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Kenny H. Wong

Lecturer in Architecture and Design Arts & Practices
Co-Director, Arizona Research Center for Housing and Economic Solutions (ARCHES)
Coordinator, Housing Equity Lab, Drachman Institute for the Built Environment (HousEQ)
Affiliated Faculty, Asian Pacific American Studies Minor

Programs

  • Drachman Institute
  • School of Architecture
Kenny Wong
khwong@arizona.edu
Pronouns:
he, him, his

Documents

Wong-KH-CV-2602.pdf

Areas of Expertise

  • Affordable housing and housing policy
  • Design research
  • Engaged scholarship
  • Urban humanities

Degrees

  • M.Arch, University of California, Los Angeles
  • MURP, University of California, Los Angeles
  • BA Architecture, University of California, Berkeley

Biography

Kenny Wong is a lecturer in the School of Architecture and co-director for Arizona Research Center for Housing and Economic Solutions (ARCHES). He carries experience in the diverse facets of housing design and policy, with a concentration on affordable housing and community development. Driven by commitments to spatial and social justice, he has practiced as a housing advocate, multifamily designer, nonprofit developer, financial consultant, policy analyst and academic researcher between Southern California and the Oakland-East Bay Area. He was previously assistant director of design research at cityLAB, where his research explored connecting schools with housing development in the School Lands for Housing project and envisioned future scenarios of housing for the California 100. Creative design research and collaborative multidisciplinary approaches are crucial to his investigative and problem-solving methods, and he serves as a steering committee member of the Urban Humanities Network.

Kenny is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles with a Master of Architecture from the School of Arts and Architecture and a Master of Urban and Regional Planning from the Luskin School of Public Affairs. He completed his Bachelor of Arts in Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley.

Courses

  • ARC 101A/B Foundation Studio
  • ARC 405 Interdisciplinary Design Studio (BA Design Arts & Practices)

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News, Research and Projects

HUD grant recipients

Drachman Institute Will Help Establish New Center to Study Housing Equity and Sustainability with $3M Federal Grant

Researchers from the UArizona Drachman Institute, along with colleagues from ASU, NAU and the University of New Mexico, will research housing security, climate and health with a focus on Hispanic and underserved communities in the arid Southwest.