EXPLORING RESILIENCY

AND SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN

Jessica Orlando, AIA, DBIA, WELL AP, is an associate principal at Perkins & Will who is leading the extensive recovery efforts for the AIA Pasadena & Foothill chapter.

“There are a lot of conversations about what we should be rebuilding—to look at resiliency standards,” she said.

“When it comes to protecting homes that were not built to resist fires, “Fire Safe Marin” [California] is a great guide for retrofitting with some very simple and cost-effective approaches.”

Orlando said the AIA also is looking at what it can do for working-class families that lost their homes to fires in the Altadena area.

She said many multigenerational families were living in housing that was uninsured or under insured.

Those families lost their source of generational wealth.