Event presented by Reimagine Buildings Collective
Tuesday, March 17th, from 12pm-1pm eastern (Virtual)
Following his presentation on Magnolia Gardens — a 90-unit transitional housing project in Downtown Flushing, Queens developed by Asian Americans for Equality — Jorge Chang sits down with guest host Shefali Sanghvi to go deeper on the lessons learned. What does it take to design housing that serves residents navigating housing instability, and how do social values get translated into built form? For Jorge, who has pushed to embed sustainability and passive house principles across his firm's work, architecture at its best reshapes how we live with one another and how we inhabit the world around us
A lively Q&A session will follow the interview.
About Jorge Chang - Partner at Urban Architectural Initiatives
Jorge brings conscious design, space planning, and place-making along with an acute knowledge of the NYC zoning resolution, building code and other municipal regulations to all his projects. He believes that a thoughtful approach to architecture can transform our relationships with one another and our relationship to the physical environment. His interest in social architecture brought him to UAI in 2005, where he has since become a principal in 2015. Jorge’s detail-oriented nature and overall jack-of-all trades knowledge base makes him suited to oversee several areas of the office, from reviewing graphic marketing material, assisting on BIM and accounting software integration, and streamlining project management tracking among his countless other commitments. He steers the firm’s initiative for greater integration of sustainability and passive house design goals into all UAI projects. Jorge is a registered architect in New York State, LEED Accredited Professional and Certified Passive House Designer (CPHD).
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