CUDRR+R Associate Aybars Asci established Efficiency Lab for Architecture, which is committed to a better understanding of efficiency in the built environment through research and design.
CUDRR+R will partner with Efficiency Lab to develop resilient research and design ideas for the urban environment.
For further information about Efficiency Lab, please see
Ebru Gencer will speak at the GEOGRAPHY 2050: Exploring Our Future in an Urbanized World. The Conference, hosted by the Earth Institute at Columbia University will take place on November 19-20, 2015.
Dr. Gencer will speak at the Plenary Session on Cities at Risk of Disaster on November 20.
For more information about the Conference and to register, please see
CUDRR+R’s Esra Akcan will moderate a panel that will discuss the exhibition “Latin America in Construction: Architecture 1955–1980,” displayed at the Museum of Modern Art. After Barry Bergdoll’s presentation on his experience of co-curating the exhibition, Mary Kate O’Hare, the curator of the award winning exhibition “Constructive Spirit: Abstract Art in South and North America” (Newark Museum, 2010), and Zeuler Lima, the author of the acclaimed biography Lina Bo Bardi about the Italian-born Brazilian architect (Yale University Press, 2013), will comment on the exhibition in relation to their own contributions on writing and curating the history of artists and architects from Latin America. A brief response by Jim Williamson and a discussion moderated by Esra Akcan will follow the presentations.
Location: AAP NYC, 26 Broadway, 20th Floor, New York City
Date and Time; July 2, 2015 at 6.30 pm.
Register at: http://aap.cornell.edu/news-events/writing-architecture-ofin-latin-america-global-context-discussion-latin-america#sthash.3nLkHNyz.dpuf
CUDRR+R’s Ebru Gencer will host and facilitate a Panel at the 6th Global Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation by ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability in Bonn, June 8-10, 2015.
Please see the session description and join the session if you will be at ICLEI Conference in Bonn B3_SessionDescription-May 20.
CUDRR+R Associate Jaroslav Mysiak has a new working paper on Disaster Insurance Partnerships. Read more at:
Myšiak, J. and C. D. Perez-Blanco. 2015. “Partnerships for Affordable and Equitable Disaster Insurance.” FEEM Nota di Lavoro 40.2015. Milan, Italy: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei. http://www.feem.it/userfiles/attach/201557114764NDL2015-040.pdf
CUDRR+R will be at the Lloyd’s Register Foundation workshop on Resilience Engineering.
Stevens Institute, New Jersey, USA, April 15th-17th, 2015
CUDRR+R submitted a Voluntary Commitment to the UN World Conference in Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR). Find the Voluntary Commitment at the WCDRR website:
http://www.wcdrr.org/ preparatory/commitments
CUDRR+R’s Ebru Gencer and Jaroslav Mysiak are attending the WCDRR in Sendai, Japan
Ebru Gencer will present, on behalf of UPAG, “Urban Planning Advisory Group – Delivering the Urban Challenges” at the Local Authorities Roundtable on March 13 (15.00-18.00) at Sendai International Centre, 2F, Room 1&2.
She will also join the announcement of the New Ten Essentials of the Making Cities Resilient Campaign on Sunday, March 15 (09.00 -12.00) at Tohoku University.
Jaroslav Mysiak will talk about the roles of public-private and public-public partnerships in flood risk management (including the EU policies) at the “Flooding in Europe – new risks and strategies to build resilience” Session on March 14 (16.00) at Tohoku University Kawauchi-kita Campus B200.
He will also present at the IGNITE Stage about the ENHANCE Project on 15March (16.00) at 2nd floor Foyer of Sendai International Centre.
CUDRR+R’s Ebru Gencer is joining the World Humanitarian Summit as an Urban Expert
In preparation for the World Humanitarian Summit, four themes have been identified: humanitarian effectiveness, reducing vulnerability and managing risk; transformation through innovation; and supporting the needs of people in conflict. Consultations have confirmed the need for a specific ‘urban track’ towards the World Humanitarian Summit, and beyond towards Habitat III: how to manage the rising humanitarian risk in urban areas; how to consider the future dimensions of urban risk in the coming years, how to ensure that humanitarian response takes into account the complexities of urban areas and how humanitarian assistance can contribute to building urban resilience. Read more on the World Humanitarian Summit at https://www.worldhumanitariansummit.org/
