Newly Proposed Urban Policies and How They Benefit Cities
Making Your City a “City of Yes”
Sponsored by TAMLYN | Presented by Shiva Ghomi
Webinar On-Demand
This session will comprehensively cover NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ vision for a more inclusive, equitable “City of Yes.” These new policies intend to improve livability for residents, including conversion of vacant lots and buildings to residential; reduction of parking and improving walkability and access to public transit; increased access to open space; and improvements to waste management. Attendees will be assessed on their understanding of these new planning and design solutions as well as their effects on residents and the landscape. This session will provide strategies for other cities struggling with sustainability addressing housing and transportation needs. Urban planners, architects, and policy makers will benefit most from this course.
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Shiva Ghomi - Prior to joining Aufgang, Shiva co-founded SPARC—Spatial Art and Construction with offices in Brooklyn and the Netherlands. Shiva has built a career by focusing on affordable housing & responsible neighborhood planning. While with SPARC, Shiva won a contract from the City of NY to reconstruct over 100 single- and two-family coastal homes in New York destroyed by Hurricane Sandy and successfully completed that commission. As Director of Planning and Community Development, Shiva is heavily involved in navigating zoning regulations and leading her team in developing compliant designs to bring projects to successful completion. Shiva has a Bachelor of Architecture Degree from Tehran Azad University South Branch, a Master’s Degree in Urban Design from Tehran Azad University Science & Research Unit, and a Master’s Degree in Architecture and Urban & Regional Planning from New York Institute of Technology. Shiva has been teaching “Sustainability: History and Practice” at City Tech (CUNY) since 2018. |
TAMLYN is a family-owned company with 50 years in the building products industry and has placed a great deal of recent focus on building science, especially moisture management. This direction led to the development of their TamlynWrap® line, Drainable with its 1.5mm bonded filament creating an enhanced WRB, and RainScreen 6.3 (1/4”) and 10.1 (3/8”). TamlynWrap® RainScreen is a multi-layer water management system, intended for use over existing WRB or coated sheathing, of cavity spaces that are non-compressible and act as a furring matrix to promote enhanced drainage and drying, paired with improved installation efficiency.
Originally published in Building Enclosure
Originally published in October 2023
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Address some of the resilient solutions to housing crises around the country.
- Describe how outdoor space and biophilic design can be an integral part of multifamily buildings for urban apartment dwellers.
- Describe how public transit and biking/walkability in neighborhoods can impact multifamily projects and parking ordinance.
- Discuss the NYC waste management and recycling laws in multifamily housing projects and how these support environmental and sustainability goals for a city.
