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In early December, the Resilient Bridgeport team convened in Hartford, Connecticut, for the project kickoff. Team members, HUD, Connecticut Department of Housing (CT DOH), and the City of Bridgeport are eager to embark on a two-pronged process that pairs the development of an integrated resilience strategy for Bridgeport’s low-lying coastal neighborhoods with the design and […]

Bridgeport children were front and center in designing the programmatic uses of the stormwater retention park that will be a feature of the resilience strategy. The project team hosted two participatory planning charettes to gauge input from children and local residents on designs that they would like to see incorporated into the stormwater resilience park.

In the last week of March, the Resilient Bridgeport design team convened a weeklong workshop that focused on design conditions, design strategies, and community engagement in downtown Bridgeport and in the South End. The workshops included sessions with other entities conducting planning and resilience efforts in the city. On the afternoon of March 24, the

New York City is applying for funding as part of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) National Disaster Resilience Competition (NDRC) to implement a comprehensive resiliency vision for Lower Manhattan. The proposed projects include: 1. Coastal protection for Lower Manhattan south of Montgomery Street to Battery Park 2. Stormwater management for NYCHA campuses in

Over the course of two days, Resilience by Design University (RBD U) brought together over 400 students and practitioners from two dozen universities to discuss and workshop issues of resilience in the classroom and in practice. Friday’s symposium at Columbia GSAPP featured a keynote lecture by Henk Ovink, Special Envoy for International Water Affairs, Kingdom of the Netherlands,and panels with many esteemed

This month, Rebuild launched a resident-focused design process with the city of Boulder that will bring experts and residents together to reimagine the Ponderosa Mobile Home Park. This is a place where infrastructure investment is needed, and the City is dedicated to acquiring and rebuilding the site with a goal of creating a net-zero energy

We’re excited to announce that we have been chosen- along with a number of other architects, academics, activists and government organizations from 26 countries- to exhibit in the XX Chile Urbanism and Architecture Biennale in October 2017. In total, 218 works will be exhibited in the international exhibition “Unpostponable Dialogues.” We will be featuring the

Since the City of Boulder purchased Ponderosa Mobile Home Park, it has been planning infrastructure improvements and is working with residents to identify affordable, energy-efficient home replacement options. As part of that process, Rebuild by Design, in partnership with the City of Boulder and Trestle Strategy Group, worked to create a resident-centered, community design process. 

The 2017 Designing Resilience in Asia (DRIA) International Open Competition encourages participants to propose innovative WATER SOLUTIONS at the urban planning, urban design, architecture, building technology or the industrial design scales to tackle the challenge of ‘DROUGHTS & WATER SCARCITY’ in cities, neighborhoods and communities. There are no restrictions in regards to country, site, neighborhood, program, or size. Projects can focus on

Life on the Coast: Before and After Hurricane Sandy Rebuild has launched a study of homeowners in select neighborhoods impacted by Hurricane Sandy. The sociological study will track the long term effects of residents who were able to return to their homes after the storm, and those who were displaced. Residents of Oakwood Beach, Ocean Breeze, Graham Beach,