In describing the lecture topic, Ms. Drake writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n Planet earth consists of the geosphere, the hydrosphere, the atmosphere, and the biosphere. In the modern era, humans have increasingly depended upon the ability to create stable environments across varied geographies and spheres.\u00a0 Climate change is increasing pressure on these optimized landscapes. Global warming and rapid ice cap melting, flooding, drought, and extreme weather are changing the viable sustainability of many urban settlements. Waterfronts, island nations, arid regions, and zones of unstable geology are increasingly vulnerable to flood, drought, mudslide.<\/p>\n My practice explores the qualities of the different spheres and considers the interface with urban design, architecture, and landscape architecture.\u00a0\u00a0Patterns are revealed that explain a landscape\u2019s formation and its carrying capacity. Understanding geologic patterns in the landscape can guide human settlement and its relationship to the environment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n She combines practice, teaching, and research and is currently an adjunct associate professor at the Irwin Chanin School of Architecture at the Cooper Union.\u00a0 Her award-winning work is consistently at the forefront of innovation in urban ecological infrastructure. Through a pioneering methodology of partnering with communities on grants from organizations including the Graham Foundation, the Furthermore (J.M. Kaplan) Fund, the AIA, NOAA, EPA, NEIWPCC, NYSDEC, and NYSCA, she enables green infrastructure, park creation, and environmental justice. She created a methodology that has become a new business model being replicated by large architecture and engineering firms. Ms. Drake connects art and science through her work, her communication methods, and her relationships across disciplines and geographies.<\/p>\n Ms. Drake was recognized as an Architectural League Emerging Voice and AIA Young Architect Award winner. The ASLA Awarded her their Community Advocacy Award. Her New Urban Ground project with ARO detailing climate adaptation strategies for Lower Manhattan is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art and the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian National Design Museum. In addition, her Gowanus Sponge Park won the inaugural Cooper Hewitt National Design Award for Climate Action. She has published numerous book chapters and articles on climate adaptation and infrastructure. Her book \u201cGowanus Sponge Park\u201d will be published by Park Books in 2024. Susannah earned MArch and MLA degrees from the Harvard GSD and a BA in Art History and Studio Art from Dartmouth College.<\/p>\n We have continuing education credits from both AIA and LACES.<\/p>\n Watch her presentation here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n\t\t![\"Susannah](\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/01\/16093132\/Susannah-Drake-blog-252x300.jpg\")
Ms. Drake is a principal at Sasaki and founder of DLANDstudio. She is one of only four people in the United States who is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects. She lectures globally about resilient urban design and has taught at leading design schools across the US including Harvard, IIT, FIU, and Syracuse among others. Her work titled \u201cFrom Redlining to Blue Zoning: Equity and Environmental Risk, Liberty City, Miami 2100,\u201d detailing the relationship of historically marginalized black populations of Miami with sea level rise is currently on display at the 2023 Venice Biennale.<\/p>\nLearning objectives:<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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