DESIGNING HEALTHIER LIFESTYLES: AIA|LA Design Symposium

DESIGNING HEALTHIER LIFESTYLES
an AIA|LA design symposium about improving the health impacts of the built environment

Friday, October 7 (8:00 AM - 12:30 PM)
Ronald F. Deaton Civic Auditorium
LAPD Police Administration Building
100 West First Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012

$25 AIA Members / $35 Non Members
Provides 4.0 HSW Learning Units

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"We ought to plan the ideal of our city with an eye to four considerations. The first, as being the most indispensable, is health." - Aristotle, Politics (ca. 350 B.C.)

DESIGNING HEALTHIER LIFESTYLES

The AIA Los Angeles Chapter, with support from LA County Department of Public Health and the Los Angeles Department of City Planning, will host a half-day symposium to highlight opportunities to design communities that promote greater physical activity and equitable access to healthier lifestyles.

The symposium will bring together architects, policy makers, planners, urban designers, developers and healthcare professionals to discuss innovative strategies to design projects that will help to prevent childhood obesity and chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, certain cancers and asthma.

With the goal of creating healthier communities, we will examine the available resources, planning tools and public policies that are available to further optimize and shape. Additionally, we will share ideas for how architects and designers can expand their scope of professional services so that they can become experts in preventative care. Leading architects will also describe innovative design features that health professionals may have yet to document and consider.

BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS
With the objective of more closely bringing together design and health professionals to participate in an inspirational dialogue about emerging health advocacy opportunities, we hope to build support for the initiatives of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and the Los Angeles Department of City Planning.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. How do we transform the health crisis into a great cornerstone for city planning and design?
2. What opportunities presently exist to facilitate greater cross-collaboration between architects and health professionals?
3. What are the tools, policies and resources available to promote and facilitate a healthier built environment?
4. What are some recent design innovations that allow architects and designers to become experts in preventative care?

AGENDA

8:00am - 8:30am
Coffee and Registration

8:30am - 8:35am
Welcome & Learning Objectives

• Will WrightDirector of Government & Public Affairs, AIA Los Angeles

8:35am - 9:00am
HEALTH & DESIGN :: BRINGING THE PROFESSIONS TOGETHER

• Bill Roschen, FAIAPresident, Los Angeles City Planning Commission
• Dr. Paul SimonDirector, Division of Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LAC DPH); Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology, UCLA School of Public Health

9:00am - 9:15am
THE PLANNING PERSPECTIVE

• Michael LoGrandeDirector, Los Angeles Department of City Planning

9:15am - 9:30am
THE COMPLETE STREETS PERSPECTIVE

• Ryan SnyderPresident, Ryan Snyder Associates, LLC

9:30am - 10:30am
Panel Discussion #1 :: PLANNING HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES: PROBLEMS & SOLUTIONS

Speakers -

• Jean Armbruster, MADirector, LA County PLACE Program
• Regina M. Freer, PhDVice President, Los Angeles City Planning Commission; Professor, Occidental College
• Lark Galloway-Gilliam, MPAExecutive Director, Community Health Councils, Inc.
• Faisal RobleSenior City Planner, Los Angeles Department of City Planning
• Stuart CohenExecutive Director, TransForm
• Alina BokdeExecutive Director, Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust

Moderated by -

• Bill Roschen, FAIAPresident, Los Angeles City Planning Commission

10:30am - 10:40am Fitness Break

10:40am - 11:00am
INSPIRING GREATER PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

• Mia Lehrer, FASLA - President, Mia Lehrer + Associates

in conversation with -

• Christine Outram - Director, City Innovation Group & SENSEable City Lab, MIT

11:00am - 12:15pm
Panel Discussion #2 :: DESIGNING HEALTHIER PLACES: CASE STUDIES THAT MAKE IT REAL

Speakers -

• Hagy Belzberg, FAIAPrincipal, Belzberg Architects
• Kate Diamond, FAIA LEED APPrincipal, HMC Architects
• Michael W. Folonis, FAIAPrincipal, Michael W. Folonis Architects
• Carolyn RamseyLos Angeles Program Director, Trust for Public Land
• Clive Wilkinson, AIA, RIBAPresident & Design Director, Clive Wilkinson Architects

Moderated by -

• Margot OcañasPolicy Analyst, RENEW Los Angeles County

12:15pm - 12:30pm
CONCLUDING REMARKS & SUMMARY OF NEXT STEPS

• Bill Roschen, FAIAPresident, Los Angeles City Planning Commission

12:30pm
Farewell and Travel Safe

COMMUNITY PARTNERS:
American Lung Association in California
The American Planning Association - Los Angeles
The Architect's Newspaper
bikestation
BREATHE LA
CALIFORNIA ACTIVE COMMUNITIES
Cal Poly Pomona, College of Environmental Design
CicLAvia
Community Health Councils
Congress for the New Urbanism
Council For Watershed Health
Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition
Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust
PLACE, LA County
Project Frog, Inc.
Public Health Law & Policy
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
UCLA Complete Streets Initiative
USGBC-LA
Urban Land Institute - Los Angeles
TransForm
Transportation for America
Trust for Public Land

For more information, please contact:
Will Wright
Director, Government & Public Affairs
AIA Los Angeles
Tel: (213) 639-0764
Email: will [at] aialosangeles.org