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

"Sandy's Watery Wake-up Call"

Check out the new Spring issue of Oculus featuring the article "Sandy's Watery Wake-up Call", written by DfRR co-chairs, Lance Jay Brown FAIA & Illya Azaroff AIA.  The article discusses and explores steps that must be taken to prevent future loss and devastation.

For the full article, click HERE.

DfRR committee members complete Hurriplan training.

Hurriplan: Resilient Building Design for Coastal Communities is a two-day training course for planners, design professionals, state and local officials, and property owners.  This recent session, held at Pratt Institute - Manhattan Campus, was conducted through The National Disaster Preparedness Training Program (NDTPC) and sponsored by FEMA.  In attendance were DfRR committee members, Illya Azaroff (co-chair), Jack Suben, Deborah Gans, Cynthia Barton, and Dean Sakamoto.

Recent Lecture led by DfRR co-chair

DfRR co-chair, Illya Azaroff presented and led the discussion as part of The Current Issues Lecture Series at the School of Visual Arts last week.  The lecture looked and discussed pre & post Sandy preparations and responses.

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

RSVP

AIA Trains First 45 New York area SAP Post-Disaster Damage Assessment Volunteers!

The 12/22/2012 training was initiated by the DfRR, supported by AIA national, and hosted by the AIANY Chapter.

Rick Bell, FAIA and Lance Jay Brown, FAIA welcomed and introduced the program and Dan Eschenasy, P.E., Chief Structural Engineer for the NYC Dept. of Buildings gave a lunchtime presentation including how NYC hopes to engage architects in the future. The day long program was expertly delivered by Rachel Minnery, AIA, LEEDac, Chair of the AIA Disaster Assistance Advisory Group.


Illya Azaroff (DFRR Co-Chair), Rachel Minnery (AIA Disaster Assisstance Advisory Group Chair), Lance Brown (DFRR Co-Chair)

 images from the AIA training of our first 45 New York area SAP post-disaster damage assessment volunteers!



SAP post-disaster damage assessment training



Architects Respond to a Call for Post-Sandy Aid

Here is a recent article from Architectural Record by Fred A. Bernstein.  The article discusses the DfRR co-chairs, Lance Jay Brown and Illya Azaroff,  recent efforts into helping architects obtain training for performing damaged building assessments Post-Sandy.



A house destroyed by Hurricane Sandy in the Far Rockaway neighborhood of Queens, NY.
Photo by Ian Reid



Upcoming DFRR Event: After Disaster: How Does NYC Plan to Recover?

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM     Sunday, October 21, 2012
The Center for Architecture
536 Laguardia Place     New York, NY

We are at a watershed moment in government planning where agendas for disaster recovery and the development of sustainable communities are aligning at the Federal level. Two NYC agencies, the Office of Emergency Management and the Dept. of City Planning are developing plans that set national precedents for preparing for and responding to disaster. Speakers will present how the City plans to respond to disasters, and how that planning makes NYC more sustainable now. A new training opportunity for NYC architects to become a part of planned response funded through the AIA and Architecture for Humanity’s Disaster Resiliency and Recovery Program will be presented by Architecture for Humanity New York.

Welcoming Remarks:
Lance Jay Brown, FAIA and Illya Azaroff, AIA DfRR co-chairs

Moderator: 
Deborah Gans, AIA Principal,Gans Studio and Professor,Architecture School,Pratt Institute

Speakers:
Cynthia Barton, Housing Recovery Program, NYC Office of Emergency Management
Heather Roiter Damiano, Transportation and Infrastructure Unit, NYC Office of Emergency Management
Thaddeus Pawlowski, Office of the Chief Urban Designer at the NYC Department of City Planning
Katherine Malishewsky and Matt Charney, Architecture for Humanity’s New York City chapter (AFHny)

This event will show how the government organizes response to catastrophic events; it is the second event in a series sponsored by the AIAny’s Design for Risk and Reconstruction Committee that looks at how NYC prepares for and responds to disaster. The first featured the NYC Dept. of City Planning’s work related to long-term climate change mitigation.

Cost: 
Free for AIA and ASLA Members and Students
$10 for non-members

Co-Organized by the AIANY Design for Risk and Reconstruction Committee and NYASLA

DFRR Event: Climate Change: Inevitable Challenges and Potential Opportunities

Climate Change: Inevitable Challenges and Potential Opportunities
When: 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Friday, February 17, 2012
Reception: 5:30
Program: 6:00 - 8:00

Where: At The Center
Center for Architecture
536 LaGuardia Place
New York, NY 10012
 
Panelist:
David Dixon, FAIA, Director of Urban Design Goody Clancy, Boston, MA

Respondents:
Illya Azaroff, AIA, Co-chair, DfRR
James S. Russell, Architecture & Design columnist

Moderator:
Lance Jay Brown FAIA Co-chair, DfRR


Climate Change: Inevitable Challenges and Potential Opportunities
It is too late to stop the inevitable impact of climate change on cities. It is not too late to meet the inevitable challenges and identify opportunities these challenges present. America lacks the tools and political will to relocate cities…or neighborhoods. My experience in New Orleans, Birmingham (AL), and Springfield (MA) suggests that architects and planners should take the lead in three key tasks: shaping protection strategies that also unlock enhanced livability and quality of life; building the shared political will required to adopt protection policies and in the process create the sense of shared destiny necessary to tackle longstanding social and economic issues; and insuring that the rebuilding which follows disasters is not about recovery but also about building better communities.

Cost:
Free for Members
$10 for Non-Members

Please note - There will be a reception from 5:30 to 6:00 with the event starting promptly at 6 PM
Organized by the AIANY Design for Risk and Reconstruction Committee

RSVP here

Event: VisioNYC 2080: Towards a Risk-Resilient City

When: Thursday, October 6th, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: At The Center

New York City in 2080
Looking significantly farther into the future than typical projections, the speaker and panel will outline the design community's risks and opportunities for the design and adaptive reconstruction of our waterfront, low-lying areas, and below-grade infrastructure.

Speaker:
Klaus Jacob, Geophysicist, Urban Environmental Disaster Expert, Columbia University (SIPA, EI/LDEO)

Respondent panel:
Adam Freed, Deputy Director Mayor's Office of Long-Term Planning
Deborah Gans, RA, Architect, Educator and Author
Jill N. Lerner, FAIA, Principal, Kohn Pederson Fox Architects
Donald Watson, FAIA, CIP. Architect, Planner, Educator, and Author

Moderator:  Lance Jay Brown, FAIA, Co-chair DfRR
Introduction: Illya Azaroff AIA, Co-chair DfRR

Cost:
Free for Members
$10 for Non-Members
AIA CES: 1.5 LUs | 1.5 HSW

Organized by the DfRR and part of Archtober 2011, Architecture and Design Month in New York City

Post by: Anne Marie Chance

Event: AIA NY Hosts Inaugural Meeting of Design for Risk and Reconstruction Committee (DfRR)

Design for Risk and Reconstruction Committee (DfRR) Inaugural Meeting

Where: Center for Architecture
When: August 24, 2011
Organizers: AIA NY DfRR Committee

The DfRR Committee will meet on the third Wednesday of every month to "evaluate, communicate, and expand the role of the design profession in this time of dramatic climate, energy, economic, and social change."

Co-chaired by Lance Jay Brown, FAIA, and Illya Azaroff, AIA, the DfRR will address the potential for the design community to mitigate and adapt to disasters through the built environment.

Published in e-Oculus Reports from the Field on August 31, 2011

Post by: Anne Marie Chance