How do architects identify ways of informing projects with cultural input in ways that are relevant and meaningful? This event will investigate topics of diversity in design, equity in design, African-American architecture, African architecture, and connecting concepts (such as Wakanda or Afro-Futurism) as part of the larger realm of practice.
Organized by:
AIANY Diversity and Inclusion Committee and nycobaNOMA
Speakers
Mario Gooden, Principal, Huff + Gooden Architects; Associate Professor of Practice, Columbia GSAPP
Ade Obayemi, Founder and Principal, AO + Associates
Renee Kemp-Rotan, Assoc. AIA, Director of Grants and Special Projects, Office of the Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama
Introduction:
Danei Cesario, AIA, NCARB, NOMA
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