[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 164 (Friday, August 23, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52560-52561]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-20631]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR-5727-N-02]


Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force--Rebuild-by-Design; 
Announcement of Selection of Design Teams

AGENCY: Hurricane Sandy Task Force, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In June 2013, the Hurricane Sandy Task Force launched Rebuild 
by Design, a multi-stage regional design competition to promote 
resilience for the Sandy-affected region. This notice announces the 
design teams selected under the competition.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Davis at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In an effort to promote resilience for the 
Hurricane Sandy-affected region, the Hurricane Sandy Task Force 
initiated a multi-stage regional design competition, called Rebuild by 
Design. The goals of the competition are to attract highly experienced 
building design teams, promote innovation by developing regionally-
scalable but locally-contextual solutions that increase resilience in 
the region, and implement selected proposals with both public and 
private funding dedicated to this effort.
    The Rockefeller Foundation is the lead funding partner for the 
competition and will provide support for the analysis and design 
process. The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) served as a special 
partner, providing critical expertise and guidance to launch Rebuild by 
Design and select the 10 teams. NEA has a history of supporting and 
facilitating design competitions and NEA's involvement helped ensure 
the success of the launch of the competition. HUD will incentivize the 
implementation of the selected designs using funds made

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available through the Community Development Block Grant Disaster 
Recovery (CDBG-DR) program as well as other public and private funds.
    Rebuild by Design focuses on the following areas: Coastal 
communities, high-density urban environments, ecological networks and a 
fourth category that will include other innovative questions and 
proposals. Additionally, the competition has a region-wide focus to 
help provide solutions to problems that are larger or more complex than 
individual towns have the capacity to solve themselves. The regional 
focus will also help provide a better understanding of the many 
interconnected systems (infrastructure, ecological, climate, economic 
and others) in the Sandy-affected region. The design teams selected 
will start with regional analyses to understand major vulnerabilities 
and then, through the collaborative design process begin to focus on 
local implementation and key projects for improving the region's 
resilience. Applications for the competition were due July 19, 2013. 
The details of the competition can be found at http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/sandyrebuilding/rebuildbydesign.
    Over 140 potential teams from more than 15 countries submitted 
proposals, representing the top engineering, architecture, design, 
landscape architecture and planning firms as well as research 
institutes and universities worldwide.
    The 10 design teams selected are the following:
     Interboro Partners with the New Jersey Institute of 
Technology Infrastructure Planning Program; TU Delft; Project Projects; 
RFA Investments; IMG Rebel; Center for Urban Pedagogy; David Rusk; 
Apex; Deltares; Bosch Slabbers; H+N+S; and Palmbout Urban Landscapes.
     PennDesign/OLIN with PennPraxis, Buro Happold, HR&A 
Advisors, and E-Design Dynamics.
     WXY architecture + urban design/West 8 Urban Design & 
Landscape Architecture with ARCADIS Engineering; Dr. Alan Blumberg, 
Stevens Institute, Kate John Alder, Rutgers University; Maxine 
Griffith; William Morrish, Parsons the New School for Design; Dr. Orrin 
Pilkey, Duke University; Kei Hayashi, BJH Advisors; Mary Edna Fraser; 
and Yeju Choi.
     Office of Metropolitan Architecture with Royal Haskoning 
DHV; Balmori Associaties; R/GA; and HR&A Advisors.
     HR&A Advisors with Cooper, Robertson, & Partners; 
Grimshaw; Langan Engineering; W Architecture; Hargreaves Associates; 
Alamo Architects; Urban Green Council; Ironstate Development; New City 
America.
     SCAPE/LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE with Parsons Brinckerhoff; 
SeARC Ecological Consulting; Ocean and Coastal Consultants; The New 
York Harbor School; Phil Orton/Stevens Institute; Paul Greenberg; LOT-
EK; and MTWTF.
     Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Advanced 
Urbanism and the Dutch Delta Collaborative by ZUS; with De Urbanisten; 
Deltares; 75B; and Volker Infra Design.
     Sasaki Associates with Rutgers University and ARUP.
     Bjarke Ingels Group with One Architecture; Starr 
Whitehouse; James Lima Planning & Development; Green Shield Ecology; 
Buro Happold; AEA Consulting; and Project Projects.
     unabridged Architecture, Mississippi State University Gulf 
Coast Community Design Studio, and Waggonner and Ball Architects.

Information on the selection of the design teams is also provided on 
HUD's Web site at: http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/press/press_releases_media_advisories/2013/HUDNo.13-121.

    Dated: August 20, 2013.
Laurel Blatchford,
Executive Director, Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force.
[FR Doc. 2013-20631 Filed 8-22-13; 8:45 am]
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