SAT-B07 - How Landscape Infrastructure Is Re-shaping Manhattan’s Urban Coastline

Saturday, November 20, 2021

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDT

Location: Music City Center, Room 103

1.00 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AIA/HSW, AICP, 1 GBCI CE, FL, NY/HSW

Lead Speaker(s)

Hogan Edelberg, ASLA

Senior Associate
AECOM
Brooklyn, New York

Speaker(s)

Jordan H. Salinger

Senior Policy Advisor
NYC Mayors Office of Climate Resiliency
BROOKLYN, New York
Gonzalo Cruz, ASLA

Design Principal - Vice President
AECOM NYC Landscape Urbanism Studio
Brooklyn, New York

1.00 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AIA/HSW, AICP, 1 GBCI CE, FL, NY/HSW

Part of the Lower Manhattan Coastal Resilience Project, Battery Park City is preparing for sea level rise by re-investing in its public realm. We explore how landscape architects are leading the charge to create resilient and lasting publicly accessible waterfronts in one of the most constrained sites in the U.S.

Learning Outcomes:

In-depth understanding of the integration of flood control infrastructure into landscape design, including parks, streetscapes, and plazas.
Technical requirements of FEMA certification of flood infrastructure and the implications of integration with landscape solutions.
The role of landscape architects on multi-disciplinary teams working to develop resiliency projects.
Lessons learned regarding regulatory, agency, maintenance, and community concerns that can be applied to other team and projects throughout the world as many cities undertake efforts to re-think their coastlines.