The Blueprint for Balance: Architect Hector Aramburo on Housing, Design & the NIMBY Debate in San Diego| E27

Architect Hector Aramuro is in the middle of one of San Diego’s biggest challenges — building the city’s future while balancing the debate between affordable housing and overdevelopment. As the designer behind multiple high-infill, Complete Communities projects, Hector’s work quite literally shapes the skyline and the way people will live in the decades ahead.

In this episode, we dive into how his upbringing in Mexico influenced his creative eye, how he blends art with code, and what it really means to design housing that’s both beautiful and attainable. Hector shares the realities of being an architect in today’s housing crisis — working between developers, city officials, and neighbors — and how each decision he makes leaves a lasting imprint on San Diego’s future.