Job Captain | Bureau of Architecture
Aries is a design professional with 15 years of experience working on community design projects and public architecture. They dedicated 10 years to non-profit work with an emphasis on providing planning and architectural services to low-income and minority communities through the construction of community centers, facilities for the elderly, playgrounds, and childcare centers. For the last five years, they have continued their passion for sensible design serving vulnerable communities by working on projects for the homeless at the Bureau of Architecture.
Courses
Navigating Homelessness: SF Public Works Innovates Shelter Design
SF Public Works plays a pivotal role in supporting San Francisco’s homeless population. This session will explore the city’s homelessness challenges and how the department’s architects are designing innovative shelters to meet them. In addition, the speakers will discuss how SF Public Works collaborates with other city agencies to serve people experiencing homelessness by overcoming the challenges posed by limited funding, regulatory requirements, bureaucracy, and NIMBY opposition. This will include a discussion of shelter typologies including Navigation Centers (rapidly-deployed tensile structures and modular units), Vehicular Triage Centers (individually occupied vehicles), Tiny Cabins, Safe Sleeping Sites, Transient Hotels, and newly constructed or renovated permanent buildings serving as Family Homeless Shelters or Congregate Dormitories. Hosted by the Public Architects Knowledge Community (PAKC).
Course expires 05/14/2026