This is an in-person event hosted at City Tech New Academic Building | 285 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Schedule:
- 530-6 PM: Refreshments
- 6-745 PM: Discussion Panel
- 745-8 PM: AIABK Meeting
Design for Water: What are the challenges of the waterfront and how have designers tackled these issues with innovation?
- Cortney Koenig Worrall is president and CEO of the Waterfront Alliance with expertise in climate resilience policy, campaign planning, community outreach, and public participation processes. Prior to the Waterfront Alliance, Cortney led the National Parks Conservation Association’s (NPCA) northeast office. Among her many achievements, she developed and led the campaign for Stonewall National Monument, which was designated by President Obama in June 2016. She crafted NPCA’s northeast execution of the campaign to reduce the $12B maintenance backlog affecting national parks—one of many nationally executed campaigns leading to the passage of the Great American Outdoors Act in 2020
- Richard E. Hanley is the founding director of the Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center at New York City College of Technology (City Tech) of the City University of New York (CUNY). An emeritus professor of English at City Tech, he is the founding editor of the Journal of Urban Technology, an international journal published by Taylor and Francis and devoted to the interaction of technologies and cities. Hanley led several National Endowment for the Humanities initiatives that were awarded to City Tech including, Water and Work and Along the Shore, an NEH American Landmarks Summer Institute that focused on the landmarks of Brooklyn’s industrial waterfront.
“Good Trouble: Creativity + Collaboration”—an AIA Brooklyn x City Tech Speaker Series featuring architects, academics and change makers—considers solutions to some of the most pressing problems in the built environment. The AIA framework for design excellence serves as an anchor and a springboard to explore sustainability, inclusivity and resilience in our borough, our city, and beyond.
As the series is about collaboration, all talks will be panel format, followed by discussion with participants.
AIA Brooklyn members, City Tech students and faculty and New York City residents are welcome.
If you would like to attend, please RSVP below.