Bridging the Gap: Missing Middle Housing to Strengthen Santa Fe

Schedule

Tue Aug 26 2025 at 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

SITE SANTA FE | Santa Fe, NM

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Architect, Daniel Parolek delves into innovative housing solutions tailored to Santa Fe's unique urban landscape.
About this Event

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The Homewise Livability Speaker Series, launched in 2023, is a community education program that features local and national experts discussing how housing markets become unaffordable and exploring strategies to manage development for greater affordability, sustainability, and livability. Our 2025 Albuquerque series will take place monthly from March through June.


Childcare and interpretation will be provided. When reserving your ticket, please indicate if you need childcare or interpretation. This is a free, ticketed event that we anticipate will sell out, so we encourage you to get your ticket today!


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Join architect, urban designer, and author Daniel Parolek, the visionary behind the "Missing Middle Housing" concept, as he delves into innovative housing solutions tailored to Santa Fe's unique urban landscape. In this session, Parolek will explore a spectrum of small-scale, multi-unit housing types that bridge the gap between single-family homes and large apartment complexes, promoting walkable, diverse, and attainable communities. Drawing from national private and public sector case studies, his extensive experience in zoning reform, and his design innovations with developers, he will provide actionable insights on implementing these housing models to address local affordability challenges and enhance neighborhood vitality.


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Dan is an architect, urban designer, and the founding principal of Opticos Design, which has grown into a nationally sought-after company of thought leaders in urban placemaking, innovative housing design and policy, and zoning reform. He has been featured in many high-profile publications including The New York Times, The Washington Post, NextCity, and Professional Builder. Dan coined the term Missing Middle Housing and is a champion of the now-international Missing Middle Housing movement. He recently presented on the topic at the Chicago Humanities Festival. Dan also co-authored the book, “Form Based Codes,” which Planetizen called “one of the top planning books of 2007” and co-founded the non-profit think tank, the Form-Based Code Institute. He released the book Missing Middle Housing: Thinking Big and Building Small to Respond to Today’s Housing Crisis, also a top urban planning book of 2020. In 2023, Dan was voted one of Planetizen’s 100 Most Influential Urbanists, Past and Present.


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La Serie de Oradores sobre Habitabilidad de Homewise es un programa de educación comunitaria creado en 2023 que presenta oradores locales y nacionales que ayudan a los residentes a aprender cómo los mercados inmobiliarios se vuelven inasequibles y formas de gestionar los patrones de desarrollo para aumentar la asequibilidad, la sostenibilidad y la habitabilidad. Nuestra serie 2025 se llevará a cabo una vez al mes de marzo a junio.


Se proporcionará cuidado de niños e interpretación. Al reservar su boleto, indique si necesita cuidado de niños o interpretación. Este es un evento gratuito con entrada que anticipamos que se agotará, por lo que te animamos a que consigas tu entrada hoy.


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Acompaña al arquitecto, diseñador urbano y autor Daniel Parolek, el visionario detrás del concepto de "Vivienda Intermedia que Falta”, mientras explora soluciones innovadoras de vivienda adaptadas al paisaje urbano único de Santa Fe. En esta sesión, Parolek presentará una variedad de tipos de viviendas de pequeña escala y con múltiples unidades que llenan el vacío entre las casas unifamiliares y los grandes complejos de apartamentos, fomentando comunidades caminables, diversas y accesibles. Basándose en estudios de caso del sector público y privado a nivel nacional, su amplia experiencia en reformas de zonificación y sus innovaciones de diseño junto a desarrolladores, ofrecerá ideas prácticas para implementar estos modelos de vivienda para abordar los desafíos locales de asequibilidad y mejorar la vitalidad de los vecindarios. 


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Dan Parolek es arquitecto, urbanista y fundador principal de Opticos Design, una firma que se ha convertido en una de las más reconocidas a nivel nacional por su liderazgo en el diseño urbano, la creación de viviendas innovadoras y accesibles, y la reforma de normativas de zonificación. Ha sido destacado en reconocidas publicaciones como The New York Times, The Washington Post, NextCity y Professional Builder. Dan acuñó el término Vivienda Intermedia que Falta (Missing Middle Housing) y es un defensor de este movimiento, ahora de alcance internacional. Recientemente presentó sobre el tema en el Festival de Humanidades de Chicago.

Dan también coescribió el libro Form-Based Codes, que Planetizen nombró como “uno de los mejores libros de planificación de 2007”, y cofundó el centro de estudios sin fines de lucro Form-Based Code Institute. Publicó el libro Missing Middle Housing: Thinking Big and Building Small to Respond to Today’s Housing Crisis, considerado uno de los mejores libros de planificación urbana de 2020. En 2023, Dan fue reconocido como una de las 100 personas urbanistas más influyentes de todos los tiempos por Planetizen

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SITE SANTA FE, 1606 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe, United States

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