Time: 11:00 AM ET
Session 4
In a society that actively accepts rapid climate change, a widening wealth gap, the rate of change as we know it is no longer an acceptable speed. As designers, we must seek ways in which to subvert and revolutionize architecture from within in order to realize the kind of change we seek.
A symposium that will explore how current architects and designers are subverting out-dated modes of practice and catalyzing paradigm shifts within the field of architecture.
In partnership with Global Studio and SAPL, AEDE is pleased to announce our panelists for this symposium:
Maya Bird-Murphy is a designer, educator, and the founder and Executive Director of Chicago Mobile Makers, an award-winning nonprofit organization bringing design-focused skill-building workshops to underrepresented communities. An architect by trade, Ms. Bird-Murphy holds an M. Arch from the Boston Architectural College.
Dr. Sechaba Maape is a Senior Lecturer at the WITS School of Architecture and Planning, and is the founder of Afreetekture, a ‘parallel design practice’. Dr. Maape established Afreetekture as an alternative experimental practice aimed at producing architecture and other designs based on the philosophical and theoretical framework derived from his 10 years of in-depth study of indigenous knowledge systems and spaces in South Africa.
Dr. Arijit Sen is an architect and vernacular architecture historian who writes, teaches and studies urban cultural landscapes. His research includes studies of South Asian immigrant landscapes in North America. Dr. Sen is currently an Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee.