Los Angeles is at the epicenter of the nation's housing and climate crises. The Los Angeles Housing Accord demonstrates how architects can lead at the city scale by developing planning support tools that integrate GIS, spatial analysis, and equity frameworks into decision-making.
This session will explore how to translate housing allocation, resilience planning, and community engagement into clear, actionable plans, maps, and policies for governments and institutions. Through case studies—including the Reseda Housing Accord pilot, the citywide Housing Allocation Index, and post-disaster land-use planning in the Palisades—you'll gain practical strategies for embedding equity and resilience into urban governance.
Learning Objectives
- Find out how to apply the Santa Monica Method to calculate empirical density of land use.
- Consider how to convert density targets into building typologies that make land-use planning tangible for communities and decision-makers.
- Evaluate how to distribute housing targets equitably across neighborhoods using the Housing Allocation Index and related planning support tools.
- Learn how to develop visualizations and land-use scenarios that communicate targets, densities, and equity outcomes to city governments and community stakeholders.