Brooks + Scarpa: Dense City – Housing for Quality of Life and Social Change
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Date & Time
Fri, Oct 21 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Address (map)
721 Cliff Dr, Santa Barbara, CA 93109
Angela Brooks, FAIA & Lawrence Scarpa, FAIA
Brooks + Scarpa Architects
Angie and Larry are recipients of the 2022 National AIA Gold Medal. The Gold Medal is the AIA’s highest annual honor, recognizing individuals whose work has had a lasting influence on the theory and practice of architecture. Angie is only the third women to receive this award and Angie and Larry are only the second duo. Angie is also the recipient of the 2020 AIA California Maybeck award, the first woman to ever receive this award.
Low-Income affordable housing used to mean fortress-like structures that were soulless and cheaply built. Today, there is a growing interest amongst architects that have spawned new and innovative approaches to affordable housing that are well-designed and incorporate a combination of creative social programming, cutting-edge forms and materials, sustainable design and a keen sense of aesthetic. This seminar will explore new models that have transformed affordable and low-income housing into cutting edge architecture.
Brooks + Scarpa is a collective of architects, designers and creative thinkers dedicated to enhancing the human experience. Honored with the Smithsonian Cooper- Hewitt National Design Award, the firm is a multi-disciplinary practice that includes architecture, landscape architecture, planning, environmental design, materials research, graphic, furniture and interior design services that produces innovative, sustainable iconic buildings and urban environments. They have garnered international acclaim has garnered international acclaim for the creative use of conventional materials in unique and unexpected ways. They are also considered pioneers and leaders in the field of sustainable design.
5pm – 6pm Book Signing & Reception with Refreshments, at the SBCC West Campus BC Center, FeBland Forum Patio hosted by DMHA Architecture + Interior Design.
6pm – 7.30pm Presentation
Directions:
Santa Barbara City College – West Campus Business Communication Center FeBland Forum
721 Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara, CA, 93109
Enter through the West Campus entrance on Cliff Drive
No charge for parking
Park in 4A-4D for the closest access to the BC forum.