Thursday / June 15, 2017 / 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Resilient Chicago: What Does It Mean and What Do We Do?
AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, #250
What does it mean for the City of Chicago to be part of the 100 Resilient Cities initiative? What should architects know about this program? Aaron Koch, Chief Resilience Officer for the City of Chicago, and Bill Abolt, vice president at AECOM where he focuses on energy, sustainability, cities and infrastructure, will give us an overview.
Bring your lunch; beverages provided.
Aaron Koch serves as the Chief Resilience Officer in the City of Chicago under Mayor Rahm Emanuel. In this role, he is leading the creation of Chicago’s resilience strategy through the City’s participation in the Rockefeller Foundation’s 100 Resilient Cities program. Prior to joining the Mayor’s Office, Aaron served as the Deputy Commissioner for Sustainability in Chicago’s Department of Water Management. Before moving to Chicago, Aaron served as a Senior Policy Advisor in the New York City Mayor's Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability under Mayor Michael Bloomberg and as the Director of the Mayors’ Institute on City Design in Washington, DC.
Aaron holds a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and a Master of City Planning from the University of Pennsylvania. He was previously a faculty member in Columbia University’s Master of Sustainability Management program.
Learn more from AIA:
With the recent release of our climate change values statement, AIA has taken a clear stand on architects' key role in finding solutions to the climate crisis. The Institute's recent commentary on climate change mitigation details three critical areas where architects can drive change: education, energy modeling, and policy advocacy.
Community resilience design resources
The National Resilience Initiative Annual Report 2016: The National Resilience Initiative (NRI) is a joint program of AIA and the Architects Foundation, with partners including the Rockefeller Foundation’s 100 Resilient Cities, the Clinton Global Initiative, Association for Collegiate Schools of Architecture, and Public Architecture, that unites six university-led architecture studios to develop new designs, approaches, and policies that bolster resilience in the built environment
