Chaz Kern
Chaz is a design practitioner focused on developing housing models rooted in self-determination, and creating pathways to put them into practice. As a co-founder of Office of she developed the organization’s first strategic plan, shaping its purpose as a practice on Reparative Urban Development. At LA Más she managed the Backyard Homes Project, an initiative that helped homeowners build a new Section 8 rental Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU). She’s an orgaizer with Design as Protest, a Board Member at the Association for Community Design, and currently working at a Community Land Trust in Eugene Oregon.
Chaz has been featured in Wallpaper Magazine and named Cultured Magazine’s inaugural 2021 Young Architect.
Chaz’s work is in the Smithsonian Institute Permanent Collection, and she has been has been invited to guest lecture at Rice University, University of Oregon, SCI-Arc, UCLA, USC, and UC Berkeley.
Chaz has been featured in Wallpaper Magazine and named Cultured Magazine’s inaugural 2021 Young Architect.
Chaz’s work is in the Smithsonian Institute Permanent Collection, and she has been has been invited to guest lecture at Rice University, University of Oregon, SCI-Arc, UCLA, USC, and UC Berkeley.