CIVIQ: Hip-Hop Architecture

1250 East 13th Street,Chattanooga TN 37408

19 May, 2022

Description

An urban design lecture by Sekou Cooke on the theory and application of the core tenets of Hip-Hop Architecture Join us for the next edition of CIVIQ, A Speaker Series Honoring Rob Taylor, hosted by the Chattanooga Design Studio. When: Thursday, May 19th, 5:00 - 7:00 pm Where: Stove Works, 1250 East 13th St, Chattanooga TN 37408 Speaker: Sekou Cooke - Principal, sekou cooke STUDIO and Director of MS of Urban Design, UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC Sekou Cooke is an architect, urban designer, researcher, and curator. Born in Jamaica and based in Charlotte, North Carolina, he is the Director of the Master of Urban Design program at UNC Charlotte, the 2021/2022 Nasir Jones HipHop Fellow at the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University, and a founding member of the Black Reconstruction Collective. Cooke is a leading advocate for the study and practice of Hip-Hop Architecture, which addresses the broad impacts of the racist history of architecture and urban planning, opening a pathway for practice, education, and scholarship that embraces architecture as a tool for shaping, reflecting, and understanding culture. In this lecture, Cooke will share his research and applications of Hip-Hop Architecture, reflecting the core tenets of hip-hop culture with the power to create meaningful impact on the built environment and give voice to the marginalized and underrepresented within design practice. Doors at 5 pm, lecture at 6 pm. Light refreshments will be provided.