Part of the By the People: Designing a Better America public programs at MOAD. The exhibition is organized by Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, and curated by Cynthia E. Smith; the presentation at MOAD is organized by Senior Curator Wanda Texon. Public programs are curated by Dr. Ariadna Hernandez-Reguant.
Roundtable
Disasters, such as hurricanes, as well as the doom of climate change and sea level rise, have fostered new thinking about urban planning, particularly in cities like Miami, Houston, and New Orleans. There is a growing awareness that rebuilding must be sustainable in the long term, in order to protect communities from dislocation and, ultimately, destruction. Key to this goal is the reinsertion of the built environment into its environmental context. The goal of the roundtable is to exchange experiences and together envision the ideal city in the era of sea level rise and climate instability.
Panelists: Dr. Daniel Aldana Cohen (University of Pennsylvania), Reverend Houston Cypress (Love the Everglades Movement), Joe Meppelink (Metalab Studio), Mayor Philip Stoddard (City of South Miami), and Susanne Torriente (City of Miami Beach). Moderated by Dr. Marilys Nepomechie (Florida International University School of Architecture).