Professor
Undergraduate Architecture
Deborah Gans (Fellow of the American Institute of Architects) has worked alongside Pratt Center of Community Development and students helping communities forge resilient visions - and sometimes even build them - for over twenty years, beginning in Post-Katrina New Orleans in 2005 and then in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn after Super Storm Sandy. Her work in Sheepshead ultimately produced the resilient reconstruction of a bungalow community of several blocks which she implemented in coordination with multiple city agencies. In both cases, she collaborated with Vicki Weiner in documenting the rich legacy of place. This work has been great preparation for the challenges of The Jewel Streets, which are also vulnerable to water–but this time to inland flooding. When not trying to control water, Deborah loves to swim, especially in New York City’s public pools. She is a Professor in the School of Architecture, and board member of PLACES journal, BOMB magazine, The Institute for Public Architecture and the Citizen’s Housing and Planning Council, as part of her commitment to engage in public conversation around our civic life.
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