Illya Azaroff, FAIA

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Illya Azaroff, FAIA, founding principal +LAB architect PLLC with offices in New York and…

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  • The American Institute of Architects (AIA)

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Licenses & Certifications

  • Cal EMA SAP Safety Assessment Program Certified Trainer

    Cal EMA

    Issued
  • NDPTC Hurriplan Graphic

    NDPTC Hurriplan

    National Disaster Preparedness Training Center (NDPTC)

    Issued

  • CalEMA SAP Safety Assessment Program

    California Emergency Management Agency

    Issued Expires
    Credential ID 72218

Publications

  • 4D! Resilient Design in Four Dimensions, Climate Adaptation and Resilience Across Scales: From Buildings to Cities

    Routledge

    Climate Adaptation and Resilience Across Scales provides professionals with guidance on adapting the built environment to a changing climate. This edited volume brings together practitioners and researchers to discuss climate-related resilience from the building to the city scale. This book highlights North American cases that deal with issues such as climate projections, public health, adaptive capacity of vulnerable populations, and design interventions for floodplains, making the content…

    Climate Adaptation and Resilience Across Scales provides professionals with guidance on adapting the built environment to a changing climate. This edited volume brings together practitioners and researchers to discuss climate-related resilience from the building to the city scale. This book highlights North American cases that deal with issues such as climate projections, public health, adaptive capacity of vulnerable populations, and design interventions for floodplains, making the content applicable to many locations around the world. The contributors in this book discuss topics ranging from how built environment professionals respond to a changing climate, to how the building stock may need to adapt to climate change, to how resilience is currently being addressed in the design, construction, and operations communities. The purpose of this book is to provide a better understanding of climate change impacts, vulnerability, and resilience across scales of the built environment. Architects, urban designers, planners, landscape architects, and engineers will find this a useful resource for adapting buildings and cities to a changing climate.

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  • Rapid Research and Assessment on COVID-19 and Climate in New York City

    J Extreme Events, Vol. 7, No. 3 (2021) 2150010 (34 pages)

    In May 2020, the New York City (NYC) Mayor's Office of Climate Resiliency (MOCR) began convening bi-weekly discussions, called the Rapid Research and Assessment (RRA) Series, between City staff and external experts in science, policy, design, engineering, communications, and planning. The goal was to rapidly develop authoritative, actionable information to help integrate resiliency into the City's COVID response efforts. The situation in NYC is not uncommon. Extreme events often require…

    In May 2020, the New York City (NYC) Mayor's Office of Climate Resiliency (MOCR) began convening bi-weekly discussions, called the Rapid Research and Assessment (RRA) Series, between City staff and external experts in science, policy, design, engineering, communications, and planning. The goal was to rapidly develop authoritative, actionable information to help integrate resiliency into the City's COVID response efforts. The situation in NYC is not uncommon. Extreme events often require government officials, practitioners, and citizens to call upon multiple forms of scientific and technical assistance from rapid data collection to expert elicitation, each spanning more or less involved engagement. We compare the RRA to similar rapid assessment efforts and reflect on the nature of the RRA and similar efforts to exchange and co-produce knowledge. The RRA took up topics on social cohesion, risk communication, resilient and healthy buildings, and engagement, in many cases strengthening confidence in what was already known but also refining the existing knowledge in ways that can be helpful as the pandemic unfolds. Researchers also learned from each other ways to be supportive of the City of New York and MOCR in the future. The RRA network will continue to deepen, continue to co-produce actionable climate knowledge, and continue to value organizational sensemaking as a usable climate service, particularly in highly uncertain times. Given the complex, rare, and, in many cases, unfamiliar context of COVID-19, we argue that organizational sensemaking is a usable climate service.

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  • Disaster Assistance Handbook 3rd edition

    American Institute of Architects

    Contributing author to the Disaster assistance handbook covering best practices, lessons learned and resilient strategies. Many leading practitioners and thought leaders have contributed to this resource.

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  • Gimme Shelter

    AIAU

    On line course for shelter design at all scales in support of an upcoming book. All panelist and their work is featured in the book.

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  • What Does Recovery Look Like?

    ArchNewsNow

    ANN Feature: Azaroff reports on his recent visit to Japan to check out what recovery looks like three years after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami he finds many parallels to the post-Sandy conditions in the Northeast U.S. Do they have the answers we seek?

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  • We Are Not Alone: Illya Azaroff at TEDxNYIT

    TEDxTalks

    Meta Resilience is achieved through the human factor or knowing your neighbor. Understanding local to the Meta view of how each person can make a difference.

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  • Learning From Rebuilding: Illya Azaroff

    Architect Magazine

    Q&A with Azaroff re: how "Hurricane Sandy recovery is inciting information sharing among the New York architecture community and design teams worldwide."

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Honors & Awards

  • Global Moana Humanitarian, Disaster Preparedness & Design Strategies Award

    Stars of Oceana

    The Stars of Oceania was established in 2006 to recognize and honor those who personify the values of Aloha, Respect, Harmony, Balance, Healing and Spirituality in stewardship of the Great Moana, Humanity, and Natural Kin, via human representatives, with organisations that have contributed to the healing and welfare of our world. In many ways it touches upon the spirit of the Royal Order of the Star of Oceania created in1886 by King Kalākaua, to form a confederation of the Pacific rooted in…

    The Stars of Oceania was established in 2006 to recognize and honor those who personify the values of Aloha, Respect, Harmony, Balance, Healing and Spirituality in stewardship of the Great Moana, Humanity, and Natural Kin, via human representatives, with organisations that have contributed to the healing and welfare of our world. In many ways it touches upon the spirit of the Royal Order of the Star of Oceania created in1886 by King Kalākaua, to form a confederation of the Pacific rooted in kinship to preserve and protect a way of life and spirit during an era of empire building. The Stars of Oceania was established independently in 2006, and expanded King Kalakaua's vision to include kinship to nature and between all humanity. We recognize them for their distinguished contributions, and we
    regard them as role models because they teach others how to serve the world and overcome obstacles. They rise above overwhelming challenges - challenges that require a tenacity of spirit to heal our world from the damage of irresponsible actions that have degenerated Mother Earth and human society. They know how to weave traditional wisdom, culture and spirituality with modern science and technology. They have modeled a tenacity of spirit, and we hope that it will be embraced by you. In this way we can, together, exert strength and confidence to face the future, promote well-being, kinship and healing, stewardship with aloha, respectful service. It will be our regenerative giving (restoring, or giving back in full measure, what is taken) that can save our planet.
    This tenacity of spirit requires us to embrace a vision that demonstrates the highest value of our children and youth by planting the seeds of certainty and self-reliance. Future generations will act with conviction as you demonstrate courage. You will inspire them as you assure them they are loved. Develop their vision so they see themselves as strong, positive and enthusiastic.

  • 2022 AIA National Collaborative Achievement Award, AIA Unified Task Force City and State

    AIA National

    Award for excellence and collaboration during the CoVID crisis. AIA New York Unified Task Force City and State was an extensive effort to address the issues brought on by COVID 19 crisis.

  • 2021 AIANY Vice President Citation for public outreach

    AIA New York

    Citation for excellence in crating awareness and programming sound Managed Retreat. This 6 part series addresses policy, planning and stakeholder engagement spanning local issues to global concerns. Titled Fight or Flight, the recognition of this award highlights the importance of this emerging topic and the role architects play.

  • 2020 AIA New York, Special Citation AIA Unified Task Force COVID-19 crisis

    AIA New York

    Special Citation for creating and leading the AIA Unified Task Force New York City and State in response to the COVID-19 crisis.

  • Citizen Architect Award

    AIA National

    Named National Citizen Architect for work on responding to the CoVID crisis in New York State and contributing to national efforts.

  • Louis Bethune Fellowship Award

    AIA National

    Awarded for service to the strategic Council, the think tank body of the AIA

  • Mathew Degaudio Award

    AIA New York State

    Established in 1971 in honor of the late Matthew W. Del Gaudio, FAIA, AIA New York Chapter, who was one of the founders of the New York State Association of Architects and its third president from 1944- 1947. The purpose of the Del Gaudio Service Award is to recognize outstanding and significant service by an AIANYS member to the profession through promoting the profession of architecture. The Del Gaudio Service Award shall be conferred on an AIANYS member who has provided distinguished service…

    Established in 1971 in honor of the late Matthew W. Del Gaudio, FAIA, AIA New York Chapter, who was one of the founders of the New York State Association of Architects and its third president from 1944- 1947. The purpose of the Del Gaudio Service Award is to recognize outstanding and significant service by an AIANYS member to the profession through promoting the profession of architecture. The Del Gaudio Service Award shall be conferred on an AIANYS member who has provided distinguished service to AIANYS and demonstrated notable competence advancing the profession of architecture. The Del Gaudio Service Award winner will have also demonstrated an active interest and leadership role in AIANYS

  • AIA New York State Presidents Citation

    AIA New York State

    In Recognition for exceptional work and dedication in building Resilience in the state of New York and building knowledge capacity in the profession in post disaster assessment SAP and CEDAR training.

  • AIA National Component Excellence Award

    AIA National

    AIA New York State, AIA New Jersey and AIA New York Chapter were brought together under the leadership of Illya Azaroff, AIA and Justin Mihalk, AIA to share knowledge and advance recovery efforts in the Northeast region after Super Storm Sandy. The group exemplifies leadership and repositioning of the institute.

  • 2014 AIA National Young Architects Award

    AIA National

    Recipient of the AIA Young Architects Award for innovative practice and service to the public

  • AIA National Collaborative Achievement Award

    AIA National

    Award to the AIA New York Chapter and DfRR Committee for the leadership, coordination and production of the Post Sandy Initiative Report

  • AIA New York State Presidents Citation

    AIA New York State President

    Citation for leadership and Creation of the AIA Regional Recovery Working Group by the state of New York AIA

  • AIA Vice President Citation for Public Outreach

    AIA New York Chapter Vice President for Public Outreach

    Citation for leadership of the DfRR Design for Risk and Reconstruction Committee and creation of professional/public programs

  • UN_Competition Honorable Mention

    UN

    Honorable Mention for HIBAtat emergency relief shelter with design team Hiba Hadeed, Long Ruan and Erik Jester

  • Best of New York - Dog Days

    Time Out New York

    Dog Days by Guta Hedewig, Installation and set by Illya Azaroff

  • Merit Award for Auto.Public

    SARA Society of American Registered Architects

    Merit award in Architecture temporary installations for Auto.Public

Languages

  • English

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  • German

    Professional working proficiency

  • Italian

    Limited working proficiency

  • Russian

    Limited working proficiency

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