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60-Minute Education Session

FRI-B09: Preservation vs. Resilience at the Tidal Basin: Do We Have to Choose?

Friday, October 27, 2023
11:00am – 12:00pm CT
1.00 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AICP, FL, NY/HSW

The Tidal Basin is a highly visible register of the effects of climate change and one of the most significant cultural landscapes in the country. Imagining its future amplifies the tension between preservation and adaptation. Learn how nationally recognized firms collaborated to explore alternative scenarios that address memory and resilience.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Learn about design strategies that leverage necessary change to reinterpret collective histories at one of the most significant cultural landscapes in the country.
  • Explore alternative approaches to addressing the tension between preservation and the realities of climatic, geological, and social change.
  • Identify precedents for how communities facing erasure or displacement due to climate change might reinterpret memories that are embedded in a sense of place.
  • Learn how designers working in collaboration can advocate for investment, transformation, and visionary futures.