For Germane Barnes, founder of Studio Barnes and Associate Professor at the University of Miami, architecture and identity are closely connected, with the built enviroment influencing community agency. Join him for this lecture exploring the themes of community-oriented design, the expansion of architectural representation, and alternative design authorship.

Germane Barnes’ research and design practice investigates the connection between architecture and identity, mining architecture’s social and political agency to explore how the built environment influences black domesticity. The founder of Studio Barnes, he is currently an Associate Professor and the Director of the Community Housing Identity Lab (CHIL) at the University of Miami School Of Architecture. In 2021, Barnes was awarded the Harvard GSD Wheelwright Prize, and his design and research contributions have been published and exhibited in The Museum of Modern Art, The New York Times, DesignMIAMI / Art Basel, and the National Museum of African American History.

This event is part of the Daniels Faculty's Winter 2024 Public Program. All of the events in this program are free and open to the public. Events will be livestreamed and available to view on the Daniels Faculty’s YouTube channel.