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Personal Greeting Taryn Sabia, Assoc. AIA

Florida Center for Community and Research

Contact Details

Florida Center for Community and Research
Tampa, FL

Bio

Taryn Sabia is the Director of the Florida Center for Community Design and Research (FCCDR) at the School of Architecture and Community Design (SACD) at the University of South Florida. As a statewide research center, the FCCDR works to assist the citizens of Florida in creating more livable and sustainable communities and to support academic research for SACD. As a Research Associate Professor, Sabia shifts between the academic studio and the community design center, helping faculty and students work collaboratively through FCCDR with other university departments, professional organizations, agencies and municipalities, non-profit organizations, and the public.

Sabia is currently leading one of Florida’s most comprehensive research and design projects for climate adaptation solutions as it relates to the Peril of Flood, sea level rise, and storm event for a county with over 1.4 million people. The largest innovation studio—during the 2019 spring semester—will pair 12 graduate architecture students with 12 graduate students from the disciplines of public health, urban planning, and engineering to tackle the complex challenge of a flooded future. Sabia serves as the current Chair for the American Institute of Architects Regional and Urban Design Committee at the national level.