FRI-A04: Engineering with Nature in San Francisco: Collaboration and Process Across Disciplines and Scales

Friday, October 27, 2023

9:00am – 10:30am CT

1.50 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AIA/HSW, AICP, FL, NY/HSW

Lead Speaker(s)

Davi Parente Schoen, ASLA

Designer
CMG Landscape Architecture
San Francisco, California

Speaker(s)

Maryellen Hearn (she/her/hers)

Resilience and Flood Risk Expert
Pathways Climate Institute
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jules Bruck, ASLA (she/her/hers)

Director, Chair and Professor of Landscape Architecture
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

Explore the interdisciplinary and multi-scalar effort to integrate Engineering with Nature (EWN) into the long-term resilience planning of San Francisco’s waterfront. This session will share insight from the ongoing collaboration between designers, engineers, planners, and scientists with the Port of San Francisco’s Waterfront Resilience Program and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).

Learning Outcomes:

Gain an understanding of the multiple benefits of EWN beyond flood risk reduction, including through the expansion of access to open spaces, habitat creation, and a range of social benefits.
Learn about the ongoing collaboration between local sponsors and the USACE/federal government in San Francisco, which can inform opportunities for partnerships elsewhere.
Learn about the USACE’s process and innovative approach to EWN, both in ongoing research efforts and their integration into project delivery.
Become familiar with the interdisciplinary collaboration and communication needed for large, multi-scalar infrastructure projects between landscape architects, engineers, scientists, and planners.