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Puerto Rico Re_Start 3 ©

International Project + Research Workshop PRRS_3 E: Under Emergency

March 22nd to 28th 2020, Location: University of Florida, Gainesville – FL College of Design, Construction and Planning – School of Architecture Contact: puertoricorestart@gmail.com

Register: www.puertoricorestart.org

All the work done during the workshop will be digital and submitted online. Diplomas will be granted to all participating students, faculty, and invitees. You must register in order to participate officially in the workshop.

Directors: Martha Kohen, CHU University of Florida Carlos Betancourt, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico

UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Urban Quality and Urban Culture, notably in Africa Chair holder Dr. Lucio Barbera Assoc. Directors - Dr. Silvia Aloisio, Maria Estefania Barrios Steering Committee Chair – Assoc. Prof. Nancy Clark - University of Florida Steering Committee Members – Dr. David Prevatt, Jeff Carney – University of Florida Coordinators: Arch. Pedro Cardona – Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico Maria Estefania Barrios, Rafael Lloveras, Giselle Martins and Valentina Valderrama - CHU | UF

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Professors and consultants will participate assisting the individual proposals and can be reached through their email addresses, through chat using TEAMS or establishing bilateral or multilateral Zoom conferences. Please find their contact information in this document. Please download and create a free account at:

• www.zoom.us (ZOOM) • https://teams.microsoft.com/downloads (TEAMS)

You will be automatically invited to each meeting by the email provided on your registration.

Chat groups on TEAMS will be made up of the people registered to each individual lab. Contact Information: Silvia Aloisio (Iowa University / Rome Program)- silviaaloisio@hotmail.com Lucio Barbera (UNESCO - La Sapienza) - luciovaleriobarbera@gmail.com Maria Estefania Barrios (UF) – mebs477@gmail.com Stephen Bender (UF) - sdbender@gmail.com Carlos Betancourt (PUPR) - cbetancourt@pupr.edu Frank Bosworth (UF) - fbosworth@ufl.edu Pedro Cardona (PUPR) - pedromcardonaroig@gmail.com Jeff Carney (UF) - jeffreyacarney@gmail.com Ruperto Chaparro (Sea Grant Mayaguez) - ruperto.chaparro@upr.edu Nancy Clark (UF) - nmclark@ufl.edu Anna Irene del Monaco (UNESCO - La Sapienza) - anna.delmonaco@gmail.com Edmundo Colon (PUPR) - edmcolon@pupr.edu Harrison Fraker (Berkeley) - fraker@berkeley.edu Drew Kaufman (UF Grad Student Advisor) - drewkauffman@ufl.edu Martha Kohen (UF) - marthakohen4@gmail.com Harold Lathon (FEMA) - Lpicture@bellsouth.net Lars Lerup (Rice University) - lars@rice.edu Rafael Lloveras (UF Grad Student Advisor) - rafael.lloveras@upr.edu Edwin Melendez (CUNY) - emele@hunter.cuny.edu Ruben Otero (Escola da Cidade) - rubenoterom@gmail.com Domenico Potenza (Chieti) - domenico.potenza@gmail.com David Prevatt (UF) - dprev@ce.ufl.edu Antonino Saggio (La Sapienza) - antosag@gmail.com Margaret Sobrino (UF Grad Student Advisor) - margaret.sobrino@ufl.edu Francesco Tosetto - francescotosetto@gmail.com

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Background

The Workshop had originally been formulated following the pattern established with PUPR for Puerto Rico Re Start 1 and 2. Given the continuing earthquakes, pandemic and accompanying circumstances that affect the Island and us, we developed an alternative plan to host the Workshop through the University of Florida Conference Center as a totally online Workshop. The institutions involved have courses and research tracks in development for the subjects of the workshop, both at UF, PUPR and our partner institutions that will continue online modalities. We will develop the PRRS 3E entirely online.

The subjects developed are of Global importance and will be disseminated through UNESCO channels, towards addressing growing vulnerabilities in the Caribbean, Latin America and Africa.

Results will be presented at the 27th Global Congress of Architects UIA2020RIO, for which this event has been declared a Preparatory Activity.

Modified conditions 1. Study area

The original area of study comprising of the western Municipalities, will be enlarged to include the Earthquake affected areas of Guánica, Guayanillas and Yauco. The Municipalities addressed in this workshop are Aguadilla, Aguada, Añasco, Mayagüez, Cabo Rojo, Lajas, Guánica and Yauco. A different team of students in UF has been assigned to collect relevant data on the additional area, the one impacted by the current earthquakes period.

2. Subject

The following subjects will be taken into focused consideration throughout the 6 thematic avenues, applied to examples in different zones of the West and South West of Puerto Rico:

● Earthquake, Tsunami and Flooding Risks and response with evacuation and

shelter options. ● Environmental Conservation and water management, Food production and

self-reliance, historical precedents. ● Affordable Housing development in its 6 declinations: infill, reuse of properties,

retrofit of existing stock, informal settlements, new eco-neighborhoods, development of new housing typologies.

● Economic Development, appropriate slow tourism modalities, novel economic proposals.

● Connectivity, establishing efficient N-S and transversal alternative transportation systems.

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3. Thematic areas associated with Municipalities (Labs) The proposals submitted to the workshop should be ascribed to one or more thematic areas.

1) Aguadilla and Aguada

Reference: Nancy Clark + Harold Lathon Economic development pole. Re-use of industrial buildings stock for agricultural development. Explorations into export field in conjunction with Florida’s airglades transportation advancements for the handling of refrigerated cargo.

2) Añasco Valley Reference: Lars Lerup + Ruben Otero + Martha Kohen

The floodable neighborhood’s risk. Development of a high-grade non-floodable areas and centralities for new residential typologies development of a linear transportation system. Valley options for protection, natural restoration and self-sufficiency in agriculture.

3) Greater Mayagüez as Multiplicity Opportunity

Reference: Harrison Fraker + Silvia Aloisio + Nancy Clark + Martha Kohen Consolidation of the historic city as metropolitan center through concurrent programs. Main Subject:

• Relocation of 1100 public apartments with eco-block concepts • Complementary subjects • Rio Yaguez study • Bayfront protection and port development • Plaza Mercado infill and urban entertainment hub (+Student housing) • Industrial Park Guanajibo reuse option’s development • Caño Corazones and Guanajibo River Valley protected areas

4) Cabo Rojo Pueblo and Surrounding Natural Areas

Reference: Francesco Tosetto + Nancy Clark + Edmundo Colon Salt Flats, Bird Sanctuary, Coastal Protection, slow tourism modalities, Resiliency. The lighthouse as a paradigmatic historical landmark. Lajas Valley agricultural assets.

5) North South Transportation System Reference: Jeff Carney + Rafael Lloveras

Aguadilla to Lajas. Integrated alternatives reinforcing the multipolarity of the area, and the presence of established linear perpendicular systems.

6) Guanica, Yauco and Guanajilla Municipalities

Reference: Pedro Cardona + Edmundo Colon + Nancy Clark + Harold Lathon + David Prevatt Factual, statistical and geographic data collection and analytical mappings. Evaluation of damages and potential. Alternative scenarios for the future.

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4. Participant students

Each student must select and register for the lab he/she will contribute with their individual or group project. Each lab can conduct discussion sessions via Zoom with professors. Both SoA UF and SoA PUPR are devoting courses to advance research and proposals to be intensified at the International Digital Workshop

University of Florida

o Design 8 - Nancy Clark 15 students o Design 8 - Martha Kohen 12 students o Graduate Seminar - Martha Kohen 8 students o Students from other areas of the curriculum will join

Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico

o Urban Studio - Pedro Cardona 7 students

o MLA Students – Edmundo Colon 3 students City Lab Orlando

o Stephen Bender and Frank Bosworth 5 students

University of Chieti - SOA Pescara

o 2 master students

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University of Rome La Sapienza

o 1 doctoral Student

Berkeley University Iowa State

o 2 independent students

Estimated total number of students: 60

Professors UF - Nancy Clark, Jeff Carney, Martha Kohen, David Prevatt PUPR - Carlos Betancourt, Pedro Cardona, Edmundo Colon (UNESCO) Dr. Lucio Barbera, Anna Irene Del Monaco Rome Univ. of Iowa/ Rome - Dr. Silvia Aloisio IUAV - Francesco Tosetto Center for Puerto Rican Studies CUNY Edwin Melendez Rice University - Lars Lerup Berkeley University - Harrison Fraker Escola da Cidade - Ruben Otero

Invited Consultants: Antonio Rodriguez – FEMA PR Branch 4 Ruperto Chaparro - Sea Grant UPRM Harold Lathon - FEMA US C.P. Smith - Utuado Lecturers: Ryan Sharston and Stephen Bender

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The workshop will take place as an alternative, but complementary event to normal classes in UF, PUPR, Uni. of Chieti and Escola da Cidade with students from the various institutions to conduct intensely the development of the proposals in the week March 22-28, independently or under the digital direction of professors, with Visionary Project outcomes for all subjects proposed. We will be relying on thematic Zoom meetings that can be joined every morning starting at 9:00 am Eastern time.

The Online Studio will function from 9 - 12:30pm and from 1:30 - 4pm.

Special lectures will be posted from 4 - 6 pm or delivered via Zoom as possible.

Proposals will be submitted by March 28th at 6:00 pm by all participants at the designated specific Thematic Areas 1 - 6 in the drive.

5. Final Presentation Submission Format

a) A link will be provided to everyone into a google drive for submission. No one will have access to the files, except for the directors and coordinators.

b) Information and Narrative Sheet

• 2-page single spaced narrative including student information (complete name and class), location of project, name, type, concept, explanation of intent and type of drawings.

• Template will be available at your designated folder on the drive.

c) Naming Convention

Files shall be submitted both as pdf/jpeg and as modifiable formats (cad, rhino, adobe suite, etc.) Please name all your files as follows:

• Number of drawing_type of drawing_last name.pdf • Please use the same name for pdf or jpegs and its respective modifiable file.

Example: 01_floorplan_smith.pdf 01_floorplan_smith.psb

d) Quality • Ensure that images and drawings are saves at 300 dpi

e) InDesign files shall be Packaged will all respectively files within.

f) March 28th at 6 pm will be the deadline for all submissions.

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6. Data Sources

Will rely on the GIS repository of Centro for Puerto Rican studies in CUNY, and data systems of Puerto Rico government at various levels.

Links: Center for Puerto Rican Studies https://centropr.hunter.cuny.edu/research/data-center/data-hub

PR Government https://www2.pr.gov/Pages/default.aspx

PR Re_Start Prep, PRRS 1 and PRRS 2 http://puertoricorestart.org/?page_id=897

StEER's Puerto Rico Earthquake Report and Bahamas' Hurricane Dorian https://aub.ie/steer_PR_EQ_Jan2020

Data Basin https://databasin.org/maps/new#datasets=e00f3e565811401a88d0c83276a4c328

Puerto Rico Earthquake & Social Vulnerability / Preliminary Damage Assessment https://cunycis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=5f516f41baa84f9ba9e8207c2005ee4d

Arch GIS https://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=e72119d2f9d347899cc2d221d4bec45a&extent=-68.2619,17.2094,-64.4496,19.3893

FEMA’s Advisory Maps http://cedd.pr.gov/fema/index.php/461-2/

Current topo maps https://www.sciencebase.gov/catalog/items?q=topo%20map%20aguadilla

Land Use https://databasin.org/datasets/7f1cc5f0febc40829e5845df556981fe

Nautical Maps https://charts.noaa.gov/ChartCatalog/GulfCoast.html

School Closure Map https://www.edweek.org/ew/section/multimedia/schools-puerto-rico-plans-close-displaced-students.html?override=web#.WypmEDKpHbo.twitter

Puerto rico flood zones map https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=a1002ca1cc1c4d11acde66f4eafbd60b

FEMA flood map https://msc.fema.gov/portal/search?AddressQuery=Puerto%20Rico

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7. Lecture Series

The lecture series is coordinated by the directors. Preliminary list of possible lectures Pedro Cardona, Lars Lerup, David Prevatt, Lucio Barbera, Edmundo Colon, Frank Bosworth, Harold Lathon, Edwin Melendez, Antonio Rodriguez, Stephen Bender, Aya Mohana, Ryan Sharston and more.

Monday 24th 4:00 5:00

Earthquake response in Italy Seismic and tsunami risks in PR

Barbera Lathon

5:30 Participatory conditions Melendez Tuesday 25th 4:00 ECO BLOC Fraker 5:00 Land Use planning for PR Cardona 6:00 The Virgin Islands Lathon Wednesday 26th 4:00 Future Urban Resiliency patterns Lerup 5:00 TBD 6:00 Urbanity and displacements Bosworth Thursday 27th 4:00 Alexandria, Egypt from Informal to Sustainable Mohana 5:00 UIA2020 RIO Kohen

6:00 Modular Housing Bender/Sharston

8. Event Times

Sunday March 22nd 5:00 pm Welcome messages available at

www.puertoricorestart.org Messages by: Frank Bosworth – SoA UF Director Martha Kohen & Carlos Betancourt – Directors Procedure Explanation by Maria Barrios

Monday to Friday 23-27 9am to 4pm Digital Project Work on the 6 thematic areas 9 am Lab Organizing Sessions with Directors (Zoom) 09:00 - 09:15 – Lab 1 09:15 - 09:30 – Lab 2 09:30 - 09:45 – Lab 3 09:45 - 10:00 – Lab 4 10:00 - 10:15 – Lab 5 10:15 - 10:30 – Lab 6

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4 - 6 pm Zoom Broadcast of Lectures and discussions will take place every afternoon

Saturday March 28th 11:00 am PR_RS 3 E - Closure message via Zoom

Certificates of Participation will be emailed in the following week to the registered participants that submitted proposals or did presentations.

9. Outcomes

All research and proposals will be assembled as a power point presentation by the participants, as well as the submission requirements specified.

UF and PUPR will consolidate the results and add them as a publication to the PR_RS website. The proposals will reflect options of future scenarios of integrated ideas for the West and South West regions of the Island.

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10. Sponsors and Participants

11. Municipalities under the Scop

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