Confronting the challenges of a rapidly urbanizing world threatened by climate change requires expanding on the traditional influence and capabilities of architects, landscape architects, and urbanists. We must integrate climate science, natural systems, and compact urban form to configure dynamic, desirable, and healthy communities. Climate science is clear and the urgency is evidence-based. While federal climate leadership recedes, cities like New York are stepping up to advance climate action, making the timing of this event critical.
Please join us for the New York City launch of Planning, Urban Design, and Architecture for Climate Action (PAD), a publication by Cambridge University Press bringing together a remarkable group of authors from 23 cities across 15 countries, including New York City. The program will focus on applying climate science and risk projections into actionable guidance for architects, planners, and urban designers. Panel members will draw from their contributions to the publication and comprise NYC-based practitioners, researchers, public agencies, and the New York City Panel on Climate Change (NPCC). Case studies and evidence-based factors will be used as tools to assess ways of mitigating the impact of climate change in New York City.
This panel bridges science and urban design practice. We'll explore the potential for urban design workshops to conceive climate-embedded prototypes that can be implemented at the urban district scale. The panel will argue for prioritizing cost-effective planning and design measures that help mitigate emissions while enhancing adaptive benefits. Embedding climate change in planning and urban design delivers co-benefits across multiple sectors and spatial scales. Doing so makes it possible to design people-centered public spaces that enhance energy efficiency, improve public health and quality of life, and create social resiliency.
Speakers:
Christian Braneon, Ph.D., Climate Scientist and Civil Engineer, Columbia Climate School
Ilana Judah, AIA, OAQ, LEED BD+C, CPHC, Americas Climate and Sustainability Leader, Arup
Franco Montalto, Ph.D., P.E., Professor of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Civil Engineering, Drexel University and President and Founder of eDesign Dynamics LLC
Jeffrey Raven, Ph.D., FAIA, LEED BD+C, Assoc. Professor of Architecture, School of Architecture & Design, New York Institute of Technology
Cynthia Rosenzweig, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist at NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Columbia Climate School; Co-director, Urban Climate Change Research NetworkJoel Towers, AIA
Joel Towers, AIA, President, The New School; University Professor of Architecture and Sustainable Design, Parsons School of Design
If you register for a virtual ticket, you will receive an email with a Zoom link to access the program.
Organized by:
AIANY Design for Risk and Reconstruction Committee; AIANY Planning and Urban Design Committee; AIANY Committee on the Environment; Urban Climate Change Research Network (UCCRN)
