Bespoke and Luxury Lifestyle Designs
Bespoke and Luxury Lifestyle Designs
The Aurae team creates elegant designs for vibrant lifestyles, from single family homes
to entertainment and housing complex master plans.
Intern
Planning and Community Development
Year Joined: 2023
Education and Certifications:
- Degree in Architecture, City Tech (CUNY) 2026 (in progress)
Professional Background: Ziani learned about Aufgang through the class that our Director of Planning and Community Development Shiva Ghomi teaches: “Sustainability: History and Practice”. In learning about our firm, she discovered that Aufgang designed the building she lives in.
Position: As part of our Planning and Community Development team, Ziani spends a lot of time preparing zoning and feasibility studies. She has also gotten the opportunity to go on site visits and explore other departments in the office. Ziani believes that architecture is an overlooked way of helping people. She sees it as an opportunity to do a public service job and have a positive impact on people’s everyday lives.
Personal Life: In the future, Ziani wants to get a Master’s Degree in urban planning or environmental studies.
Hugo Subotovsky
Hugo Subotovsky
Retired Principal
Years at the Firm: 1988 to 2012
Education and Certifications:
- University of Buenos Aires, School of Architecture, 1980
- Registered Architect in New York
Professional Background: The firm was originally established in 1971 by Jacques H. Gerstenfeld A.I.A. Hugo S. Subotovsky joined the firm in 1987 and became a partner in 1997. During the time of his partnership, the firm was known as Gerstenfeld-Subotovsky Architects. In 1999, Jacques H. Gerstenfeld retired from the firm, and in 2000 the firm changed its name to Hugo S. Subotovsky A.I.A., Architects LLC. After Ariel Aufgang became a partner, the firm’s name again changed to Aufgang Subotovsky Architecture & Planning (ASAP). During his time as Principal, Hugo grew the firm’s expertise in new construction of commercial/retail structures, new residential multi-family structures, mixed use buildings, and rehabilitation of existing residential structures. His team excelled in navigating the complexities of a large project with multiple land use actions required and completed large rezonings with street mapping applications.
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A Fresh take from
Accomplished Architects
At Aufgang, we strive to provide the highest-quality creative, cost-effective, and highly marketable design solutions to meet all of our clients’ objectives. We are committed to maintaining the highest standards of ethics and integrity in our client relationships, and sustain clear and substantive communications proactively and responsively throughout the entire design and construction process.
TO SOLVE OUR HOUSING CRISIS, LOOK TO FLORIDA
To solve our housing crisis,
look to Florida
By Ariel Aufgang
Ariel Aufgang is principal of Aufgang Architects.
Despite universal recognition of an intractable affordable housing crisis, public officials and government agencies are doing little to find and implement effective solutions.
The New York state Legislature adjourned without approving policies, programs or funding aimed at increasing the supply of new and preserved affordable housing and without acting on the governor’s plan to create 800,000 new housing units over five years.
But several states and other jurisdictions have begun using innovative initiatives to encourage and incentivize affordable housing development and preservation.
In Florida, for example, new regulations aim at clearing away impediments to the creation of much-needed workforce and affordable housing. New state laws there are specifically designed to reduce the zoning and density requirements and overcome political resistance that sustain NIMBYism, while at the same time providing financial incentives to encourage communities to develop affordable housing.
Florida’s Live Local Act, designed to address the state’s entrenched affordable housing crisis, went into effect July 1. It facilitates denser housing development on cheaper land, chiefly by limiting the authority of local governments to block affordable housing with zoning and density regulations.
The Live Local Act permits construction of multifamily housing on any commercial parcel if enough of the units are dedicated to affordable or workforce housing. Developers in Florida are now able to use the maximum zoning allowed within a one-mile radius of the site without having to contend with protracted and costly rezoning applications.
Such innovative regulations expand affordable housing by boosting funding for housing and rental programs, adding incentives for housing investment and encouraging mixed-use developments in financially distressed commercial areas.
The Live Local Act requires that local governments in Florida must approve— without public hearings, a rezoning process or land-use change requirements— housing development on sites zoned commercial, industrial or mixed-use if at least 40 percent of the residential units are affordable for at least 30 years to households making a maximum of 120% of the area median income. The law also reduces local authority to impose density and height limits. There are few other restrictions. The market-rate units can be rental or condo, and they may be separated from affordable units.
Unsustainable situation
This innovative approach by the state is encouraging counties and municipalities to also act on their own to revise zoning regulations in harmony with new statewide programs, amplifying the impact of affordable housing development programs.
In New York City, rents continue to reach new historic highs in several boroughs. The gap continues to widen between housing costs and income. NYC households need at least $100,000 a year for food, housing and transportation. Families of four need 50% more. The median income is $55,000.
To keep housing costs below the recommended 30% of income, the average New York City renter must earn about $134,000 per year. Yet about a third of New York renters spend more than half of their income on rent. This situation is unsustainable and jeopardizes the economic and social fabric of our communities.
Florida is not alone in coming up with creative approaches to increase the supply of affordable and workforce housing. Successful programs are underway in the Los Angeles and Bay areas of California and in Westchester County, N.Y.
We need to harness New York’s awesome collective talent and resources in finance, architecture and urban planning, commercial real estate development and public and social policy to help solve the problem. That requires clarity of vision and the political will on the part of our elected officials to quickly address our affordable housing crisis through new policies and programs.
Renata Krach
Renata Krach
Director of Marketing
Year Joined: 2023
Education and Certifications:
- Bachelors of Arts degree in Communications, Writing Concentration, Ramapo College 2013
Professional Background: After graduation, she gained experience with providing marketing services in the software and technology industry. She spent six years coordinating trade shows, sales documentation, and digital content for a manufacturer of security intercom systems for building and industrial use.
Position: At Aufgang, Renata is responsible for providing exciting, up-to-date content for the website and for social media. She coordinates the creation and publication of project proposals, press releases, advertisements, interviews, print materials, and any other external marketing initiatives.
Personal Life: Renata enjoys playing board games and traveling. In her spare time, she writes scripts for films and plays.
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Privacy Policy
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April 2023
A Fresh take from Accomplished Architects
Since its establishment in 1971, Aufgang has come to be known for providing thoughtful, effective, and creative designs for our clients – a focus that has made our continued success and consistent growth possible over the past four decades.
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A Fresh take from Accomplished Architects
Since its establishment in 1971, Aufgang Architects has come to be known for providing thoughtful, effective, and creative designs for our clients – a focus that has made our continued success and consistent growth possible over the past four decades.