Miami Resiliency

04/21/2014

04/10/2014

Vote here to promote education and action in Miami in the face of rising sea levels!
(Public Space Challenge)
http://ideas.ourmiami.org/place/171990

We will turn this old, dilapidated house into a model of simple environmental resilience and sustainability. We will raise the foundation of the house in order to bring it well above the rising sea and flood levels. Then we will perform various inexpensive landscape changes and building retrofits, s...

12/21/2013

The devastation in the Philippines has revived the debate over how to address the disproportionate effects of climate change on poorer countries, an issue that has gained momentum but faces daunting challenges.

12/19/2013

After three months of research and conversation with communities in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and beyond, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has selected 10 projects across the Sandy-affected region to be pursued in the next and final stage of the Rebuild by Design compet...

12/19/2013

American cities on the frontline of climate action are quietly but dramatically shifting their approach—from primarily trying to limit global warming to coping with its impacts. They're building forested buffers to shelter homes from wildfires, considering concrete sea walls to restrain ocean waters...

11/18/2013

Overtown Site:

Winner: #37 Jiajing Cao and Isabel Sarmiento

Honorable Mention: #40
Stephanie Riofrio, Gerardo Delgadillo, Ariana Melendez, and john Gonzalez

Honorable Mention: #58
Matthew Smith, Rhys Gilbertson, Ebrahim Alkalifa, and Erron Estado

11/18/2013

Little Havana Site:

Winner: #64 Maria Eduarda Oliviera, Katja Kuznik, Nicolas Alcega, Mingxuan Qin

Honorable Mention: #41
Smitha Vasan, Fadak Dashti, Mary Wissinger and Corey Weiss

Honorable Mention: #48
Jessica Stefanick, Sebastian Torrente, Lacey Stansell, and Amanda Ai

Honorable Mention: #53
Danielle Todd, Alexandra Babowice, Jaimie McPhedran

11/14/2013

Congratulations, Alice Jiajing Cao and Isabel Sarmiento, winners for the Overtown Site!

11/14/2013

Congratulations, Maria Eduarda Oliviera, Katja Kuznik, Nicolas Delgado Alcega, and Mingxuan Qin, winners for the Little Havana Site!

11/14/2013

Thanks all for the great event!! We're so happy to have AIA Miami and FIU friends stop by our home :)

Photo credit: Greg Hamra

11/12/2013

A huge THANK YOU to all participants! Your entries look great and the jury was very impressed!

Come see the work displayed in the Koarach Gallery and hear winners announced tomorrow, Wednesday November 13th at AIA's "Miami as a Climate Resilient City"

Winners and honorable mentions will be posted online after Wednesday, as well.