Upcoming DfRR Earth Day Event

New York at Risk:  On The Waterfront

SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM  RSVP

At the Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place

Organized by AIA NY's Design for Risk and Reconstruction Committee (DfRR) & co-sponsored by The New York American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)

We’ve got 600 miles of coastline, water underground, water rushing at us from upstream, tidal currents rushing in from all around. We have one of the world’s largest natural harbors, from which an amazing port city grew. Even without a changing climate, we would have waterfront problems and just as many conflicting demands on our shores.

On Earth Day Sunday, a panel of design professionals will – no: must – consider current and future imperatives for our city’s bountiful but, in recent years, destructive waterfront.

The panel will address:

• What is New York City’s hydrological cycle? How does climate change affect it?

• What is at stake and what is at risk?

• What constitutes good long-range policy for water on, above, below, and beyond the city’s surface?

• What are the most interesting water-related ideas, proposals, and projects for the 5 boroughs, the city, and the region? Water’s edge, inland, and upland? Beach to wetland to building block?

All of DfRR’s programs address planning and design through the lens of what is at risk for New York City, how to avoid major episodes, and how to rebuild better after them. The committee presents experts and strategies to consider how the City’s form and buildings affect the health, safety, and welfare of its citizens.

Welcome and Introduction 
Lance Jay Brown, FAIA, DPACSA, Co-Chair, Design for Risk and Reconstruction Committee
Illya Azaroff, AIA, Co-Chair, Design for Risk and Reconstruction Committee

Moderator:
James Russell, FAIA, Architecture Critic, Bloomberg News

Panelists:
Jennifer Bolstad, Founder, Local Office Landscape Architecture 
Walter Meyer, Founders, Local Office Landscape Architecture
Bonnie Harken, AIA, President, Nautilus International
Anthony Romeo, AIA, Program Director of Park Programs, NYC Dept. of Design & Construction
Claire Weisz, FAIA, Founder, wxy architecture + urban design

Schedule
3pm - 5pm Panel Presentation & Discussion
5pm - 5:30pm Reception

Price:  Free for AIA/ASLA Members and students;  $10 for non-memebers
AIA CES: 1.5 LU   1.5 HSW

Updated Event: NYC's Post-Sandy Recovery: How're We Doin'?

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM — RSVP

At the Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place
Organized by: Design for Risk and Reconstruction Committee & The New York American Society of Landscape Architects

Three months after the ravages of Superstorm Sandy, this program brings together architects, government, and civic leaders to both report on the status and effectiveness of New York City and the region's recovery. The session will provide an opportunity to evaluate housing, neighborhood and open space clean-up and rebuilding initiatives.

On October 21st, 2012,  AIANY’s Design for Risk and Reconstruction Committee (DfRR) fielded a similarly-constituted panel at the Center for Architecture to address the question: “After Disaster: How Does New York Plan to Recover?” Only eight days later, Hurricane Sandy devestated the region--an unprecedented challenge to the disaster-recovery systems that were described in October. This program asks: Do you think they worked? And what now?

DfRR has focused the Chapter’s efforts on disaster awareness and preparedness. It is an interdisciplinary committee  of architects, planners, landscape architects, engineers, and related professionals and is a source for information, discussion, connections, and the most advanced thinking on risk, mitigation, and resilience.

Welcome:
Lance Jay Brown, FAIA, DPACSA
Illya Azaroff, AIA
Co-Chairs, AIANY Design for Risk and Reconstruction Committee

Moderator:
Denisha Williams, RLA, LEED AP
Immediate Past President, New York Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects

Speakers:
Erica Keberle
Deputy Director, NYC Mayor’s Office of City Legislative Affairs, NYC Rapid Repairs, External Affairs

Bram Gunther
Chief, Forestry & Horticulture and Natural Resources Group, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Thaddeus Pawlowski
Associate Urban Designer, Office of the Chief Urban Designer, New York City Department of City Planning

Anthony C. Romeo, AIA
Parks Program Director, New York City Department of Design + Construction

Dean Sakamoto, FAIA, LEED AP
Urban Resilience Lab, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Ronald Schiffman, FAICP, Hon. AIA NYS
Professor, Pratt Graduate Center for Planning, Pratt Center for Community Development

Participants will have the opportunity to contribute to the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City to support Superstorm Sandy relief efforts.The Mayor’s Fund retains no administrative fee, and 100% of donations are being dispersed to relief efforts and organizations. Funds will support immediate aid needs – including, food, water and hygiene supplies – as well as long-term relief and restoration.

AIA CES: 1.5 LUs | 1.5 HSW
LACES: 1.5 NYS LA CEUs/ 1.5 HSW
Price: Free for AIA & NYASLA members; $10 for non-members

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