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“To whom much is given, much is expected…”
Enriching the Ground We Walk On:NOMA:SciArc:WLCAC:Community Gardens of South Los Angeles:Local Youth from the Watts Community:
NOMA Mission Statement
“NOMA’s mission is to champion diversity within the design professions by promoting the excellence, community engagement and
professional development of its membership”
NOMA 2009 Strategic Partnerships – Connecting the Dots
Project Pipeline
College Cultural Evolution
NOMA in New Orleans
Strategic Partnerships – Connecting the Dots
Project Pipeline
AIA (National + Components)
American Architectural Foundation
Architecture for Humanity
Local School Districts: NOMA Summer Architecture Camp
National Endowment for the Arts
Purpose: to cultivate the next generation of architects-of-color by interventions in middle schools & high schools.
Strategic Partnerships – Connecting the Dots
College Cultural Evolution
NAAB
AIAS
NOMAS
University Faculty & AdministrationsSyracuse UniversityM.I.T.Harvard GSDCarnegie Mellon UniversityUniversity of PennsylvaniaUniversity of CincinnatiTulane University
Purpose: to help architecture schools create an environment that respects, nurtures and values students with diverse cultural backgrounds.
Strategic Partnerships – Connecting the Dots
NOMA in New Orleans
AIA (National + Components)
American Architectural Foundation
Architecture for Humanity
The BASIC Initiative
Neighborhood Housing Services of N.O.
The 1% Solution
Purpose: to serve as a “familiar face” in delivering resources to residents in need of rebuilding after Katrina and Rita.
Keys to BuildingStrategic Partnerships
Get to Know Your Partner First
Establish why Partnership Makes Sense (ie: the whole is greater than the sum of its parts…)
Mutual Understanding and Acknowledge-ment of each Partners’ Value
Partners Show Each Other Respect
Focus on Principle, Not Position
Who Will Tell THE STORY?The Black Architects’ Epic Journey Toward Equal Opportunity
Discovering THE STORYMy awareness of the black architects’ struggle to attain equal opportunity began early, as I witnessed my own father’s unyielding drive to practice successfully on his own terms:
• Attended NY Tech from 1948 – 50
• Fought in Korean War from 1951 – 53
• Attended Howard University School of Architecture, Graduation 1959
• Employed in various majority-owned firms from 1959 – 1972
• Began “moonlighting” side jobs
• Founded LST (Lewis/Strawder/Turner) Design Collaborative in 1972
• Established the Lewis-Turner Partnership in 1975
• Began Roger C. Lewis & Associates in 1982Roger C. Lewis, Architect
Sharing THE {collective} STORY
Why my story is like your story?
At a basic level, we all have experienced the pain associated with being denied respect and recognition, or seeing our deeds and accomplishments misrepresented.
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Appending THE STORYWe have entered a period in America in which DIVERSITY will redefine our capacity and capability for greatness. Our discourse and debate, and consequently, our architecture will be richer as a result of a multiplicity of thoughts, ideas and points of reference – all given equal value and respect.
Why DIVERSITY, INCLUSIVENESS & REPRESENTATION are so important to how the story is told?
Justice and Fairness: credit should be given where credit is due… individuals, families and communities need affirmation of cultural identity in order to command respect, build value and contribute equally to a vision for the future.
A diversity of Ideas about design, practice, service and leadership will make the profession richer and stronger. By expanding the concept of how cultural identity can be expressed through architecture and design, we will enhance our relevance to greater society.
Appending THE STORY
The contributions of blacks to design, architecture, building technology and construction is immeasurable, not simply due to the incalculable volume of work done, or the feat of overcoming massive obstacles to success presented by society and the profession, but sadly also due to the obscurity that has, until very recently, cloaked the achievements of blacks in architecture, rendering them largely invisible.
THE STORY
Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915) was an American educator, orator, author and leader of the African-American community. He was freed from slavery as a child, gained an education, and as a young man was appointed to lead Tuskegee Institute, then a teachers' college for blacks. From this position, he rose into a nationally prominent role as spokesman and leader for African Americans. He was successful in building relationships with major philanthropists to contribute to education at Tuskegee and for public schools for black children in the South, as well as to donate to legal challenges to segregation and disfranchisement. From 1895-1915 he was the most powerful African-American man in the nation
Looking Back:
Tuskegee Institute
“The buildings were constructed by students, many of whom earned all or part of their expenses. The school was a living example of Washington's dedication to the pursuit of self-reliance. In addition to training teachers, one of his great concerns was to teach the practical skills needed to succeed at farming or other trades. Washington had his students do not only agricultural and domestic work, but also erect buildings. This was done in order to teach his students to see labor not only as practical, but also as beautiful and dignified.”
Tuskegee Institute
Robert R. Taylor was born on June 8, 1868 in Wilmington, North Carolina. In 1888 he attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. While enrolled at MIT, Taylor was approached by Booker T. Washington, who proposed that Taylor sign-on to develop the industrial program at Tuskegee, with oversight of the planning and construction of new buildings for the campus.
Taylor’s first building on the Tuskegee campus was the Science Hall (Thrasher Hall) completed in 1893. The new Science Hall was constructed entirely by students, using bricks made also by students under Taylor's supervision. A number of other buildings followed including the original Tuskegee Chapel, erected between 1895 and 1898. After the Chapel came The Oaks, built in 1899, home of the Tuskegee University president. To develop a sound curriculum at Tuskegee, both Washington and Taylor looked to MIT as a model. Taylor's own admiration for MIT as a model for Tuskegee's development was conveyed in a speech that he delivered at MIT in 1911.
Tuskegee Institute
THE STORY Continues…
Today’s architecture students are leading a “movement” to redefine the profession’s value system to insure greater social relevance, equity and service. Their willingness to take action beyond rhetoric bodes well for the future
The academy is facilitating discussions on race & architecture at an increasing rate.
THE THINGS WE ASPIRE TO:
Diversity
Excellence
Visibility
Service
Value
We Are THE STORY
We Are THE STORY
We Are THE STORY
We Are THE STORY
HAMILTON ANDERSON ASSOCIATES
DETROIT SCHOOL OF ARTS
RAINY HAMILTON, JR., AIA, NOMA
MGM GRAND, DETROIT
SOUTHWEST PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICE CENTER, DETROIT
WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY RESIDENCE HALL
DETROIT INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE GATEWAY
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY OFFICE BUILDING
ITHACA COLLEGE LIBRARY
MOODY NOLAN, INC.CURTIS J. MOODY, FAIA, NOMA
OHIO DOMINCAN UNIVERSITY
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
R+LSHAWN RICKENBACKER
VIRGINIA KEY BEACH COMPETITIONINNER CITY CHARTER SCHOOL
NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENCE
THE FREELON GROUPPHIL FREELON, FAIA, NOMA
FREELON GROUP OFFICES R & D FACILITYRALIEGH DURHAM AIRPORT PARKING STRUCTURE
HARVEY GANTT AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER, CHARLOTTE
MUSEUM OF THE AFRICANDIASPORA, SAN FRANCISCO
A2s04SANFORD GARNER, AIA, NOMA
A2s04 OFFICES
ABU DABI OFFICE COMPLEX (w/Arquitectonica)
RAW INTERNATIONALROLAND WILEY, AIA, NOMA + STEVEN LOTT, NOMA
MOTOWN RECORDS LITTLE AVIATORS CHILD CARE CENTER HOTEL LOBBY, SHANGHI
COMPTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE RESEARCH LIBRARY
JACK TRAVIS FAIA ARCHITECT
AC/DCAfri-Culture/Design Culture
JACK TRAVIS, FAIA NOMAC
JACK TRAVIS FAIA ARCHITECT 416 E. 176TH STREET FLOOR 2 BRONX, NEW YORK 10457 WWW.jacktravis.com [email protected]
BAM ARCHITECTSBURT PINNOCK, AIA, NOMA
DEVROUAX & PURNELLPAUL DEVROUAX, FAIA, NOMA
MARSHALL PURNELL, FAIA, NOMA
PERKINS & WILLALLISON WILLIAMS, FAIA, NOMA
STATE OF CALIFORNIA OFFICE BUILDING SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
PITTSBURGH AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER
CP+D WORKSHOPMAURICE COX
DAVIS BRODY BONDJ. MAX BOND, FAIA, NOMA
UNIVERSITY CLUB, NYU
DUICEF BUILDING, DILLARD UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS, LA
CHILDREN’S ZONE, HARLEM, NY
HUFF + GOODENRAY HUFF, AIA, NOMA + MARIO GOODEN, NOMA
FED EX FORUMMEMPHIS INT’L AIRPORTPARKING EXPANSION
MEMPHIS VISITORS CENTER
MEMPHIS AIRPORT ROTUNDA
STAX MUSEUM AND ACADEMY
ST. ANDREW AME CHURCH
BOLTONHIGH SCHOOL
NCRMEXPANSION
SELF TUCKER ARCHITECTSJuan Self, AIA + Jimmie Tucker, NOMA/AIA
STULL & LEEDON STULL, FAIA, NOMA + DAVID LEE, FAIA, NOMA
STANLEY LOVE-STANLEYWILLIAM J. STANLEY, III, NOMAC, FAIA + IVENUE LOVE-STANLEY, FAIA
HTD STUDIOHOWARD DUFFY
MICHAEL MARSHALL ARCHITECTUREMICHAEL MARSHALL, AIA, NOMA
CAPLES & JEFFERSONSARA CAPLES, NOMA, AIA + EVERARDO JEFFERSON, NOMA. AIA
SHEPLEY BULFINCHRALPH JACKSON, FAIA, NOMA
CORNELL UNIVERSITY AFRICANA STUDIES AND RESEARCH BUILDING
221 Female1437 Male1658 Total Licensed Black Architects* Data as of June 2009
Who Will Tell the Story?
Who Will Tell the Story?Bibliography:
African-American Architects in Current Practice, by Jack Travis
The Crisis of the African-American Architect: Conflicting Cultures of Architecture and (Black) Power, by Melvin L. Mitchell
Structural Inequality: Black Architects in the United States, by Victoria Kaplan
The Aesthetics of Equity: Notes on Race, Space, Architecture, and Music, by Craig L. Wilkins
Black Diaspora Architects in the 21st Century - 8/26/2008 11:29:15 AM – a Lecture presented by Carolyn Armenta Davis
The impact of African American architects on the cityscape of the nation's capital, by Charles I Cassell
The professional status of African American architects, by Bradford C. Grant
African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865-1945, by Dreck Spurlock Wilson
