RESILIENCE IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Organized by Karla Saldana Ochoa, Virtual Tech, Maria Eugenia Siguencia
The conference is jointly organized by the University of Florida (USA) and the University of Cuenca (Ecuador).
This conference aims to create a space to discuss the capacity of medium and small cities to face several of the sustainability challenges of the 21st century. Primarily, the conference aims to expose strategies to mitigate and adapt cities to climate change, tools and methods to deal with natural and manmade risks, and how to respond to the problems of weak urban planning and urban sprawl. The conference sessions will explore the multifaceted contribution of different knowledge and experiences in creative forms of resilience in the built environment in a multicultural dialogue.
This conference creates unique spaces for unconventional encounters that spark debate, international exchanges, and networking. The conference also aims to align the ongoing debate on sustainability and resilience in the built environment by empowering local and international practitioners, researchers, policymakers, activists, students, and volunteers in their collaborative practices.
June 27 - 28 , 2022
Conference Schedule
June 27
08:00
Registration and welcome coffee
08:30
Opening ceremony
08:45
Inspirational Conference
Karla Saldaña (University of Florida)
09:00
Panel 1: Key elements for a resilient and healthy environment in urban areas (Spanish)
Dr. Juan Fernando Hidalgo: Urban environmental synergies
Dr. Natasha Cabrera: Urban Rivers.
Dr. Enrique Flores: Resilience of infrastructure to adapt to new forms of mobility.
Boris Orellana: Real-time indicators of gentrification.
David Vázquez: Resilient Urban Policies
Moderator: Sebastián Auquilla
10:45
Break
11:00
Panel 2: Tools for environmental management (English)
Andrea Galinski: Affordable Housing: Linking Equity + Resilience in Flood Hazard Analyses
Dr. Ravi Srinivasan: Drone-based Lowest Floor Elevation Estimates for pre-disaster management and post-disaster Mitigation
Jeffrey Carney: Mapping Vulnerability for Community Adaptation Across Scales.
Dr. Daniel Orellana: Urban mobility and accessibility justice analysis.
Dr. Esteban Zalamea: Solar photovoltaics for energy-neutral buildings.
platform (online)
Moderator: Karla Saldaña
12:45
Conclusions and closing of the session
June 28
08:30
Registration and welcome coffee
09:00
Panel 3: Community participation for resilient environments (Spanish).
Natalia Pacurucu: Application of community participation for risk management.
Francisco Valdez: Game engines for community participation.
Victor Caldas: Risk assessment for heritage management.
Anabel Cruz/Sebastián Auquilla: Resilient infrastructures in areas of urban influence.
Moderator: Juan Hidalgo
10:45
Break
11:00
Panel 4: Tools and methods in response to natural and anthropogenic risks (English)
Dr. Hernán García: Seismic risk in heritage areas.
Dr. Karla Saldaña Ochoa: Catalog of Change: Encoding with AI the change in the Built Environment after a natural disaster.
Dr. Zifeng Guo: Artificial intelligence and flood forecasting.
Chester Seller: Slow-moving landslide monitoring using remote sensing and In-situ techniques in Cuenca-Ecuador a UNESCO Heritage site (online)
Dr. Frank Fernandez: Campus and its resilience to natural disasters (online)
Moderator: Daniel Orellana
12:45
Conclusions and closing of the event
13:00
Lunch
This conference was supported by the University of Florida School of Architecture, Universidad de Cuenca Facultad de Arquitectura, Florida Climate Institute, SHARE Lab, VirtualTech
Colllaborators: LlactaLab, Municipalidad de Cuenca CGA, Ciudad Patrimonial Mundial CPM, CitMov, and Universidad del Azuay
Images of the event
The Conference Resilience in the Built Environment was a two-day event of exciting discussion. We had excellent feedback from students and participants that attended both online and in person. (We had roughly 220+ participants registered for the conference). Ultimately approximately 55-60 were in person, while another 110 were consistently in attendance online.
Adaptar, diseñar y construir entornos resilientes
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Resiliencia en el entorno construido” fue el evento que realizó el 27 y 28 de junio el grupo de investigación de la Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Virtual Tec, conjuntamente con el Laboratorio de investigación SHARE de la Universidad de Florida y con el apoyo de Florida Climate Institute.
Fueron cuatro las líneas de discusión que se abordaron en la modalidad presencial y virtual en los siguientes paneles: elementos clave para un medioambiente resiliente y saludable en áreas urbanas, herramientas para el manejo del medio ambiente, participación comunitaria para ambientes resilientes y, herramientas y métodos en respuesta a riesgos naturales antrópicos.
El decano de la facultad, Alfredo Ordóñez, explicó que el objetivo de los conversatorios fue intercambiar conocimientos y experiencias que permitan aportar con ideas para enfrentar los retos de sostenibilidad de las ciudades intermedias en el siglo XXI; siendo preciso entender que el concepto de resiliencia en el entorno construido hace referencia a la adaptabilidad a los diferentes cambios que se dan en la ciudad o asentamientos, en un proceso de crecimiento, añadió la representante de la Universidad de Florida, Karla Saldaña Ochoa.
Saldaña Ochoa resumió que son las formas para diseñar, proyectar y construir mejores ciudades, pensando no solo en mitigar los efectos causados por un desastre natural, sino en un futuro donde la relación del ser humano con el medio sea fortalecida y, es ahí donde surge la necesidad de contar con aportes de diferentes áreas como la arquitectura, ingeniería, construcción, patrimonio cultural, planificación y diseño urbano, construcción, etc.
Una de las organizadoras del evento, María Eugenia Sigüenza, docente de la Universidad de Cuenca, puntualizó que entre los resultados del encuentro surgieron una serie de lineamientos para mitigar desde varios ejes los problemas actuales en ciudades intermedias, que tienen como tema transversal la necesidad de un trabajo multidisciplinar y la vinculación de la academia, la ciudadanía y la administración pública para responder como sociedad a los problemas y retos de sostenibilidad del siglo XXI.
Resaltó que las ponencias presentadas se convirtieron en espacios de reflexión conjunta que permitieron consolidar sinergias para potenciales trabajos futuros entre los exponentes, intercambios internacionales y creación de redes. En ese sentido, Saldaña agregó que trabajan en proyectos de investigación que recurren al uso de la inteligencia artificial para potenciar la implementación de la resiliencia.
La rectora María Augusta Hermida enfatizó en la necesidad de la interdisciplina para tener la capacidad de respuesta y pertinencia para afrontar problemas complejos, siendo la aplicación de conceptos fundamentales de resiliencia una manera de contribuir con alternativas de soluciones.
Como aporte al tema, en la planificación tienen previsto realizar un documento que recoja los principales aspectos tratados en los dos días de conversatorio y para el próximo año realizar un segundo encuentro.
Datos
Los ponentes representaron a: FIBER University of Florida, SHARE Lab University of Florida, Shimberg Center University of Florida, URBSYS Lab Univeristy of Florida, VirtualTec Universidad de Cuenca, LlactaLab Universidad de Cuenca, Ciudad Patrimonial Mundial CPM Universidad de Cuenca, CitMov Universidad de Cuenca, IERSE Universidad del Azuay y Municipalidad de Cuenca, CGA.
El evento convocó la asistencia de profesionales y estudiantes de Ecuador, Estados Unidos, España, Alemania, Irán y Pakistán.
Adapting, designing and building resilient environments
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Resilience in the built environment" was the event held on June 27 and 28 by the research group of the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Virtual Tec, together with the SHARE Research Laboratory of the University of Florida and with the support of the Florida Climate Institute.
Four lines of discussion were addressed in face-to-face and virtual mode in the following panels: key elements for a resilient and healthy environment in urban areas, tools for environmental management, community participation for resilient environments, and tools and methods in response to anthropogenic natural hazards.
The dean of the faculty, Alfredo Ordóñez, explained that the objective of the talks was to exchange knowledge and experiences that allow to contribute with ideas to face the challenges of sustainability of intermediate cities in the XXI century; being necessary to understand that the concept of resilience in the built environment refers to the adaptability to the different changes that occur in the city or settlements, in a process of growth, added the representative of the University of Florida, Karla Saldaña Ochoa.
Saldaña Ochoa summarized that they are the ways to design, project and build better cities, thinking not only in mitigating the effects caused by a natural disaster, but in a future where the relationship of human beings with the environment is strengthened, and that is where the need for contributions from different areas such as architecture, engineering, construction, cultural heritage, urban planning and design, construction, etc., arises.
One of the organizers of the event, María Eugenia Sigüenza, professor at the University of Cuenca, pointed out that the results of the meeting included a series of guidelines to mitigate current problems in intermediate cities from various perspectives, with the cross-cutting theme of the need for multidisciplinary work and the linking of academia, citizenship and public administration to respond as a society to the problems and challenges of sustainability in the 21st century.
She emphasized that the papers presented became spaces for joint reflection that allowed the consolidation of synergies for potential future work among the speakers, international exchanges and the creation of networks. In this regard, Saldaña added that they are working on research projects that make use of artificial intelligence to enhance the implementation of resilience.
Rector María Augusta Hermida emphasized the need for interdisciplinarity in order to have the response capacity and relevance to face complex problems, being the application of fundamental concepts of resilience a way to contribute with alternative solutions.
As a contribution to the topic, the plan is to prepare a document containing the main aspects discussed during the two days of conversation and to hold a second meeting next year.
References
The speakers represented: FIBER University of Florida, SHARE Lab University of Florida, Shimberg Center University of Florida, URBSYS Lab Univeristy of Florida, VirtualTec University of Cuenca, LlactaLab University of Cuenca, World Heritage City CPM University of Cuenca, CitMov University of Cuenca, IERSE University of Azuay and Municipality of Cuenca, CGA.
The event was attended by professionals and students from Ecuador, the United States, Spain, Germany, Iran and Pakistan.