The Design of Adaptation

What do current climate models suggest for the future of Western water? An assessment from 30,000 feet of western surface and groundwater resources relative to population growth; agriculatural production; power generation; eco systems; and urban development.

Climate Impacts on Western Water Supply
JT Raeger, UC Irvine

The Deindustrialization of Western Water
Design Case Studies + Panel Discussion, moderated by Stephanie Pincetl

Design Case Study: Retrofitting Silver Lake Reservoir
Rob Lamb, AIA, AICP

Living infrastructures. Soft infrastructures. Adaptive infrastructures. Insurgent infrastructures. To what extent can small-scale distributed systems capture local waters—storm, grey, recycled? With what plausible results, quantitative and qualitative? At what cost? On what time frame?

Distributed power generation is enjoying a robust exploration at a variety of scales across the West, in urban and rural settings. What are the principles that can (or cannot) be applied to distributed water? What is the role of design in shaping a distributed water future?

• Stephanie Pincetl, PhD, UCLA IofES
• Rob Lamb, AIA
• Terri Hogue, CE, UCLA IofES
• Stuart Magruder, AIA
• Shivaji Deshmukh, P.E.
• Mia Lehrer, FASLA
• Madelyn Glickfeld