UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS COMMUNITY DESIGN CENTER (UACDC) TO HOLD AFFORDABLE HOUSING WORKSHOP

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Michael Pyatok, FAIA, principal of Pyatok Architects, Inc., will lecture at the Fayetteville Town Center Friday, March 29, 2002, at 4 p.m. to city officials and planning staff, UA School of Architecture students and faculty and invited guests. The presentation and slide show will feature Mr. Pyatok's acclaimed work on affordable housing development throughout the United States. The lecture is sponsored by UACDC and the City of Fayetteville.

Pyatok Architects, Inc., focuses on community planning through their offices in Seattle and Oakland. The firm serves nonprofit organizations and private developers in building market-rate and affordable housing, mixed-use developments and community facilities, often using participatory design methods to facilitate the involvement of lower income communities in their revitalization efforts.

Educated at Pratt Institute and Harvard University, Pyatok has designed over 9,000 units of affordable housing for lower income households, winning numerous local and national design awards and competitions. He is a tenured professor at the University of Washington and co-author of a book about design issues related to neighborhood planning entitled Good Neighbors: Affordable Family Housing (1996).

Friday evening and Saturday, Mr. Pyatok will assist UACDC students with their ongoing projects for the City of El Dorado and the Philander Smith Neighborhood in Little Rock, focusing on the possibilities for affordable housing. The students will present their work, and Mr. Pyatok will comment on the feasibility of their ideas, looking for additional strategies and opportunities that may exist.

See http://www.pyatok.com/ for more information.

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Amy Marbury, UA Community Design Center, 575-5772, marbury@uark.edu