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| ONE PRIZE is an Annual Design and Science Award to Promote Green Design in Cities. |
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JURY 2010 Adrian Benepe, Commissioner, NYC Department of Parks & Recreation Adrian Benepe has worked for nearly 30 years protecting and enhancing New York City's natural and historic beauty. He has continued this effort as Commissioner of the Department of Parks & Recreation, appointed by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on January 25, 2002. In this role he has focused on improving park facilities and programs for children, developing new waterfront parks and greenways, and making New York City bloom with millions of new flowers and hundred of gardens. Carol Coletta Carol Coletta is president and CEO of CEOs for Cities and host and producer of the nationally syndicated public radio show Smart City. Previously, she served as president of Coletta & Company in Memphis. In addition, she served as executive director of the Mayors Institute on City Design, a partnership of the National Endowment for the Arts, U.S. Conference of Mayors and American Architectural Foundation. Margaret Crawford, Ph.D. Margaret Crawford is a Professor of Architecture at the College of Environmental Design at University of California, Berkeley. Before coming to Berkeley, Crawford was Professor of Urban Design and Planning Theory at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Her research focuses on the evolution, uses and meanings of urban space. She is the author of The Car and the City: The Automobile, the Built Environment and Daily Urban Life and Everyday Urbanism. Bruce Lindsey Bruce Lindsey is the Dean of the College of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design at Washington University in St. Louis. Lindsey's research has long focused on applying digital tools to design and construction practice. His book Digital Gehry: Material Resistance Digital Construction (2001), explores the use of technology in the design process of architect Frank Gehry. In 2005 he received the AIA's National Teaching Honor Award for his work in beginning design at Auburn. DJ Spooky, AKA Paul D. Miller DJ Spooky is a Washington DC-born electronic and experimental hip-hop musician, producer, and author. He is also a Professor of Music Mediated Art, European Graduate School, Switzerland. DJ Spooky's multimedia performance piece Terra Nova: Sinfonia Antarctica was commissioned by BAM for the 2009 Next Wave Festival. With video projections and a score composed by DJ Spooky, Sinfornia Antarctica is a portrait of a rapidly transforming continent. William J. Mitchell William Mitchell is a Professor of Architecture and Media Arts and Sciences at MIT and directs the Media Lab's Smart Cities research group. He was formerly Dean of the School of Architecture and Planning and Head of the Program in Media Arts and Sciences, both at MIT. The Smart Cities research group is creating innovative ways to change how we live in urban areas through, in part, the application of new technologies that enable urban energy efficiency and sustainability, and enhance opportunity, equity, and cultural creativity. Annie Novak Annie Novak is founder and director of Growing Chefs, field-to-fork food education program; the children's gardening program coordinator for the New York Botanical Gardens, and co-founder and farmer of Eagle Street Rooftop Farm in Greenpoint, Brooklyn in partnership with Goode Green and Broadway Stages. She has appeared (talking about plants and food, of course) in New York Magazine, the Today Show, Edible Brooklyn and the Martha Stewart Show. She has farmed in nine countries and four boroughs. Shaun Osher Shaun Osher is the Founder and CEO of CORE, a New York City real estate firm offering a comprehensive array of residential and commercial services. His expert opinion is frequently sought by top consumer and trade publications, including The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and Crain's. Shaun has lectured at Columbia and NYU, and participated on innumerable panels. He sits on the Real Estate Board of New York's (REBNY) Residential Board of Directors. Margie Ruddick Margie Ruddick has been recognized for work that integrates great landscape design with ecology. Margie's design for New York's Queens Plaza has won awards for forging a new idea of nature in the city. She has taught at Harvard's GSD, Yale, University of Penn, and Parsons. Her awards include the Waterfront Centre Award, Places Design Award, the Lewis Mumford Award from Architects Designers and Planners for Social Responsibility and the 2006 Rachel Carson Women in Conservation Award from the National Audubon Society. Ben Schwegler, Ph.D. Benedict R. Schwegler, Jr., Ph.D. is Vice President and Chief Scientist of Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) Research & Development, where he created and manages the Simulation-based Design Group. He is particularly interested in the development of sustainable engineering techniques. He was instrumental in the creation of the most energy efficient theme park ever built as well as a new generation of environmentally friendly fireworks. Cameron Sinclair + Kate Stohr Sinclair and Architecture for Humanity co-founder Kate Stohr have compiled a compendium on socially conscious design titled "Design Like You Give A Damn: Architectural Responses to Humanitarian Crises". Sinclair is the recipient of numerous awards including the 2006 TED prize and the 2005 RISD/Target Emerging Designer of the Year. Along with co-founder Kate Stohr, was awarded the Wired Magazine 2006 Rave Award for Architecture for their work in responding to housing needs following Hurricane Katrina. |
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| Kate Ascher, Principal, Happold Consulting Kate Ascher is a Principal at Happold Consulting in New York. She was Director of Development at Vornado Realty Trust before joining the Wagner School at NYU. She has also worked as Executive Vice-President for Infrastructure at the Economic Development Corporation, a non-profit corporation serving New York City. In that capacity, she oversaw city policy with respect to a variety of areas including energy and telecommunications policy, and marine and air transportation. She is the author of books and articles on a variety of public policy subjects, and recently published The Works, an illustrated guide to New York City's infrastructure. |
| Wellington Chen, Executive Director, Chinatown Partnership LDC
Wellington Chen is a highly respected public servant and long-time community advocate, urban planner, and urban affairs specialist. As well as being executive director of the Chinatown Partnership, he is a senior consultant / advisor of the Planning Advocacy Group. For the past decade, Mr. Chen (a long-time Flushing resident) has been deeply involved in numerous community projects, including the downtown Flushing revitalization plan. Mr. Chen also cofounded Tri Plus Construction Corporation in 1989, a company dedicated to creating affordable housing in New York City. |
| Michael Colgrove, Director of Energy Program, NYSERDA NYC Office
As Director of Energy Programs, Michael Colgrove's goal is to develop innovative solutions to today's energy and environmental problems. His primary responsibility is to ensure that NYSERDA's energy programs are effectively meeting the needs of NYC and Westchester residents and businesses, focusing on programs that address the residential, multifamily, commercial, and industrial sectors while providing various incentives to encourage the use of energy efficient equipment and systems. Previously he has worked as a project manager and leader at the Association for Energy Affordability as well as a professor at New York City Technical College. |
| Matthias Hollwich, Co-founder, Architizer and HWKN
Matthias Hollwich is the cofounder of Architizer, an open community for architects to interact, show their work, and find clients. Before cofounding HWKN, Mr. Hollwich worked at OMA in Rotterdam, Eisenman Architects, and Diller+Scofidio in New York City. He is currently a visiting professor at the University of Pennsylvania, where he has been the creator of an international conference on aging and architecture: New Aging. In 2004, Mr. Hollwich finished editing his first book with Rainer Weisbach at the Bauhaus: UmBauhaus – Updating Modernism. His work has been featured in Wallpaper*, New York Times, Bauwelt, Dwell, and Architectural Digest. |
| Bjarke Ingels, Founding Partner, BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group
Bjarke Ingels has created an international reputation as a member of a new generation of architects that combine shrewd analysis, playful experimentation, social responsibility, and humor. Mr. Ingels started BIG in 2005 after cofounding PLOT Architects in 2001 and working at OMA in Rotterdam. In 2004 he was awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale for the Stavanger Concert House, and the following year he received the Forum AID Award for the VM Houses. Furthermore, Mr. Ingels was rated as one of the 100 most creative people in business by New York-based Fast Company magazine. He has recently launched his New York career at his new office in Chelsea. |
| Roland Lewis, President and CEO, Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance
A lifetime New Yorker, Roland Lewis has worked in the field of community development since 1984. In the spring of 2007, Roland took the helm of the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to making the New York and New Jersey harbor and waterways accessible, healthy, and vibrant. Under his leadership, the MWA has organized a growing consistency for a better waterfront, instituted new programs to provide water access, and become the leading waterfront policy organization in the New York region. |
| Victoria Marshall, Director of Urban Design, Parsons the New School for Design
Victoria Marshall is the director of the BS Urban Design Program and a practicing landscape architect. She is the founder of TILL, a Newark based landscape architecture and urban design office which offers design services that transform contemporary landscapes. Her scholarly focus linking design, drawing, and science is part of the Baltimore Ecosystem Study Urban Design Working Group, a Long Term Ecological Research project sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Ms. Marshall was also the winner of the East River Competition organized by the Van Alen Institute in 1998. |
| Roberta Weisbrod, Ph.D., Principal, Sustainable Ports Dr. Roberta Weisbrod of Sustainable Ports works on maritime transportation and waterfront development. As chair of the Transportation Research Board’s Ferry Committee, she plays a vital role in setting a national research agenda. She chairs the Working Harbor Committee which informs the public about the working harbor’s value. For the international ferry association, Interferry, Dr. Weisbrod coordinates the project for ferry safety in developing nations. She has worked with the NYS environmental department on protecting downstate waterways and with the NYC economic development corporation on developing ports and marine transportation. |
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| Adrian Benepe, Commissioner, NYC Department of Parks & Recreation
Adrian Benepe has worked for nearly 30 years protecting and enhancing New York City's natural and historic beauty. He has continued this effort as Commissioner of the Department of Parks & Recreation, appointed by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on January 25, 2002. In this role he has focused on improving park facilities and programs for children, developing new waterfront parks and greenways, and making New York City bloom with millions of new flowers and hundred of gardens. |
| JURY CHAIR Amanda Burden, FAICP, Chair, New York City Planning Commission Amanda Burden, FAICP, is Chair of the New York City Planning Commission and Director of the Department of City Planning. Since her appointment by Mayor Bloomberg in 2002, she has spearheaded the largest planning effort in the city since 1961, setting the stage for sustainable development, reclaiming New York’s waterfront, designing new parkland and public spaces such as the High Line, and promoting great architecture and urban design in all five boroughs. |
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| James Corner, Principal, James Corner Field Operations
James Corner is a registered landscape architect and urban designer, and founder and director of James Corner Field Operations, where he oversees the production of all design projects in the office. He is also chair and professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, School of Design. His work has been recognized with the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award, the NYC Arts Commission Award for Excellence in Design; the American Academy of Arts and Letters Architecture Award; and other prestigious awards. He serves on the Board of the Forum for Urban Design. |
| Helena Durst, Vice President, The Durst Organization Inc.
Helena Durst is a vice president and fourth-generation family member of The Durst Organization. She joined the leasing department after studying real estate at Baruch College. At The Durst Organization, Ms. Durst instituted a comprehensive greening of the company’s building management operations, improving landfill diversion rates, green cleaning practices, and resource conservation. She has participated in the construction and management of several projects from the ground up, including The Epic, The Helena, and One Bryant Park. |
| Each year a jury of leaders, academics, practitioners, and thinkers from a wide spectrum of human endeavor are invited to select the winner of the ONE PRIZE Award. It is an honor and privilege to have them on board and we are very thankful for their involvement and contribution.
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| David Gouverneur, Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture, UPenn
David Gouverneur is an Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at University of Pennsylvania. He was Chair of the School of Architecture at Universidad Simón Bolívar and Director of Urban Development of Venezuela, as well as professor and cofounder of the Urban Design program and Director of the Mayor’s Institute in Urban Design at Universidad Metropolitana, in Caracas, Venezuela. His professional practice focuses on urban plans and projects for historic districts, rehabilitation of areas affected by extraordinary natural events, new centralities and mixed use districts, improvement of informal settlements, and tourism/recreational areas. |