#66 Designing for Inclusion with Lilian Asperin, Partner at WRNS Studio

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lilian Asperin is a partner at <a href="https://www.wrnsstudio.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">WRNS Studio</a>, where she helps lead the design process and build teams that deliver aspirational outcomes.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Lilian values a firm culture that embraces collaboration, connection to the community, risk taking, and fostering talent. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lilian attended the University of California, Berkeley, where she earned her BA in Environmental Design and graduated with honors. After completing her studies, Lilian worked at architecture firms around the Bay Area, including Stanley Saitowitz, the City of San Francisco’s Bureau of Architecture, SOM, and NBBJ.</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Recently completed projects include the Salk Institute for Biological Studies Master Plan, the Center for Science and Innovation at USF, and UC Merced’s 2020’s Public-Private-Partnership (P3) project.</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">A leader within the <a href= "https://www.scup.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Society for College and University Planning (SCUP)</a>, she organized the first-ever Hackathon for MOOC’s as part of the Pacific Regional Conference and will be continuing her involvement with the organization as 2018-2021 Pacific Regional Chair.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lilian utilizes her experience as a practice leader and licensed architect to develop synergistic relationships with leaders throughout the architectural and educational communities. Deeply involved with the local community, Lilian works to raise awareness and help break the cycle of poverty in the Bay Area through her work as a Tipping Point Community Partner. Lilian also acts as a Board Director of <a href= "https://aiasf.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AIA San Francisco</a> and is the Co-Chair of the <a href= "http://eqxdesign.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Equity by Design</a> Committee, a call to act