The Boston Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects (BosNOMA) and the Boston Society of Architects/AIA (BSA) welcome Michael Ford Assoc. AIA—also known as The Hip Hop Architect—to Boston for a lecture exploring hip hop as a revolutionary approach to thinking about and creating architecture.
Michael speaks to the impact of three interconnected realms—education, practice and media—and their potential to raise the cultural awareness of architectural practitioners and create opportunities to increase the recruitment, retention and immediate contribution of underrepresented communities in the profession.
Michael Ford also spoke about the impact of modern urban architecture in communities at TEDx Madison in 2016, was part of a keynote panel at the A’17 Conference on Architecture in Orlando, FL, and is launching his book, Hip Hop Architecture 101, this summer. He has hosted several Architecture Camps across the country and will be hosting a 1-day workshop for kids on August 4th at the Mattapan Teen Center from 9am – 4pm.
Mike Davis FAIA, president of Bergmeyer Associates and member of the BSA Foundation Board of Trustees, will introduce this multi-media event. A reception in the BSA Space Gallery will follow.
The event is open to the public. Register here.
Details:
Thursday, August 3 | 6:00PM – 8:00PM
BSA Space
290 Congress Street
Suite 200
Boston, MA
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center recently completed a new inpatient building in the heart of Boston’s Longwood Medical Area. A rich texture and palette of materials adorn the wall along the base of the building. Polished black granite forms the watercourse and seat walls, warm gray granite is used on the large wall panels, and an alternating texture of black granite, green glazed terracotta, and weathered steel is applied to the vertical recesses between the granite wall panels.
This design accentuates key elements in the landscape and introduces an intimate human scale and craftsmanship to the pedestrian realm.
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