James R. Boyce Affordable Housing Studio Symposium 2024

Join us on Thursday May 2nd for a discussion and presentation on the challenges and opportunities of developing mixed-income and mixed-use transit oriented communities in a cost constrained environment. This full-day symposium at UC Berkeley’s Bauer Wurster Hall Gallery showcases distinguished experts in the design, development, government, and construction sectors and lifts up investigations by interdisciplinary teams of graduate students using a test case of the development  El Cerrito Del Norte BART station area, with an emphasis on applications of industrialized construction to lower costs and increase sustainability and affordability.

11:00am - 12:00pm: Open Gallery for Viewing Student Presentations for the El Cerrito Del Norte BART station area

12:00pm - 12:30pm: Lunch

12:30pm - 12:45pm: Opening Remarks

• Lynn von Koch Liebert, Executive Director, California Strategic Growth Council

12:45pm - 1:35pm: Panel Discussion on Industrialized Construction And Affordable Housing 

• Rebecca Foster, Chief Executive Officer, San Francisco Housing Accelerator Fund
• Ramie Dare, Director of Real Estate Development, Mercy Housing
• Lynn von Koch Liebert, Executive Director, California Strategic Growth Council

1:35pm - 2:10pm: Keynote

• Andrew Anagnost, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Autodesk

2:10-pm - 2:15pm: Welcome and Framing

• Kris Otis and Lori O’Camb, Boyce Family Foundation

2:15 pm - 6:00pm: Student Presentations with Distinguished Jury, comprising:

• Katie Fisher, Director - Community Development Finance, Silicon Valley Bank
• EB Min, Principal, Min Design
• Julie Eizenberg, Founding Principal, Koning Eizenberg Architecture
• Susan Friedland, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Satellite Affordable Housing Associates (SAHA)
• Abby Thorne-Lyman, Base Reuse and Economic Development Director, City of Alameda

6:00pm - 7:30pm: Reception and Awards Ceremony

Host or Publisher Terner Center for Housing Innovation