Coming Together to Rebuild the Sandy Region

Amy Chester, Managing DirectorRebuild by Design

achester@rebuildbydesign.org

TWO YEARS AGO..

3

PHYSICAL RESILIENCE

andSOCIAL RESILIENCE

Managing risks and uncertainties

Center for American Progress

Report

What is Rebuild by Design?

GOVERNMENT + PARTNERS

10 TEAMS

1 REGION

• Architects

• Engineers

• Scientists

• Academics

• Urban Designers

• Planners

• Water Experts

• Policy and Finance Experts

• Artists

• Community Engagement

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WOULD YOU BET THE HOUSE ON THIS?

PROCESSCOLLABORATION

ARCHITECTURE

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LANDSCAPE

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URBAN DESIGN

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URBAN PLANNING

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REGIONAL APPROACH

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INNOVATION

SCALES and TIME

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ALL SCALES AND TIME

3 MONTHS OF RESEARCH

4 MONTHS OF DESIGN

10 Projects | 1 Region

THE BIG U: The BIG Team

Q: How is a Wall Not a Wall?

REGIONAL RESILIENCE

NEW MEADOWLANDS: MIT + ZUS + Urbanisten

Q: How do we turn our backyard in to our front yard, protect from flooding and provide new economic activity?

Q: How do we maintain our economy, ecology and culture given new climate realities?

Resilience and the Beach: Sasaki/ARUP/Rutgers

RESIST, DELAY, STORE, DISCHARGE: OMA

Q: How can we manage water comprehensively?

$920 Million in Federal Disaster Funds

$380 Million for New Jersey Projects

IMPLEMENTATION

IMPLEMENTATION

Grantees

NYS, NJ, NYC, CTAgencies

Housing and Urban Development (HUD)-Register Notice-Technical Advisory Committees-Oversight of Funds

Rebuild by Design-Support Community

Coalitions-Additional Research

-Spread the Word in the Region and Beyond

Stakeholder Coalitions-Hold Everyone Accountable

LESSONS LEARNED

• Do not assume we understand the problems

• We must act regionally

• We must act collaboratively: Our networks are interdependent.

• We cannot separate the human from the physical

• Stakeholders must be included from the beginning

• There are new players in charge, how do they understand the depth of the projects?

• How do we keep the community coalitions together – what is an ongoing support mechanism?

• How do we ensure the innovation lasts through value engineering and budget cuts?

• How can we meet expectations?

OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

POLICY, FINANCE,

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT,

RESARCH,and

REPLICABILITY IN OTHER REGIONS

AT RISK

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