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Architectures of Emergency

2024

Abstract

This research examines the spatial implications of emergency management in New York City, where crises—climatic, social, and political—continuously reshape the urban fabric. Arriving in June 2024 amid a heatwave, pollution warnings, and protests, this study explores how emergency protocols shape architectural design and social infrastructures. Conducted at The New School’s Urban Space Lab, the research engages with governmental agencies, activists, and community groups through site visits, interviews, and visual documentation, culminating in actions that critically question emergency-driven spatial transformations.

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2024

Abstract

Official source

https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/e50f0bc3-e362-4569-8ecc-184f2c7886bf

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Emergency management

Emergency management or disaster management is the managerial function charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters. Emergency management, despite its name, does not actually focus on the management of emergencies, which can be understood as minor events with limited impacts and are managed through the day-to-day functions of a community. Instead, emergency management focuses on the management of disasters, which are events that produce more impacts than a community can handle on its own.

Emergency

An emergency is an urgent, unexpected, and usually dangerous situation that poses an immediate risk to health, life, property, or environment and requires immediate action. Most emergencies require urgent intervention to prevent a worsening of the situation, although in some situations, mitigation may not be possible and agencies may only be able to offer palliative care for the aftermath. While some emergencies are self-evident (such as a natural disaster that threatens many lives), many smaller incidents require that an observer (or affected party) decide whether it qualifies as an emergency.

Emergency service

Emergency services and rescue services are organizations that ensure public safety, security, and health by addressing and resolving different emergencies. Some of these agencies exist solely for addressing certain types of emergencies, while others deal with ad hoc emergencies as part of their normal responsibilities. Many of these agencies engage in community awareness and prevention programs to help the public avoid, detect, and report emergencies effectively.

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