Housing for Quality of Life and Social Capital with Angela Brooks

When:  Feb 27, 2020 from 06:00 PM to 08:00 PM (ET)
Associated with  Committee on the Environment

Renown architect, activist and urbanist Angela Brooks, FAIA, will present and discuss new ways of thinking about how we live. Many factors that come together to shape the built environment: how a building faces the street, its height, its spaces within and circulation patterns. None has a larger impact on neighborhoods and cities as a whole than density. Traditionally measured by population figures, density at the neighborhood level is best characterized by how buildings, transport, and ultimately people are arranged on the street. Throughout Los Angeles, a critical look at density, both how it is measured and how it is formed, is needed to create positive growth in our communities.

The effects of increased housing costs continue to cripple urban areas throughout the country, with the supply of new, affordable housing failing to keep up with demand. In Los Angeles, new housing models are needed to create livable, dense communities addressing the region’s need for affordable housing. Understanding density and its relationship to the city will begin to inform these new housing models in a manner that is sensitive to the need to house increasing populations without displacing existing communities. Only by making connections between disparate elements and working towards designing cities as a comprehensive whole can sustainable approaches to affordable housing be created.

Location

Florida Atlantic University MetroLAB
111 East Las Olas Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301