About the Workshop

In collaboration with Amman Design Week, join international designers, academics, and city officials to learn together and workshop some of the region's most pressing urban challenges at Resilience by Design University (RBD_U). As Amman looks to institutionalize resilience planning citywide, RBD_U is an opportunity for academics, students and practitioners to come together through a two-day event focused on Amman’s challenges of water, waste and transportation. The program partners with local and regional universities to introduce resilience initiatives from the Resilient Amman strategy, and prototype solutions for local challenges. The program format will be a two-day workshop split between theory and practice.

Friday, October 13th, 1:00pm - 8:00pm: Symposium on City Challenges and Opportunities

Participants will learn about urban resilience theory, honing in on the topics of Waste, Water, and Transportation. Amman's Chief Resilience Officer, Fawzi Masad, will also present on the city's newly released Urban Resilience Strategy, and highlight some of the exciting work they have planned. Chief Resilience Officer of Ramallah Dr.Mohammed Shaheen and assistant resilience officer Sandra Frem of Byblos will be joining for a moderated discussion.

Friday, October 13th, 1:00pm - 8:00pm: Symposium on City Challenges and Opportunities

Participants will learn about urban resilience theory, honing in on the topics of Waste, Water, and Transportation. Amman's Chief Resilience Officer, Fawzi Masad, will also present on the city's newly released Urban Resilience Strategy, and highlight some of the exciting work they have planned. Chief Resilience Officer of Ramallah Dr.Mohammed Shaheen and assistant resilience officer Sandra Frem of Byblos will be joining for a moderated discussion.

Due to the Amman Marathon taking place on 13 October, the workshop will be from 1 pm - 8 pm on that day.

About the Speakers

Samer Bagaeen is the Associate Director of City and Practice Management with 100 Resilient Cities – pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation, a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a trustee of two leading urban planning organizations in London, the Town and Country Planning Association and the Royal Town Planning Institute.

Amy Chester is the Managing Director for Rebuild by Design, an organization formed to run the Hurricane Sandy Design Competition. Now working with 100 Resilient Cities, Rebuild is bringing its approach to cities in the US and around the world.

Matthijs Bouw is a Dutch architect and urbanist and founder of One Architecture, an award-winning Amsterdam and New York-based design and planning firm. He is the Rockefeller Urban Resilience Fellow for PennDesign at the University of Pennsylvania.

Kate Orff is an American landscape architect and founder of SCAPE / landscape architecture, an award-winning New York office focused on design of social engagement and ecological infrastructure. She is also an Associate Professor at Columbia University and Director of the Urban Design Program. 

Ziad Jamaleddine, Nora Akawi, Jawad Dukhgan, and Petra Kempf of Columbia University's GSAPP; Johnny Ojail of ARUP; and Deyala Al-Tarawneh of the University of Jordan, will discuss issues of waste, water, and mobility in addition to sharing design interventions from their practice.

To look at the full schedule and RSVP visit: rbduamman.eventbrite.com

About Resilience Amman

The Greater Amman Municipality’s Resilience Office, under the leadership of engineer Fawzi Masaad is responsible for mainstreaming and embedding holistic urban resilience in the city of Amman and working with city stakeholders to ensure that Amman is ready to face the shocks and stresses of the 21st century.

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