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The USA Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Shaun Donovan's video message for the opening ceremony of IABR–2014–URBAN BY NATURE–

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Hurricane Sandy was unlike any storm before it. While everyone affected by it continues to push forward with the recovery process, Sandy has made it clear that it is not possible to simply rebuild what existed before. A different approach is a necessity this time around, to make sure the region is resilient enough to rebound from future storms.

On 7 December 2012, President Obama signed an executive order creating the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan was appointed chair of the task force.
One of its initiatives was Rebuild by Design, directed by Henk Ovink, a design competition that aims at addressing the structural and environmental vulnerabilities that Hurricane Sandy exposed in communities throughout the region and developing fundable solutions that will better protect residents from future climate events.

The results of Rebuild by Design are exhibited in URBAN LANDSCAPE AND CLIMATE CHANGE–, a section of the exhibition URBAN BY NATURE– in the Kunsthal Rotterdam.

REBUILD BY DESIGN is one in a series of short videos commissioned by the IABR for its sixth edition, IABR–2014–URBAN BY NATURE–
Director: Alexander Oey
Producer: George Brugmans

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RESILIENCE : Alexandros Washburn

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"Resilience has to be achieved not at the cost of a community but by making a community better" says Alexandros Washburn, founder of CRUX, The Center for Coastal Resilience and Urban Xcellence at the Stevens Institute of Technology, in the film 'Resilience'.

The architect Alexandros Washburn was Chief Urban Designer of New York City when superstorm Sandy hit. He lives in Red Hook, Brooklyn, an area that had to be evacuated. Washburn decided to stay. He witnessed the devastation Sandy caused and since then he is actively involved in community efforts to make his coastal neighborhood more resilient.

Alexandros Washburn, Red Hook, Brooklyn

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The Stevens Institute of Technology is part of the WXY/WEST 8 team, one of the Design Teams selected for Rebuild by Design. The team's proposals, together with those of nine other teams, are presented at URBAN LANDSCAPE AND CLIMATE CHANGE–, as part of the exhibition URBAN BY NATURE– .

ABR–2014–project #32J: Off-Shore Island Landscapes in the Mid-Atlantic (WXY/West 8) - Rebuild by Design

The protection of existing coastlines will help in the restoration of natural habitats

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RESILIENCE is one in a series of short videos commissioned by the IABR for its sixth edition, IABR–2014–URBAN BY NATURE–
director: Alexander Oey
producer: George Brugmans

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Rebuild by Design: MIT CAU + ZUS + De Urbanisten

The New Meadowlands, one of the winners of Rebuild by Design