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Date of lecture: October 30th, 2024
Abstract
Projects that explore the intersection of climate change, infrastructure and urbanism. The work puts forward innovative concepts at the intersection of large-scale landscape infrastructure and placemaking. Examples include South Battery Park City Resilience’s Wagner Park and Pier A Plaza, Brooklyn Montgomery Coastal Resilience’s Waterfront in Lower Manhattan and Hoboken’ Harborside Waterfront Park.
Short Bio
Gonzalo leads AECOM’s Urbanism + Planning Practice as a Vice President and Principal of Design in the New York Metro area as well as strategic collaborations across the Americas and abroad. His award-winning practice has received numerous awards from ASLA, AIA, NYC by Design, and the Chicago Atheneum Design Excellence Award in Open Space design for the World Trade Center’s Liberty Park. Gonzalo holds a Bachelor of Architecture from the City College of New York and a Master of Landscape Architecture from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design.