Arlene WatsonPrincipal and Creative Director, Möbius Grey LLC

Jason RussellCity Planner, City of Lakewood

Before

After

Before

After

TRUST

Jason Russell, City PlannerCity of Lakewood

jmrussell2003@gmail.com

Michele CrawfordIntern Architect, Robert P. Madison International

When I grow up I want to be

an Architect!!!

MY POSITIOIN STATEMENT….

For my thesis I am exploring the creation of spatial responses that answer the call of hip-hop culture by instigating expression to empower a community and thus sparking a re-emergence of black consciousness. Architecture can influence user behaviors, I am interested in finding modes of architectural healing for defeated communities that can create a sense of space unique to an urban environment plagues by struggle, inequality and poverty. Proposing a new architectural approach, not based on past/current styles, but that actively accesses current problems and suggest new solutions.

“I can feel the city breathin’ chest heavin’

against the flesh of the evening… “

Respiration

-Black Star

“To build is to help decide how man (or

woman) is to dwell on the earth or indeed

whether he (or she) is to dwell on it at all,

rather than drift aimlessly across it.”

Karsten Harries

Fear Not of Man- Mos Def

“… people get better when they determine that they are valuable…”

Jay Shells

The community identity is not as unique and diverse as the community it was meant to serve. Therefore it doesn’t serve.

“…and I still got love for the streets.”

-Dr. Dre

I want to be an Architect…

NOW!!!

Dear NCARB, can I skip IDP… and ARE?

THANK YOU!

Diane Davis-SikoraAssociate Professor, KSU CAED

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