Vol. 5 Presenter: Miriam Diddy
Presenting
Dwelling In the Data
Miriam Diddy, AICAE, is a planner at Atkin Olshin Schade Architects in Santa Fe. Her presentation will focus on how the development of a mobile computer app for Zuni Pueblo enabled community-driven data collection on housing quality. The resulting assessments provided a preservation strategy that gives agency to the community rather than historic experts, and gives direction to how these and other past-future strategies can be implemented in Santa Fe.
Born and raised in New Mexico, Miriam is Diné (Navajo) and Hopi and has a degree in environmental planning and design. She currently serves as Secretary for the American Indian Council of Architects and Engineers and is a member of the American Planning Association Tribal + Indigenous Planning Interest Group.
Summary
For the last 15 years, AOS Architects has been leveraging innovation in tribal housing. They have been steadily revitalizing the traditional village at Ohkay Owingeh, a 700-year-old neighborhood, through a preservation strategy that gives agency to the community rather than historic experts. Recently, Miriam Diddy of AOS Architects developed a mobile computer app for Zuni Pueblo that enabled community-driven data collection on housing quality. Following an assessment of nearly every home on the reservation, the community was empowered to rethink how they repair, build, and dwell in their place. How can these and other past-future strategies be implemented in Santa Fe?
Bio
Miriam Diddy, AICAE, is a planner at Atkin Olshin Schade Architects in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She was born and raised in New Mexico and is Diné (Navajo) and Hopi. Miriam has a degree in environmental planning and design from the University of New Mexico and training in GIS applications. In addition to her experience in community participation/engagement processes and interior design, Miriam has assisted on planning and housing assessment/inventory efforts for several tribes across the Southwest. She recently developed a mobile phone application geared towards assessment for the traditional villages of New Mexico Pueblos. She currently serves as Secretary for the American Indian Council of Architects and Engineers and is a member of the American Planning Association Tribal + Indigenous Planning Interest Group.