we205 multifamily housing, community design, and neighborhood revitalization: lessons from chicago

Multifamily Housing, Community Design, and Neighborhood Revitalization: Lessons from Chicago June 25, 2014

Chicago, IllinoisAIA National Convention

front: Cabrini-Green Homesphoto source: Project Cabrini Greenbooklet design: Catherine Tang

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Provider: AIA Housing Knowledge CommunityThe American Institute of Architects

The AIA Housing Knowledge Community (HKC) tracks housing issues and develops relationships with industry stakeholders to encourage and promote safe, attractive, accessible, and affordable housing for all Americans. The AIA’s Knowledge Communities offer members a personalized design- and practice-based experience that provides knowledge-sharing, networking, and leadership opportunities. Visit us at: http://network.aia.org/hkc/ and follow us on:

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WE205: Multifamily Housing, Community Design, and Neighborhood Revitalization: Lessons from Chicago

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Welcome to Chicago, Illinois and the 2014 AIA National Convention!

Today’s pre-convention workshop, entitled, “Multifamily Housing, Community Design, and Neighborhood Revitalization: Lessons from Chicago” is presented by the AIA’s Housing Knowledge Community (HKC). The HKC -- the AIA’s third largest knowledge community -- provides leadership on housing issues for the AIA, develops educational programming, maintains relationships with the industry and in academics, and sponsors awards programs. The HKC has over 10,000 members and the active participation of practitioners like you is crucial to our success and continued visibility within the AIA. In addition to a six-member HKC Advisory Group, we have opportunities for national participation in subcommittees including policy, communication, education and membership. We are always looking for other energetic and passionate professionals to join our team. If you are interested in joining a subcommittee or becoming more involved with the HKC, please do not hesitate to contact me or other HKC members.

On behalf of this year’s HKC Advisory Group, I would like to thank you for participating in today’s pre-convention workshop, which takes an in-depth look at Chicago through the lens of public housing. Its history of development, failures, and revitalization offer architects, designers, and community activists with many lessons learned for how to make successful, diverse urban communities. Today, we will hear from a myriad of professionals from all aspects of multifamily development -- ranging from policy, finance, design, and community development -- on innovative ways to revitalize neighborhoods through quality design.

Also be sure to join the HKC in Chicago all week through Convention. Please see page 8 of this program for a listing of other housing activities. We particularly hope that you can join us for the Friday evening housing awards celebration at Cannon Design (note that RSVPs are required). This should prove to be an interesting evening, with the opportunity to hear directly from the award-winning project teams on how they are able to achieve successful and beautiful housing and community projects.

I hope you enjoy the workshop and join us throughout the week.

Jamie A. Blosser, AIAChair, 2014 AIA Housing Knowledge Community


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Congratulations to this year’s winners!

> Excellence in Affordable Housing Design

> Community-Informed Design

> Creating Community Connection

> Housing Accessibility

28th Street ApartmentsArchitect: Koning Eizenberg Architecture, Inc.Owner: Clifford Beers Housing, Inc.Location: Los Angeles, CAPhoto Credit: © Eric Staudenmaier

Kings Beach Housing NowArchitect: YHLA ArchitectsOwner: Domus Development Location: Kings Beach, CAPhoto Credit: © Tom Zikas Photography; Chelsea Bowman; Dave Adams

Kelly Cullen CommunityArchitect: Gelfand Partners Architects; Knapp Architects Owner:

Tenderloin Neighborhood Development CorporationLocation: San Francisco , CA

Photo Credit: © Mark Luthringer

Sierra Bonita HousingArchitect: Patrick Tighe Architecture

Owner: West Hollywood Community Housing CorporationLocation: West Hollywood, CA

Photo Credit: © Art Gray Photography

2014 AIA/HUD Secretary’s Awards:The Housing and Custom Residential Knowledge Community of the AIA, in conjunction with HUD, recognize excellence in affordable housing architecture, neighborhood design, participatory design, and accessibility. Good design is a cornerstone of thriving homes and communities of all incomes and backgrounds. These awards demonstrate that design matters, and provide examples of important benchmarks in the housing industry.



> One- and Two-Family Custom Residences

Informal House | Koning Eizenberg Architects, Inc.Photo Credit: © Eric Staudenmaier

Kicking Horse Residence | Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Photo Credit: © Matthew Millman

Sol Duc Cabin | Olson Kundig ArchitectsPhoto Credit: © Benjamin Benschneider

Park Passive | NK ArchitectsPhoto Credit: © Aaron Leitz Photography

2014 AIA Housing Awards:The AIA Housing Knowledge Community and the Custom Residential Knowledge Community established this awards program to emphasize the importance of good housing as a necessity of life, a sanctuary for the human spirit, and a valuable national resource.

Topo House | Johnsen Schmaling ArchitectsPhoto Credit: © Johnsen Schmaling Architects



> Multifamily Housing

1221 Broadway | Lake|Flato Architects Photo Credit: © Chris Cooper

Cherokee Studios | Brooks + Scarpa Photo Credit: © John Edward Linden

Merritt Crossing Senior Apartments | Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects. Photo Credit: © Tim Griffith



28th Street Apartments | Koning Eizenberg Architecture, Inc.Photo Credit: © Eric Staudenmaier

Sweetwater Spectrum Community | Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects. Photo Credit: © Tim Griffith, Winni Wintermeyer, and Kyle Jeffers

> Specialized Housing



Join the AIA Housing Knowledge Community as it will hold various sessions and events all week in Chicago. Please note that some events require registration at the AIA Convention and/or a registration fee.

Thursday, June 26, 2014 | 6:00PM – 8:00PMEV208 Small Project Practitioners + Custom Residential Architects Network + Housing Knowledge Community ReceptionLocation: Crimson Lounge, 333 N. Dearborn StreetEnjoy an evening with your peers in an intimate setting at a local venue. Join local and national architects, leaders, small firm owners, and AIA members with practices and interests ranging from small projects to custom residential design to affordable housing. The reception will provide opportunities for networking, collaboration, and sharing of best practice on an informal basis.

Friday, June 27 | 07:00AM - 08:00AMFR101 Baby Boomers to Gen Y: An Examination of Housing for Multi-Generational FamiliesFee: $0 (Advanced Registration Recommended)Location: McCormick Place, Room S104This session will provide market-based data detailing trends in multi-generational housing; promote affordable housing for seniors as an emerging market for architects to address; and expand the knowledge base of members regarding designing for aging populations. Designers and architects will be equipped with tools to incorporate universally accessible design into their projects in order to increase housing options for those who opt to age-in-place.

Friday, June 27 | 11:30AM - 01:00PMEV307 Best in Housing: 2014 Awards CelebrationPlease note that this session has been cancelled. Award recipients will be honored on Friday evening at 6:00PM at Cannon Design. See below.

Friday, June 27 | 06:00PM - 08:00PMBest in Housing: 2014 Awards Celebration Fee: $0 (RSVP at http://aiahousing.splashthat.com/housingreception)Location: Cannon Design, 225 N Michigan AvenuePlease join the AIA Housing Knowledge Community as we honor our 2014 Housing and AIA/HUD Secretary’s Award winners. Event will include an opportunity for award winners to discuss their projects and reception. Drinks and light food will be served. Space is limited and spots are filled on a first-come-first-served basis. Any questions, please email [email protected].

Saturday, June 28 | 07:00AM - 08:00AMSA112 The Best of 2014: AIA Housing Award WinnersFee: $0 (No Registration Needed)Location: McCormick Place, Room S402The AIA gives out awards each year in housing design. It is important that architects learn the nuances of what makes the award-winning projects stand out. This presentation will go beyond the photos and portray to audience the details that made each project an award winner. Audience members will learn techniques that they can apply to their own housing designs to increase design quality. Additionally, members of the award jury will share what design characteristics stood out for them when they examined the submissions.

Join the HKC all week in Chicago!



In addition to the Housing Knowledge Community sponsored sessions, the AIA will be hosting multiple housing-related events throughout the week. Again,please note that some events require registration at the AIA Convention and/or a registration fee.

Wednesday, June 25, 2014 | 12:30PM - 6:30PMET117 Residential Architecture: Chicago StyleBus Tour: McCormick Place, Tour Departure. Take a private, guided trolley tour through diverse Chicago neighborhoods to visit a range of residential projects.

Thursday, June 26, 2014 | 7:00AM - 8:00AMTH113 How Neighborhoods and the Buildings that Inhabit Them Can Change the World

Thursday, June 26, 2014 | 2:00PM - 3:30PMTH208 Public Leadership Embraces Design: Great Places Through Partnerships between Architects and Public Officials Thursday, June 26, 2014 | 4:00PM - 5:30PMTH304 Stepping Through Accessible Environments As We Age Thursday, June 26, 2014 | 4:00PM - 5:30PMTH307 New Architecture on Indigenous Lands: Cultural and Environmental Sustainability in Tribal Communities Thursday, June 26, 2014 | 6:00PM - 7:00PMTH407 Architects Leading Change: Attainable Housing

Friday, June 27, 2014 | 2:00PM - 3:30PMFR201 Design, Community Development, and Improving the Life Chances of Low-income People Friday, June 27, 2014 | 4:00PM - 5:30PMFR315 Design a Future of Vitality in Aging: Navigate Limits, Expand Choices, Multiply Outcome

Friday, June 27, 2014 | 6:00PM - 7:00PMFR402 Fundamentals of NetZero Residential Construction

Friday, June 27, 2014 | 6:00PM - 7:00PMFR405 Powering a New Generation: Exploring Energy-generating Affordable Housing

Friday, June 27, 2014 | 6:00PM - 7:00PMFR401 Thinking Beyond the Building: Aging-in-Place and Lifelong Communities

Saturday, June 28, 2014 | 8:30AM - 10:00AMSA202 Profiting from Design Build for a Residential Practice

Saturday, June 28, 2014 | 2:O0PM - 5:00PMET413 Preserving the Past and Envisioning the Future of Public HousingBus Tour: McCormick Place, Tour Departure. Join us for a “mobile symposium” that explores how efforts to preserve and learn from the past are connected to the future of public housing in Chicago.

Additional Housing-Related Sessions at Convention



WE205 Multifamily Housing, Community Design, and Neighborhood Revitalization: Lessons from Chicago is a pre-Convention Workshop organized by the AIA Housing Knowledge Community Advisory Group.

This day long session will focus on the development and revitalization of public housing in Chicago, as an extended case study of urban transformation and change. Architecture and design have been critical components both of the perceived social failures of high-rise public housing and of the hoped-for successes of the redeveloped neighborhoods. Chicago’s public housing has undergone perhaps the most extreme redevelopment, and certainly at the largest scale. The failures as well as the successes have been studied in detail over the past decades, and so it is an excellent place to learn about community redevelopment and change. Additionally, because of Chicago’s architectural history, it is also an excellent place to study the role of design and specifically modern design in making successful, diverse communities.

Because design is only one factor, however, this session will also address the variety of federal policy, local politics, individual actors, and economic forces that all affect the success or failure of neighborhood revitalization. Two panels will discuss the history of Chicago’s public housing development, including both how problems like Cabrini-Green were created and how Chicago’s Plan for Transformation and the federal HOPE VI program intended to solve the complex problems of severely-distressed communities. One session will highlight the role of neighborhood residents in designing solutions at both the neighborhood and the individual building scale, and a second session will dive into the complex financing utilized for this large-scale development, including financing for pre-design and design services, as well as necessary social services

and more recently, green building.

Finally, we will include a discussion of more general lessons from the innovative Affordable Housing Design Leadership Institute (AHDLI), which specifically addresses the value of quality design in building affordable and sustainable housing for low- and moderate-income families.

Today’s learning objectives are:

1. Describe connections between building design and positive social outcomes.

2. Identify opportunities for architects to be involved in public policy regarding community revitalization, both locally and nationally.

3. Discuss various financing programs for mixed-income housing projects, including the opportunities for improved design built into those funding sources.

4. Demonstrate the value of resident engagement in design decisions, both at the building scale and a larger community scale.

Today’s workshop was organized by:

• Casius Pealer, Principal, Oystertree Consulting, AIA Housing Knowledge Community

• Charles (Chuck) Travis, AIA, LEED AP, Principal, Housing Studio, AIA Housing Knowledge Community

• Catherine Tang, Associate AIA, Urban Designer, AECOM, AIA Housing Knowledge Community

Workshop Summary



Start End Topic Speakers

08:30AM 08:45AM Welcome and Introduction Casius Pealer

12:00PM 01:00PM Lunch

08:45AM 09:30AM Opening Keynote Peter Landon

09:45AM 11:15AM [Session 1] Plan for Transformation: Peter Landon (Moderator) Villages of Westhaven Case Study Catherine Baker Julie Elena Brown Andrew Greer Vorrica Harvey Phillip Craig Johnson Janet Smith

01:00PM 02:30PM [Session 3] Housing Finance Casius Pealer (Moderator) Edgar Flagg Jeffrey Head

04:30PM 05:30PM [Session 5] Facilitated Group Discussion, Jamie Blosser and Lessons Learned

02:45PM 04:15PM [Session 4] Design Leadership and Nella Young (Moderator) Affordable Housing: Lathrop Homes Douglas Farr Michael Goldberg James Lewis Jacques Sandberg

11:15AM 12:00PM [Session 2] Overview of Housing at Chuck Travis (Moderator) the 2014 AIA Convention in Chicago Todd Palmer

Workshop Schedule



Speakers for this session include:

• Peter Landon, FAIA, Principal, Landon Bone Baker Architects (Moderator)

• Catherine Baker, AIA, Principal, Landon Bone Baker Architects

• Julie Elena Brown, Co-Director, Public Housing, BPI

• Andrew Geer, VP & Market Leader, Enterprise Community Partners

• Vorricia Harvey, Director of Compliance & Community Development, Interstate Realty Management Company

• Phillip Craig Johnson, FAIA, Principal, Johnson & Lee, Ltd

• Janet Smith, Ph.D., Associate Professor & Co-Director of Voorhees Center, University of Illinois at Chicago

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Session 2 | Overview of Housing at the 2014 AIA Convention in Chicago 11:15AM - 12:00PM

The AIA Convention offers multiple tour opportunities to get outside the classroom, visit local neighborhoods and landscapes, all while still earning LUs. Didn’t get a chance

Welcome and Introductions 08:30 AM - 08:45 AMCasius Pealer, Principal, Oystertree Consulting, AIA Housing Knowledge Community___________________________________________

Opening Keynote08:45 AM - 09:30 AM Peter Landon, FAIA, Principal, Landon Bone Baker Architects

Founder and Principal of Landon Bone Baker Architects, Peter Landon is known for his community-based inner city planning, development, and design. An architect who truly “designs with purpose,” Peter is a champion of social consciousness and diversity in design, and supports neighborhood revitalization efforts across Chicago. In his opening keynote, Peter will frame today’s discussion in the context of Chicago’s rich history of housing development, its past and future issues, challenges and opportunities. In addition, he will highlight the many design firms (including his own), agencies, organizations, and individuals having a profound impact on the City, and the role of the AIA in fostering a better Chicago.___________________________________________

Session 1 | Plan for Transformation: Villages of Westhaven Case Study09:45AM - 11:15AM

The Chicago Housing Authority’s Plan for Transformation is the largest, most ambitious redevelopment effort of public housing in the United States. It goes beyond the physical structure of public housing and aims to integrate public housing residents into the larger social, economic and physical fabric of Chicago. This panel will discuss the larger ambitions of the Plan in the context of the City of Chicago, and focus in-depth on one particular project, the Villages of Westhaven. Villages of Westhaven is in the West Town neighborhood of Chicago and meets the City of Chicago’s Green Homes requirements as well as incorporating a high degree of fully accessible units.

Workshop Panel Descriptions

Westhaven Park, Phase IIC, Chicago, IL. Source: Landon Bone Baker Architects.



Lunch12:00PM - 01:00PM__________________________________________

Session 3 | Housing Finance01:00PM - 02:30PM

Much of the design and performance of multifamily projects depends on the financing available for construction as well as ongoing operations. This session will focus on the complex mixed-finance structures for most redevelopment efforts in the U.S. today, including Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC), HOME and CDBG funds, public housing capital and operating funds, and other federal and local sources. Understanding these public sources can give architects better leverage in advocating for improved design and performance.


• Casius Pealer, Principal, Oystertree Consulting, AIA Housing Knowledge Community (Moderator)

• Edgar Flagg, Manager, Baker Tilly Virhow Krause, LLP

• Jeffrey Head, Vice President of Community Development, The Habitat Company

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to register for any tours? This session will highlight two AIA Chicago-sponsored tours that will feature both public and private housing projects throughout Chicago, from Cabrini Green to Marina City and more. Get a sneak-peak of the upcoming National Public Housing Museum, hear from the tour guides themselves and receive a map of featured projects to be able to do your own self-guided tour at your convenience while in Chicago.

Projects highlighted in this session:

• Jane Addams Homes (future site of the National Public Housing Museum)

• Cabrini-Green Rowhouses

• Julia Lathrop Homes


• Charles (Chuck) Travis, AIA, LEED AP, Principal, Housing Studio, AIA Housing Knowledge Community (Moderator)

• Todd Palmer, Interim Executive Director of the National Public Housing Museum (NPHM)

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National Public Housing Museum, Chicago, IL. Source: Landon Bone Baker Architects.

Julia Lathrop Homes, Chicago, IL. Source: Chicago Patterns.



Session 4 | Design Leadership and Affordable Housing: Lathrop Homes 02:45PM - 04:15PM

This panel will highlight the combination of design, social services and community redevelopment at the heart of the planned 37-acre Lathrop Homes project on Chicago’s north side. This project is part of the Chicago Housing Authority’s Plan for Transformation and is led by a five-party development team, including Heartland Housing. As a project still in the design and planning stage, this panel will highlight the design process, with lessons from the Enterprise Affordable Housing Design Leadership Institute (AHDLI) as a backdrop.


• Nella Young, Program Officer, National Design Initiatives, Enterprise Community Partners

• Douglas Farr, FAIA, LEED AP, Founding Principal and President, Farr Associates Architecture and Urban Design

• Jacques Sandberg, Vice President, Related Midwest

• Michael Goldberg, Executive Director of Heartland Housing

• James Lewis, Architect, Enterprise Rose Fellow, Heartland Housing

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Facilitated Group Discussion and Lessons Learned 04:30PM - 05:30 PMJamie Blosser, AIA, Chair, AIA Housing Knowledge Community

One benefit of a pre-Convention Workshop is the small size and opportunity to learn from other participants. This day-long event will end with an interactive discussion among participants and panelists, aimed at tying together the topics throughout the day as well as identifying some possible lessons and future initiatives of the AIA Housing Knowledge Community.

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Top Image: Robert Ivy issues his keynote address. Middle images: site tour of Archer Courts in the Chinatown neighborhood of Chicago; Bottom images: Patricia Saldaña Natke discussing the importance of design; Amanda Novak presents her development project; Peter Landon presents the work of his firm, Landon, Bone, Baker. Quote by Robert Ivy, Executive Vice President/CEO of the AIA, 2013 Keynote Speaker.

Demolition of Cabrini-Green. Source: Jeremy M. Farmer, via Flickr.

Peter Landon, 2013 Enterprise Affordable Housing Design Leadership Institute in Chicago. Source: Enterprise Community Partners.

2013 Enterprise Affordable Housing Design Leadership Institute in Chicago. Source: Enterprise Community Partners.



Chicago Housing Tour Map

Housing projects of interest. Chicago, IL. Source: Google Earth 2014.

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Julia Lathrop Homes2000 W Diversey Ave, Chicago, IL 60647

Cabrini Green Homes530 W Locust St, Chicago, IL 60610

Raymond Hilliard Homes54 W. Cermak Road, Chicago, IL 606016

Archer Courts2242 S. Princeton Ave, Chicago, IL 60616

Jane Addams HomesFuture site of the National Public Housing Museum1322 Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607

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Jamie Blosser, Associate, Atkin Olshin Schade Architects

Catherine Baker, AIA, Principal, Landon Bone Baker Architects

Jamie Blosser is an Associate at Atkin Olshin Schade Architects and founder of the Sustainable Native Communities Collaborative (SNCC), an initiative of Enterprise Community Partners and the research arm to her architectural practice. The primary goal of SNCC is to promote best practices in sustainable development in rural and tribal communities. The recently completed 2013 Case Studies project showcases 17 exemplary tribal projects around the country and is available on the SNCC website.

Jamie’s work is rooted in community design. As an Enterprise Rose Fellow from 2000-2003, her work received the Harvard University’s Honoring Nations award and EPA Smart Growth Award for Small Communities. Recent work has received the 2013 APA/ HUD Secretary’s Opportunity & Empowerment Award and a 2012 SEED award, awarded to six projects internationally. She is on the Advisory Group for the AIA Residential Knowledge Community and a member of the Board of Directors for the Housing Trust in Santa Fe.

Jamie has lectured throughout the country on the importance of cultural and environmental sustainability. Her work was highlighted in Urban Habitats, by William Morrish, Katie Swenson and Susanne Shindler, and has been selected for inclusion in New Architecture on Indigenous Land. Jamie received her Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania.

Catherine Baker is a Principal at Landon Bone Baker Architects, an award-winning firm which has focused on affordable housing for over 25 years. She received a Bachelor of Architecture from Ball State University and a Master of Arts in Social Sciences from the University of Chicago. Both disciplines share some fundamental underpinnings that pertain to the work of Landon Bone Baker Architects; understanding people, understanding problems, making connections, and developing programmatic solutions. The importance of understanding neighborhood problems and connections can be seen in the planning projects that Catherine has managed, which include various federally funded programs focusing on neighborhood revitalizations such as HOPE VI, the Neighborhood Stabilization Program, and the redevelopment of a large Section 8 housing project in the Woodlawn neighborhood under the new Choice Neighborhoods Initiative. Catherine serves on the Board of Directors at the Chicago Asthma Consortium and is currently coordinating efforts between health experts, builders, developers, and architects to design healthier living environments. She also serves on the Chicago AIA Board of Directors. She is President of the College of Architecture and Planning Alumni Society at Ball State University and also serves as a member of the Department of Architecture Chair’s Professional Advisory Committee.

Today’s Speakers



Julie Elena Brown, Co-Director, Public Housing, BPI

Julie Elena Brown joined BPI in 1989 and currently is co-leader of BPI’s public housing program, directing both policy development and litigation efforts. Prior to BPI, Julie began her career as Assistant Corporation Counsel with the City of Chicago Law Department. She holds a BA from the University of Wisconsin and a JD from the University of Wisconsin Law School, where she was a member of the Law Review and an editor at the International Law Journal.

Douglas Farr, FAIA, LEED AP, Founding Principal and President, Farr Associates Architecture and Urban Design

Doug Farr is Founding Principal and President of Farr Associates Architecture and Urban Design, the 2012 AIA Chicago Firm of the Year. Farr is a national leader in planning and designing sustainable neighborhoods and buildings. He is also a twice-published author who lectures widely on the topics of urbanism and sustainability. Under his leadership Farr Associates designed the world’s third LEED-Platinum project, the Chicago Center for Green Technology and went on to become the first firm in the world to design three LEED Platinum buildings. To date, Farr Associates has designed and certified a total of seven LEED-Platinum buildings two of which also achieve net-zero energy and three LEED-ND Developments.

Mr. Farr was the founding chair for a new rating system and policy, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Neighborhood Development, (LEED-ND) in coordination with the US Green Building Council, the Congress for the New Urbanism and the National Resource Defense Council. This targeted effort created a LEED rating system for developments that incorporate green and sustainable elements in their site selection.

Doug is the incoming chairman of the board for the Congress for the New Urbanism and serves on the boards of the BioRegional Development Group and Elevate Energy (formerly CNT Energy). Doug authored Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design with Nature, a planning best seller that visualizes walkable, transit-served urbanism and high-performance infrastructure and buildings as the normal pattern of development in the United States by 2030. He is an architecture graduate of the University of Michigan and Columbia University.



Andrew Geer, VP & Market Leader, Enterprise Community Partners

Andrew Geer is vice president and Chicago market leader for Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. He focuses on identifying regional product opportunities in coordination with business line colleagues. Andrew is the lead in expanding Enterprise’s programmatic presence in Chicago with a priority on advancing initiatives with local partners that will improve the livability of low-income residents in Chicago, including green design, regional sustainability goals and healthy housing for vulnerable populations. Andrew has nearly 20 years of experience in community development and nonprofit leadership and most recently served as executive director of Heartland Housing, Inc., a Chicago-based affordable housing organization. He led the company in all affordable and supportive housing activities for the parent organization – Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights. Under his direction, Heartland Housing was involved in the development of more than 1,300 units of affordable, supportive and mixed-income housing with an asset base of over $150 million. During his 14 years at Heartland Housing, Andrew was deeply involved in the development of affordable housing to support the city of Chicago’s Plan to End Homelessness and the Chicago Housing Authority’s Plan for Transformation. Andrew also previously served as a community development lender focusing on nonprofit lending intermediaries, community facilities and affordable single-family and multifamily housing. Andrew holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor and a master’s degree from University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy Studies.

Edgar Flagg, Manager, Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP

Edgar Flagg, manager with Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP, has been with the firm since 2011. He has ten years of commercial real estate management and development experience working for private and public real estate companies involved in affordable housing, retail, office, and mixed-use real estate projects.

Edgar has an MBA from Roosevelt University in Chicago, and a B.A. in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.



Vorricia Harvey, Director of Compliance & Community Development, Interstate Realty Management Company

Vorricia Harvey is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 18 years of experience working in the areas of individual/family counseling, foster care/adoption, and self-sufficiency programs. Vorricia worked at Near West Side Community Development Corporation (NWSCDC) for 13 years as the Director of Social Services. In her role at NWSCDC, she worked extensively with the former residents of Henry Horner Homes who transitioned to the Westhaven Park Mixed-Income Development. Vorricia continues to work in mixed income communities in her new role as Director of Compliance and Community Development for Interstate Realty Management, a member of the Michaels Organization. Vorricia is currently a Ph.D. Candidate at Loyola University’s School of Social Work. Her dissertation study involves examining the psychological transformation of low income individuals obtaining economic self-sufficiency.

Michael Goldberg, Executive Director of Heartland Housing, Vice President of Heartland Alliance

Michael Goldberg brings 23 years of professional housing development and community planning experience to Heartland Housing, Inc. Mr. Goldberg joined Heartland Housing in 2003 and for seven years was responsible for managing the development of Heartland Housing’s affordable and supportive housing portfolio. In this time Mr. Goldberg and his development team have worked to close on financing and construct over 825 affordable housing units, which include HOPE VI development, supportive housing and senior housing. New initiatives begun under Mr. Goldberg’s leadership include the expansion of Heartland’s work into the collar counties of the Chicago Metropolitan Area, as well as the States of Wisconsin and Indiana. In addition, Heartland’s focus on sustainable development and green architecture have occurred under the leadership of Mr. Goldberg. In October of 2010, Mr. Goldberg was promoted to Executive Director of Heartland Housing, responsible for directing all aspects of the organization.

Mr. Goldberg’s past experiences include his work as a senior planner with the consulting firm of SmithGroup JJR in Chicago. In this position Mr. Goldberg helped manage a community planning studio that provided services throughout the Midwest. Mr. Goldberg was also a community planner with the consulting firm of Planning Resources, Inc. Additionally, Mr. Goldberg coordinated housing and planning activities as a staff member for the cities of New York and Chicago.

Mr. Goldberg received his Master of Science degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.



Phillip Craig Johnson, FAIA, Principal, Johnson & Lee, Ltd

Phillip Craig Johnson, Johnson & Lee, Ltd., has 41 years of experience in a variety of architectural areas prior to and since co-founding the firm in 1983. In May 2005, Mr. Johnson was elevated by the American Institute of Architects to the College of Fellows. Mr. Johnson served on the Board of The American Institute of Architects Chicago as an advisor to the Board of The Illinois Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects (INOMA). As one of Johnson & Lee’s design principals, Mr. Johnson earned the Chicago AIA Chapter Design Excellence Award and also the Driehaus Neighborhood Design Award. Johnson & Lee, Ltd. is the only owned African-American architectural firm to achieve such prestigious awards. He is a member of the Art Institute of Chicago Leadership Advisory Committee, ABLE (Alliance of Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs), Chicago Architecture Club, Newhouse Architecture Committee, Art Institute, Museum of Contemporary Art, Near South Planning Board, Archeworks Board, City Club of Chicago, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Masters of Fine Art Program, Advisory Board for Columbia College Art & Design Department and the Chicago Historical Society Architectural Alliance. He was also a task force member with the Metropolitan Planning Council for Chicago Housing Authority Rehabilitation and Reinvestment Study, as well as an AIA Charrette participant for New Housing for North Kenwood Development.

Jeffrey Head, Vice President of Community Development, The Habitat Company

As Vice President of Community Development for The Habitat Company, Jeff Head designed the award winning redevelopment program that is transforming Chicago’s public housing sites into sustainable mixed-income communities.

As part of Habitat’s court-appointed Receivership of the Chicago Housing Authority, Mr. Head has played a central role in managing the ongoing redevelopment of several of the largest public housing sites in the country, including Cabrini Green, the Henry Horner Homes and the ABLA Homes developments.

Prior to joining The Habitat Company, Mr. Head served as an assistant to Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley where he managed the policy and program development for several successful initiatives including the Chicago River Plan, the School Campus Park Program and the creation of business incentives for the cleanup and re-use of Brownfield Industrial properties.

Mr. Head has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Colorado and a Masters of Planning and Policy degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago.



Peter Landon, FAIA, LEED AP, Landon Bone Baker Architects

Founder and Principal of Landon Bone Baker Architects, Peter Landon is known for his community-based inner city planning, development, and design work. He is a champion of “social consciousness” and diversity in design, and supports neighborhood revitalization efforts across Chicago and beyond.

Peter believes that architects are essential community members. He and the firm encourage participation in community and urban policy initiatives and believe that with diligent and responsible effort, good and environmentally responsible planning and design is possible. A personal commitment through his career has allowed Landon Bone Baker Architects to successfully balance context, technology, design, environment, and economy in a variety of modest, space efficient, and socially and economically mixed urban mixed-use housing developments. His work with the firm has won numerous design awards, including multiple AIA Chicago Distinguished Building Awards and Devine Detail Awards and seven Richard H. Driehaus Awards for Architectural Excellence in Community Design. The work has been exhibited and published widely. Peter regularly participates in neighborhood and city policy programs, conferences and initiatives, teaches, juries and lectures, and participates on boards all with the goal of moving the bar forward and to ultimately bring better design to our cities and communities.

James Lewis, Architect, Enterprise Rose Fellow, Heartland Housing

A licensed architect, James has five years of experience in commercial architecture. He joined Heartland in 2014 as an Enterprise Rose Fellow with the goal of fully integrating sustainable practices into the design, construction and management of Heartland properties. He will be working to develop a net zero energy model for future housing projects which will reduce operation costs while enhancing the quality of life of their residents. He earned a Master of Architecture and a Certificate of Real Estate Development from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a Bachelor of Science from Washington University in St. Louis. He has received several design competition awards, including recognition by Architecture for Humanity and the Urban Land Institute, and has work published in Architectural Record. While in graduate school he managed projects for Community Design Solutions, a community design center within Milwaukee’s School of Architecture. At CDS he provided conceptual design services to nonprofit organizations, helping them visualize their needs and getting them to the point where they could hire an architect.



Casius Pealer, Principal, Oystertree Consulting, AIA Housing Knowledge Community

Casius Pealer is Director of Tulane’s Master of Sustainable Real Estate Development (MSRED) program and a Professor of Practice in the School of Architecture. In addition to these academic roles at Tulane, Casius is Of Counsel in New Orleans office of Coats | Rose, a Houston-based law firm, where he concentrates in the areas of affordable housing, real estate finance, and energy and water efficiency. He also maintains a separate consulting practice, Oystertree Consulting, supporting public agencies and nonprofit developers using green building as an additional tool to achieve long-term affordable housing solutions.

Trained as an architect and a real estate attorney, Professor Pealer has over 17 years of community development experience, including four years as legal counsel for public housing authorities across the country implementing mixed-finance redevelopment projects. Professor Pealer has also worked in the nonprofit sector as the first Director of Affordable Housing at the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and in the public sector as Assistant General Counsel for Real Estate at the District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA).In addition to being a regular speaker at professional conferences nationally, Professor Pealer was 2011 Chair of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Housing Committee as well as a board member of the Association for Community Design, a national nonprofit organization of community-based architects and designers. He has also been published in the ABA Journal of Affordable Housing and Community Development Law, the AIA Journal of Architecture, and Affordable Housing Finance Magazine.Professor Pealer is licensed to practice law in New York State and Washington, DC, and is a LEED Accredited Professional. He holds a Masters in Architecture from the Tulane School of Architecture and a J.D. cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School.

Todd Palmer, Interim Executive Director of the National Public Housing Museum (NPHM)

Todd Palmer has 19 years of accomplishment shaping program-rich interventions to define public spaces and frame culture at significant sites of architecture, landscape and historic preservation. This work engages civic audiences in communal experiences through curatorial, multi-media and exhibit design interventions. Working at and with cultural sites globally from Washington DC to Memphis to Barcelona, Palmer aims to cultivate greater “public conscience” on concerns ranging from civil rights, to the survival of indigenous cultures to environmental sustainability. As an emerging museum leader and the Founding Curator of Creativity and Public Engagement at the NPHM, Todd has brought the participatory ethos of his creative achievements to foster an innovative start-up institution of creative place-making. With the Museum he’s orchestrating cultural resources and activating trans-disciplinary partnerships to invite a more robust and diverse community into the most critical and relevant social and economic questions of our times. Palmer has exhibited at the Studio Museum of Harlem in New York City, and was commissioned by the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs to execute two permanent public art installations. He’s taught museum design issues at New York University since 2006, and has presented often at national and international convenings across a wide range of disciplines, from digital technology to museology to public history to urbanism.

Todd holds a BA from Princeton University (summa cum laude) in architectural history & theory and an M. Arch. from Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation in NYC.



Jacques Sandberg, Vice President, Related Midwest

Jacques Sandberg heads Related Midwest’s affordable housing business, continuing Related’s commitment to creating and preserving affordable housing opportunities in a variety of geographically, economically and socially diverse neighborhoods. He oversees an existing portfolio of over three thousand units and more than four thousand units currently in development. Key projects include large-scale public housing transformation, affordable housing preservation, and mixed-income communities.

Sandberg plays an integral role in the redevelopment of Lathrop Homes, a 32-acre historic public housing complex on Chicago’s North Side. Related Midwest is the lead developer on a team revitalizing the site into a vibrant mixed-income, mixed-use community. Sandberg also leads Related Midwest’s ongoing work at Roosevelt Square, a mixed-income development on the Near West Side that will ultimately include more than two thousand for-sale and rental units, and manages a pipeline of an additional 1,200 rental units being acquired by Related Affordable.

With more than twenty years of experience in planning, building, and financing publicly financed projects, Sandberg has been involved in the development of thousands of units of affordable housing and the construction and rehabilitation of several million square feet of mixed-use facilities. Prior to joining Related, he served as director of real estate development in the Midwest region for The Community Builders, a national nonprofit affordable housing developer. He has directed a statewide affordable housing finance and development group, was a partner in an affordable housing consulting firm, and has served as director of acquisitions for one of the country’s largest low income housing tax credit syndicators.

Janet Smith, Ph.D., Associate Professor & Co-Director of Voorhees Center, University of Illinois at Chicago

Janet Smith is an associate professor of urban planning and codirector of the Nathalie P. Voorhees Center for Neighborhood and Community Improvement, a research center that focuses on working to improve the conditions and lives of people in the Chicago metropolitan area. Janet’s teaching, research and community service focuses on local housing planning and policy implementation. Research includes public housing transformation in Chicago and US; housing and health outcomes; expanding housing opportunities for people with disabilities; and implementing community driven strategies to preserve affordable housing. Published work on public housing includes a book, Where are Poor People to Live? Transforming Public Housing Communities (M.E. Sharpe, 2006) co-edited and written with Larry Bennett and Patricia Wright, along with several articles published in urban and housing journals.

Janet earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts (1985) and Master of Urban Planning degree (1990) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a Ph.D. of Urban Studies from Cleveland State University (1998).



Nella Young, Program Officer, National Design Initiatives , Enterprise Community Partners

Nella Young directs the Enterprise Rose Architectural Fellowship, where she supports the development of early career professionals working in public interest design and supports the integration of design-thinking in community development organizations. She has a background in urban planning and experiential education and has been involved in projects covering a range of topics including infrastructure for active living, economic development for the creative sector, and policies that improve access to healthy food. After graduate school, Nella spent a year as a research fellow in Germany where she was based at the Bauhaus and studied planning strategies for shrinking cities. Nella holds a master’s degree in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning from Tufts University and a bachelor’s degree from Wesleyan University where she majored in studio arts.

Charles (Chuck) Travis, AIA, LEED, Principal Housing Studio, AIA Housing Knowledge Community

Charles (Chuck) Travis, AIA has been a long term advocate for the art, craft, and technology of housing practice, dedicating his career to formulating housing design strategies that are both economically and environmentally sustainable. His work has resulted in applicable solutions for the challenges housing projects bring to owners, communities and infrastructure. Numerous design awards, including multiple AIA awards, a traveling fellowship, and over thirty multi-family industry awards, attest to the impact his work has had on urban and suburban communities, high-rise housing, historic renovations and single-family homes.

In 2010, Chuck received the AIA Charlotte Chapter Service Award in recognition of his exemplary service to the community and profession. Chuck has lectured on housing design trends to national and international audiences, and continues to serve as a frequent juror to academic housing studios and award committees. He is currently serving as the Mayor of the Town of Cornelius, North Carolina after being elected as Town Commissioner for two previous terms. Chuck also serves on numerous leadership boards including the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and Regional Conference of Mayors.



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2014 AIA Housing Knowledge Community Advisory Group

AIA Staff DirectorSusan ParrishAmerican Institute of ArchitectsWashington, [email protected]

ChairJamie S. Blosser, AIA Atkin Olshin Schade ArchitectsSanta Fe, [email protected]

SecretaryR. Denise Everson, Assoc. AIADistrict of Columbia Housing AuthorityWashington, [email protected]

Chair-ElectKatherine R. Williams, AIASan Francisco, [email protected]

Immediate Past ChairStephen D. Schreiber, FAIAUniversity of MassachusettsAmherst, [email protected]

Past ChairKathleen Dorgan, AIADorgan Architecture & PlanningStorrs, [email protected] AIA 5Victor Mirontschuk, AIA EDI International, Inc.New York, [email protected]

Thomas Burns, Assoc. AIADavis Square ArchitectsBoston, [email protected]

Simon Ha, AIA, LEED APTate Snyder KimseyLos Angeles, [email protected]

Michael Kelly, AIADistrict of Columbia Housing & Community DevelopmentWashington, [email protected]

Wayne A. MortensenCleveland Neighborhood ProgressCleveland, [email protected]

Casius Pealer, Assoc. AIAOystertree ConsultingNew Orleans, [email protected]

Catherine Tang, Assoc. AIAAECOM Technology CorporationLos Angeles, [email protected]

Charles (Chuck) Travis, AIA, LEED APThe Housing StudioCharlotte, NC [email protected]

Multifamily Housing, Community Design, and Neighborhood Revitalization: Lessons from Chicago June 25, 2014

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