Recognizing the role that architects can play in lessening the impact of climate change on the built environment, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) has awarded the 2007 Latrobe Prize to a team of architects and engineers who are researching waterfront development and the ramifications of severe urban flooding. Guy Nordenson, founder of Guy Nordenson Associates and a Princeton University structural engineering professor, leads the seven-member group. Also on the team are Stan Allen, AIA, dean of the Princeton University School of Architecture; Catherine Seavitt, AIA, and James Smith, of Princeton University; Michael Tantala, of Tantala Associates; and Adam Yarinsky, FAIA, and Stephen Cassell, AIA, of the Architectural Research Office.
The team receives $100,000 to fund a two-year study of New York Harbor’s rivers, bays, and tidal estuaries. This effort merges three studies already under way. In addition to researching the urban ecology of harbor waterways, the group will propose new public transportation corridors to link the New York and New Jersey waterfronts, and investigate the urban consequences of severe flooding. Elements include urban water systems research, GIS-based disaster mitigation analyses, and video documentation of the waterfront.
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