Condensations – Designing in Water

Exploring the value of design in issues of water safety, access, quality, and 

delivery in urban areas

Friday, March 24th

Three consecutive panel discussions, 1 to 6 PM

Higgins Hall Auditorium (61 St. James Place)

Pratt Institute’s Brooklyn Campus

Free and open to the public, please register here. 

As water levels rise and storms become more intense and frequent  around many of our world’s growing cities, the threats to our homes, roads, energy systems, water quality – virtually every aspect of our built environment – are also rising exponentially. We need to focus interdisciplinary design-based research, economic means and policy on climate adaptation. 

Please join Pratt Institute, along with Rebuild by Design and Water as Leverage, for three consecutive panel discussions focused on design strategies and solutions for these urgent water-focused concerns on a local and global level, and how we can and must move from mitigation to adaptation.  This panel series is a Side Event to the United Nations Official Water Conference. The panels will include brief presentations from a panel of experts, as well as offer opportunities for audience participation. The day will end with a closing reception.

Participants and Rundown

• Arrival/Check In 

• ۱۲:۳۰pm

• Opening Remarks

• ۱:۰۰pm

• Allison Druin Vice Provost for Research and Strategic Partnerships, Pratt Institute

• Quilian Riano Acting Dean, Pratt School of Architecture

• Designing Water With Communities 

• ۱:۰۵pm-2:35pm

• Leonel Lima Ponce – Moderator

• Ron Shiffman

• Kochakorn Voraakhom 

• Zera Kuhz + Elliott Maltby 

• Andrea Parker

• Break

• Designing Water With Science 

• ۲:۴۵pm-4:15pm

• Edgar Westerhof – Moderator

• Stephanie Janssen

• Romain Recouvreur

• Tanya McCoy Caretti

• Inaki Alday

• Rosetta S. Elkin

• Pablo Allard Serrano

• Break

• Designing Water Innovations

• ۴:۳۰pm-6:00pm 

• Eva Castro – Moderator

• Matthijs Bouw

• Priyamwada Singh

• Kai Uwe Bergman

• David Erdman + Eva Castro

• Marion Weiss

• Closing Remarks

• Heather Polinsky – Resilience Global President,  Arcadis

• Reception

• ۶:۰۰pm-7:00pm

• Includes pop-up exhibition of student work from participating institutions 

Partners and Sponsors

Host: Pratt Institute 

Co-Hosts: Rebuild by Design + Water as Leverage
Academic Partners: University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University, Anant National University, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Universidad Del Desarrollo, Pace University.

Industry Partners: Arcadis, Egis, Inhabit, IDC 

Sponsors: Arcadis, Inhabit, Egis, BIG, The McHarg Center (U Penn), Center for Climate Adaptation (Pratt Institute),