CARRRE - Collective Action for Readiness, Recovery, and Resilience.
CARRRE is a collective of U.S.-based architects and academics with deep ties to Turkey who gathered together to amplify awareness among a global audience regarding the catastrophic repercussions of the February 6, 2023 Kahramanmaras earthquakes and to advance knowledge around innovative rebuilding efforts. CARRRE combines the resources of architects, planners, engineers, and academics to collaborate globally with similarly situated professionals, businesses, NGOs, builders, and municipalities in affected regions in assisting with local relief efforts, sharing professional expertise, and aiding in the development of long-term rebuilding strategies.
In partnership with the American Institute of Architects NY(AIANY) and the cultural institute Salt (Istanbul), CARRRE curated Turkey and Syria After the Earthquakes, a series of panel discussions among thirty global experts which serves to provide an international platform for learning, debate, and actionable projects. Speakers include disaster response expert Illya Azaroff, American Institution of Architects National 2025-26 President-Elect, Yasmeen Lari, RIBA 2023 Gold Medalist, Edward Ng, rammed earth expert from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Esin Pektas, Capital Projects Director at the NY/NJ Port Authority.
Through its ongoing contributions, CARRRE hopes to build awareness and give architects, planners, and engineers more agency for future projects, provide resources in ongoing efforts, and improve lives through design.
“Hatay Planning Center Report” is the fifth panel in CARRRE’s discussion series. In the aftermath of the destruction, the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality joined with the Hatay Metropolitan Muncipality to form the Hatay Planlama Merkezi (the Hatay Planning Center) to address the recovery and reconstruction processes of the province of Hatay, one of the provinces most damaged by the earthquakes. The report examines the challenges and opportunities that arise in connection with the long-term, municipal-level planning initiatives and resilient rebuilding of cities and communities, created with input from administrations, universities, national and international institutions, experts, professional organizations, non-governmental components, volunteers and most importantly, the people of Hatay. The expert panelists who will respond to the report will address post-disaster planning strategies and building techniques, engineering seismology and hazard assessment, and focus on alternative approaches developed for Turkey and other countries.
Four hybrid educational panels are being presented simultaneously at the Center for Architecture (AIANY) and at Salt Beyoglu in Istanbul. We will also be collaborating with Columbia Global Centers | Istanbul.
The hybrid panels took place on July 22, July 29, and September 30. The fourth panel will take place on October 21.
Following the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria on February 6, 2023, CARRRE (Collective Action for Readiness, Recovery, and Resilience), a group of internationally-based Turkish architects, created a platform to deliver a course of educational panels addressing rebuilding after the earthquakes.
