Join Resilience by Design University (RBD U) at a two-day symposium and workshop to learn the fundamentals of resilience from experts in the field. We will discuss how to incorporate concepts and tools for resilience into design. We will also use case studies in partnership with 100 Resilient Cities to apply this knowledge in an a series of interactive workshops. The goal of this event is to gain a better understanding of the role design can play in urban resilience.

February 19: Columbia University GSAAP
Friday morning will be focused on concepts of resilience and the afternoon on tools for resilience.*

February 20: New York University, Institute for Public Knowledge
Saturday, we will hold interactive workshops on applying concepts and tools to real case studies.

Feb. 19:
Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Avery Hall, Wood Auditorium
1172 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10027

9:30AM: Breakfast

10:00AM: Welcome
Amale Andraos, Columbia University
Marilyn Jordan Taylor, University of Pennsylvania

10:15AM - 11:30AM: The History of Resilience & the Sociology of Climate Change
Eric Klinenberg, New York University
Harvey Molotch, New York University
Klaus Jacob, Columbia University
Jesse Keenan, Columbia University

11:30AM - 12:50PM: Understanding Risk in Natural and Manmade Systems
Kate Orff, SCAPE Studio and Columbia GSAPP
Alexandros Washburn, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ellen Neises, PennDesign
Alex Felson, Yale University

12:50PM-1:30PM: Lunch

1:30PM - 2:00PM: Keynote - The State of Resilience
Henk Ovink, International Water Affairs, Kingdom of the Netherlands

2:00PM - 3:15PM: Understanding Challenges and Communicating Possibilities
Amy Chester, Rebuild By Design
Mindy Fullilove, Mailman School of Public Health
Georgeen Theodore, NJIT
Ana Baptista, The New School
Alan Blumberg, Stevens Institute of Technology

3:15PM-3:45PM: Break

3:45PM-5:00PM: New Planning Forms- the Aesthetics of Resilience
Matthijs Bouw, One Architecture & PennDesign
Amale Andraos, Dean, Columbia University GSAPP
Marilyn Jordan Taylor, PennDesign
Henk Ovink, International Water Affairs, Kingdom of the Netherlands

Reception to follow.

Feb. 20: SOLD OUT- Please register for waitlist ticket
New York University
20 Cooper Square
2nd Floor
New York, NY 10003

9:30AM: Arrival and Breakfast

10:00AM: Welcome
Amy Chester, Rebuild By Design

10:05AM-10:50AM: Lecture- New Orleans as an Integrated Resilience Project
David Waggonner, Waggonner & Ball Architects

10:50AM-11:45AM: Design Approaches to Prototyping
Examining cases for prototypes, developed in partnership with 100 Resilient Cities.
Cities to be examined: Boulder, Norfolk, and Mexico City.

Matthijs Bouw, One Architecture & PennDesign

Alexandros Washburn, Stevens Institute of Technology

Thad Pawlowski, Columbia GSAPP

Greg Guilbert, Boulder, CO

Christine Morris and Katerina Oskarsson, Norfolk, VA

Adriana Chavez, Mexico City, Mexico

11:45AM-1:00PM: Session 1
Design instruments for risk and vulnerability assessment and communication

1:00PM-2:00PM: Lunch

2:00PM-3:15PM: Session 2
Physical tools and planning tools necessary to deliver resilience outcomes

3:15PM-3:30PM: Break

3:30PM-4:45PM: Session 3
Visual tools for system integration and for storytelling

4:45PM-5:00PM: Wrap up

Schedule subject to change.

Sponsored by: NYU Institute for Public Knowledge, Columbia UniversityGraduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, and Penn Design.

In Partnership with: 100 Resilient Cities, New Jersey Institute of Technology, The New School, Stevens Institute of Technology, and Yale.

Rebuild by Design would like to thank The Rockefeller Foundation our other funders for their ongoing support.

ABOUT RBD U:

Resilience by Design University (RBD U) gives the next generation of architects, landscape architects, urban designers, and planners the tools to embrace principles of resilience as a central tenet of design. A community of academics and design professionals involved in the Rebuild by Design competition have united to develop a curriculum for a Fundamentals Course which does just that. This course is designed to harness an interdisciplinary approach and the application of technical and analytical tools to form a core class that engages academics from multiple disciplines around resilience. We are excited to share and expand upon the power that collaboration between designers, related disciplines, government, and communities will have on shaping a more resilient world.

The development of this course is an iterative process. The curriculum is currently designed to bring together a diverse set of interests; it is structured to help students understand the complex environment in which design can and should play a role in resilience. With our existing network (Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation; New York University’s Institute for Public Knowledge; and PennDesign), we are testing and developing RBD U through events, workshops, and roundtables, and in collaboration with ongoing educational activities.

More information: rebuildbydesign.org

Questions? Email: info@rebuildbydesign.org