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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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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