RE-ENERGIZING THE CITY will bring together architects, landscape architects, planners, and government officials to examine new and necessary expectations placed upon our built and natural environment, redefine how our professions can best respond to these new expectations, and work to redefine the city as one that works for all. Register and join us 9/20: https://bit.ly/4cGpDhF
I’m honored to serve again as co-chair for the inter-disciplinary event, PlanScapeArch. It’s been great working alongside co-sponsors AIA New York | Center for Architecture, ASLA- NY and American Planning Association NY Metro Chapter and I’m excited to see the event premier on Friday, September 20th, 2024. Timed to coincide with Climate Group's Climate Week NYC, the event makes for the perfect place to question how our professional and governmental leaders are effectively tackling the crisis. As communities demand more inclusive design processes, we will explore how the industry can address the unparalleled growth taking place in the urban realm. Equally representing three design professions – architecture, landscape architecture and planning – RE-ENERGIZING THE CITY seeks to foster multiple perspectives and reframe the conversation to engage individuals – from locals to thought-leaders. The event will showcase forward-looking discussions that reflect on new and necessary expectations entering our built and natural environment. With a shared ethos that promotes sustainability, resilience, and public access, we will be looking at how our multi-disciplinary processes must evolve – together – to meet these challenges and to reimagine the city as one that works for all. Our impressive lineup this year includes keynote speakers Vishaan Chakrabarti, FAIA, Founder and Creative Director, Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU), Iain Macdonald, Director, INSTANCE BV Architecture + Technologies, and Elijah Hutchinson, Executive Director, NYC Office of the Mayor's Office of Climate and Environmental Justice, with panel sessions moderated by Jee Mee Kim-Diaz, City Executive, NYC Region/Vice President, Arcadis, Kaja Kühl, Dipl.Ing, AICP, Founding Principal, YOUARETHECITY and Adjunct Professor at Columbia University, Nette Compton, President and CEO, Mill River Park Collaborative, and Sarah Williams, Director of the Civic Data Design Lab and Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. And special thanks to our dedicated committee this year: David Burgy, AICP, PMP, Phu Duong, Suzanne Mecs, Hon. AIA NYState, Maitri Pujara, Kevin Corté, AICP, Diane Sferrazza Katz, Bria Donohue, HITAKSHI AGRAWAL, Deniz Onder Litowitz, and Chuck Hovanic. Watch this space for more details about the sessions and registration; I hope you’ll join me in what will be an engaging and lively debate! #nyc #architecture #landscapearchitecture #planning #urbanrealm #asla #aslany #aia #aiany #apa #apametrony #planscapearch #ClimateWeekNYC