SAT-C01: Inside the LA Studio—Kounkuey Design Initiative

Saturday, October 28, 2023

3:45pm - 5:00pm CT

1.25 PDH, LA CES/non-HSW, AICP, FL

Guest Speaker(s)

Chelina Odbert, Hon. ASLA (she/her/hers)

CEO + Founding Principal
Kounkuey Design Initiative
Los Angeles, California
Adriana Carias (she/her/hers)

Senior Design Associate
Kounkuey Design Initiative
Dallas, Texas
Lauren Elachi, LEED AP (she/her/hers)

Senior Design Principal
Kounkuey Design Initiative
Los Angeles, California
Christian Rodriguez

Senior Community Associate
Kounkuey Design Initiative

Moderator(s)

Gina Ford, FASLA

Principal and Co-Founder
Agency Landscape + Planning
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Focused on making the public realm more equitable and just, Kounkuey Design Initiative (KDI) is a non-profit design and community development organization that works in disinvested places around the world, collaborating with communities that have been excluded, harmed, or marginalized by traditional design.

Learning Outcomes:

Learn about the history and core principles that drive a nonprofit organization working to create a just public realm.
Learn about the participatory planning and decision-making processes that help advance equity in all of our projects.
Learn about case studies and projects that demonstrate our work through the areas of access that influence life expectancy.
Learn how design nonprofit organizations operate and how we secure funding for projects.