"Designing at the Edge: Urban Waterfronts and Climate Resilience

Alix Pauchet ’15 is a resilience designer working at the intersection of architecture, landscape architecture, engineering, ecology, and mapping to address climate change along urban waterfronts. She returns to Middlebury as part of the Cameron Visiting Architect Program.
The talk will examine resilient design through waterfront projects shaped by flooding, sea level rise, and complex environmental and regulatory conditions. Working across scales—from public space and coastal infrastructure to planning and policy frameworks—the projects frame waterfronts as critical edges where climate risk meets everyday life, and highlight the evolving role of designers in shaping resilient, publicly engaged cities.”