding an architect’s voice to land-use conversations.
- What is our vision for Los Angeles for the year 2028? The Olympics serve as the catalyst.
- How are the brown bag lunch presentation thematically curated? That theme, that message is emblematic of the vision we want to advance for our city.
- The Complete Communities Presentation powerpoint from Gwynne Pugh for METRO. A format to expound upon.
- Who has an example of a really healthy, inclusive RFP/ RFQ process? Who is doing it right? Is QBS the right way forward? What if you’ve never done that project type before?
- A program/ workshop that facilitates more established firms to MENTOR younger FIRMS.
- To foster more collaborative partnerships between the large firms and small/ mid-size firms (Craig W. Hartman, FAIA - SOM)
- The power of Mentoring, services to advance your career - the power of that membership to become a much larger force. Double the membership = more clout to get things done. Raised the level of discourse.
- AIA|LA: How doe we serve our members? How as an organization do we effect our community?
- Los Angeles, a great place where you can ‘fail’ at architecture = it’s a great place to experiment, to take a risk and try unproven things.
- How do we re-ignite that conversation in Los Angeles?
- On Delivering Housing to the Market: The entitlement process is the one thing that gets in the way of our ability to deliver housing to the market more quickly. The discretionary process, the EIR.
- Doug Hanson - look at Denver as a good example. For what you can build by-right.
- SB 827 - should the AIA|LA take a position or not? Five or Six Tables, each with a different topic. A workshops, to share ideas and opinions.
- DESIGN-THINKING: On programming monthly ‘brown-bag’ (bring your own lunch) presentations at City Hall to showcase well-designed worldwide projects from LA-based architects
Director, Government & Public Affairs
American Institute of Architects/ Los Angeles Chapter
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