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

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

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