October 3, 2013 – October 5, 2013 All Day Stage II As a way to address infrastructural vulnerabilities, capacities of small communities, and water systems management, we embarked on a three-day tour through Long Island and Connecticut. Guided by local Nassau and Suffolk County officials, we toured several Long Island communities, meeting with local residents, […]
October 5, 2013 9:00 am – 11:30 am During this Saturday morning meeting, community members from the Bridgeport area met with Design Team members to provide local input into the rebuilding process. In small workshops, groups considered different waterfront areas and neighborhoods in the region and discussed ideas for how best to introduce flood mitigation
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September 26, 2013 – September 27, 2013 All Day A full day in Staten Island brought together experts in geology and in the social and economic implications of buyouts and managed retreat. Accompanied by Staten Island residents, we took site visits in New Dorp, Midland Beach, and Oak Wood/Fox Beach. This was followed by a
September 26, 2013 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Stage II Meeting in the St. Charles School cafeteria, team members heard from a group of Staten Islanders to get firsthand accounts of the local challenges presented by Sandy. In small, focused groups, residents and civic leaders from across Staten Island held English- and Spanish-language workshops to
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September 18, 2013 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Stage II Design Teams held small group sessions with community residents, business owners and local stakeholders as a way to identify issues confronting communities along the New Jersey shore.
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September 11, 2013 – September 12, 2013 All Day Site visits in Red Hook, South Street Seaport, and Battery Park City Two days touring sites around New York City introduced teams to physical and social infrastructural vulnerabilities in high-density urban environments. Assembling a group of experts in energy and transportation affairs, we analyzed New York
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September 12, 2013 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Rebuild By Design hosted its first public conversation in Lower Manhattan for individuals and community organizations to engage in conversations about post-Sandy resiliency issues with Design Teams. Teams met in small groups with residents and business owners to hear about experiences and exchange ideas.
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August 10, 2013 All Day Site visits in the Lower East Side Manhattan, Hoboken, and Jersey City RBD’s first site visit provided teams with background on multifamily housing and waterfront urban development, beginning with a discussion about vulnerabilities faced by public housing in flood zones at NYCHA’s Rutgers Houses, on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. The
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August 9, 2013 All Day The President’s Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force announced the selection of ten multidisciplinary design teams to participate in Rebuild By Design. These teams, proceeding to the competition’s research and design development stages, were selected from more than 140 applicants representing the top engineering, architecture, design, landscape architecture, and planning firms as well
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August 9, 2013 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm This event was held at NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge Rebuild By Design launched its second phase with members of RBD’s Research Advisory Group, representatives of the New York City’s Mayor Office, the Governor’s office of New Jersey and New York, the Army Corps of Engineers, among
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