Session 3:
Designing Places That Create Belonging
1 AIA LU|HSW
Healthy, resilient communities are those where people feel connected, valued, and invested in a shared future. This session explores how equity, cultural identity, indigenous knowledge, inclusive engagement, and economic opportunity contribute to long-term resilience and stronger recovery outcomes. Through examples from Oregon and beyond, participants will examine how community trust, local stewardship, and inclusive prosperity can strengthen both social and physical resilience.
Cost:
$15 a session for AIA and NOMA members,
$40 for non-members
Recordings of each session will be available here, after their date has passed. CE will not be available for watching the recordings.
Click on the link to learn more about each session
Session 1: October 2, 12-1pm - Community is Critical Infrastructure
Session 2: October 9, 12-1pm - Equity, Trust and Who Recovers First
Session 3: October 16, 12-1pm - Designing Places That Create Belonging
Session 4: October 30, 12-1pm - What Architects Can Do Monday Morning
Panelists
Moderator: Logan Cravens, AIA
Carol Ross Barney, FAIA, Hon ASLA
Carol Ross Barney, FAIA, Hon ASLA, recipient of the 2023 American Institute of Architects Gold Medal, is an internationally recognized architect and urbanist whose work is grounded in the belief that design excellence is a right, not a privilege.
Throughout her career, Carol has focused on the design of civic and public places that strengthen communities and enrich everyday life. Central to that work is engagement: listening closely, making complex design issues accessible, and creating meaningful ways for people to participate in shaping the places they use. Projects including the Chicago Riverwalk, The 606, and DuSable Park reflect sustained collaboration with communities, public agencies, clients, and stakeholders.
Her work has received more than 200 national and international honors, including the Cooper Hewitt National Design Award, fourteen AIA National Honor Awards, two AIA COTE Top Ten Awards, the ULI Global Award for Excellence, and the Prix Versailles.
Eugenia Famá-Higgins, NOMA
Eugenia Fama-Higgins is a designer from Argentina and an Associate Principal at Scott Edwards Architecture with over 16 years of experience. She is a passionate and innovative designer who prioritizes equity in architecture by advocating for community engagement and context-driven solutions. Eugenia is conscious of how design can change and impact our environment, health, and community, and it is through this lens that she approaches her work. Eugenia’s primary focus is on affordable housing and community-based projects, and she finds the collaborative nature of these projects leads to impactful, human-scaled results.
Eugenia leads SEA’s multi-family think tank and the Inclusive Design Initiative and excels in balancing the principles of good design with the need for cost-effective solutions. She is also a NOMA board member, has presented at numerous industry conferences as thought leader and has received the DJC Woman of vision award in 2024.
Stacy Borne, FAIA, NOMA
Stacy A. Bourne, FAIA, is the founding principal of The Bourne Group, LLC and a nationally recognized leader in hurricane-resilient architecture, disaster preparedness, and community resilience. Her expertise is informed by more than 35 years of lived experience rebuilding after 12 hurricanes, including Hurricane Marilyn in 1995, a transformative event that shaped her commitment to helping communities prepare for, withstand, and recover from extreme weather events.
Through consulting, education, and public speaking, Bourne works with communities, institutions, and commercial property owners to reduce risk, strengthen continuity, and advance resilience strategies that protect people, property, and operations. As one of fewer than 700 Black licensed female architects in the United States, she brings a perspective grounded in equity, access, and the disproportionate impacts disasters have on vulnerable populations.
Bourne holds architecture degrees from Tulane University and Washington University in St. Louis, is licensed in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Louisiana, and Missouri, and was elevated to the AIA College of Fellows in 2012.