Mix & Match: Building Housing Solutions, One Card at a Time
Are you curious how to empower community members in the process of housing development? Join us for an engaging 60-minute interactive session that makes place-based housing development approachable and accessible. This event will demo an innovative game called the Mix & Match Toolkit and bring community-centered decision-making to life.
Mix & Match is more than just a game. It’s a hands-on planning tool that introduces players to financial, governance, legal, architectural, and logistical strategies behind any housing project; and then invites them to customize and combine these strategies to best serve their own community’s needs. Whether you’re a community member, government official, industry leader, or simply interested in the topic, this session offers an engaging way to explore how to democratize the creation of community-supportive housing.
WHAT TO EXPECT
In this session, the designers of Mix & Match—Ben Hoffman (Junior Designer, LMNOP Designs, Inc.) and Janette Kim (Principal, All of the Above) will guide you through a demo of the game. They will show how the game can be used to explore housing solutions and invite audience members to actively engage with the game in real time.
For the best experience, we highly recommend joining the session on a device with video capabilities, as this will allow you to fully participate in the interactive elements of the session.
JOIN US
Don’t miss the opportunity to participate in a firsthand test run of the Mix & Match Housing Toolkit, designed for those looking to bring innovative housing models to their work.
If you’ve ever wondered why there aren’t better options for housing in your community, why it’s so complex or hard to talk about, or are looking for a more fun way to collaborate in critical housing conversations, this event will be a perfect opportunity to engage, learn, and contribute to a regenerative future, one card at a time.
Want to Connect After the Event?
If you’re interested in continuing the conversation or If you are interested in learning more about the game, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/ncRHRv5ev6YApJ4s6
About our speakers
Ben Hoffman | Junior Designer, LMNOP Designs, Inc
Ben Hoffman is an architectural designer based in Plumas County, CA, and Brooklyn, NY, and junior designer at design-build firm LMNOP. Since graduating from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo’s Architecture program, he has worked closely with LMNOP as a community liaison, designer, and sponge of local knowledge and insight as LMNOP helms the Dixie Fire rebuild efforts in Greenville, just a half hour outside of his hometown.
Janette Komoda Kim | Principal, All of the Above
Janette Komoda Kim is the Principal of the architectural design firm All of the Above and an associate professor at California College of the Arts. Janette is based in Oakland, CA. Janette works in partnership with community-based organizations and municipal agencies to realize a more equitable redistribution of land and resources.
Janette's projects include the Resilient by Design Bay Area Challenge; the In It Together and Bartertown board games. Her partners include the Bay Conservation and Development Commission, the East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative, the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, and the City of Newark.