Éric Daniel-Lacombe, Aminata Niakaté, Thaddeus Pawlowski, and Kate Orff, moderated by John Surico.
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This conversation will explore different ways of effectively integrating ecological considerations into urban planning and design, preserve biodiversity in cities, protect species and their habitats, and transform our built environments and landscapes to address the climate crisis, support the shift to a renewable economy, and grow more vibrant and resilient cities.
This event is organized by the Columbia Maison Française, Alliance Program, and Villa Albertine and is a featured event in the Albertine Conversations series which supports French-American exchanges on urgent environmental challenges, including the collapse of ecosystems, forms of urban adaptation and resilience, and innovative legal and political approaches to these issues.
Participants
Éric Daniel-Lacombe is an award-winning architect, urbanist, and geographer. He holds the chair for "New Forms of Urban Living in the Face of Natural Disasters” at the prestigious Villette Architecture School in Paris.
Aminata Niakaté is Deputy Mayor of Paris in charge of green development and the protection of biodiversity.
Thaddeus Pawlowski is the Managing Director of the Center for Resilient Cities and Landscapes and a Research Scholar and Adjunct Associate Professor of Urban Design and Urban Planning in Columbia’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.
Kate Orff’s activist and visionary work on design for climate dynamics has been shared and developed in collaboration with arts institutions, governments, and scholars worldwide. She is a Professor at Columbia GSAPP, served as the Director of the Urban Design Program from 2015 to 2026, and holds a joint appointment at the Columbia Climate School.
John Surico is a journalist, teacher and researcher focusing on urban mobility, climate resilience, and public space. His reporting can be found in The New York Times, Bloomberg CityLab, New York Magazine, among other outlets.
