Principal and Founder | Filarski/Architecture+Planning+Research
Ken is Principal and Founder of FILARSKI/ARCHITECTURE+PLANNING+RESEARCH, an integrated architecture and planning, ecology design studio and research workshop. The firm’s practice is dedicated to excellence in design and planning creating our working landscape of ecology directed toward social responsibility and stewardship, lifelong learning, sustainable and renewable environments, and appropriate technology and economics in our urban, rural, coastal, and corporate communities.
Ken is one of few professionals be both a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and a LEED Fellow of the U.S. Green Building Council. He is also one of the first SITES Accredited Professionals, an AICP Certified Planner, a Certified Flood Plain Manager, and nationally certified by the State of California Office of Emergency Services (Cal-OES) as a Disaster Assistance Trainer, Disaster Responder, and a Disaster Train the Trainer.
As co-chair of the AIA’s Disaster Assistance Committee, Ken helps develop local and national AIA response to disaster events and the COVID-19 pandemic. He is a co-author of the AIA “Re-occupancy Assessment Tool v1.0, v2.0, v3.0”, which has been adopted by the USGBC as one of the initial Safety First Pilot LEED Credits.
He is an active leader in Rhode Island, servicing on the Advisory Board for the Executive Climate Change Coordinating Council for the State of Rhode Island; Executive Committee of the Providence/Cranston Workforce Development Board; RI Ratepayers Advisory Board; RI Floodplain Managers Association; and RI Green Infrastructure Coalition, among others.
Courses
Safety Assessment Program (SAP) Evaluator Training 2024 | December 11-12
Intended for licensed architects, engineers, or certified building inspectors, this training certifies attendees as Building Evaluators in the nationally recognized Safety Assessment Program (SAP).
- December 11-12, 2024 | 12 - 4pm ET
- To register | Click Add to cart and complete the checkout process.
- Evaluator Field Manuals | ATC 45 | ATC 20 | Participants are responsible for purchasing these texts from ATC. They are not included in the course cost.
The program is managed by Cal OES with cooperation from professional organizations, including AIA. It utilizes volunteers and mutual aid resources to provide professional engineers, architects and certified building inspectors to assist local governments in safety evaluation of their built environment in an aftermath of a disaster. SAP is the training standard of the AIA Disaster Assistance Program, which provides leadership, advocacy, and training to architects who are interested in volunteering their professional skills in times of crisis. This workshop will teach participants to conduct rapid damage assessments of structures affected by earthquakes, wind, and water. Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to consistently and safely assess structures for habitability and will receive a nationally recognized Cal OES registration ID card from the state of California.