Monument Redefined: Expanding the Conversation for Social Justice (1.5 LU/HSW)
Date: Friday, December 10, 2020
Time: 1-2:15pm EST
LU/HSW: 1.5
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Course Description:
Across America and overseas, reactions to traditional monuments are changing the way we think about their message as well as their place in the public spaces in our communities. This session seeks to contextualize the role of monuments in our current societal condition and presents four architect-envisioned monuments that highlight the underrepresented histories of African American citizens.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn how architects collaborate with artists, sculptors, craftsmen, cultural groups, and communities to design and execute monumental constructions.
- Learn how universal design creatively deployed allows for better inclusiveness in public spaces.
- Explore how the built environment can produce variant ways of communicating ideas that promote and advance social justice.
- Learn how memorials engage communities through dialogue and remembrance while raising local consciousness of cultural awareness.
Moderator: William Bates, FAIA, NOMA
Panelists:
- Meejin Yoon, AIA, Howler + Yoon Architecture LLP
- Dayton Schroeter, AIA, SmithGroup
- Michael Arad, AIA, Handel Architects LLP
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Susan Parrish
Director, Knowledge Communities
The American Institute of Architects
Washington DC
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