As architects, we must understand the role we play in perpetuating systems of oppression and commit ourselves to designing and building for equity. Join the BSA for a series of stories about life as a Black architect and a moderated discussion and town hall with Greg Minott AIA around the communities where we live, work, and play.

This meeting is the first in the BSA’s Race and Architecture series focused on listening, learning, and engaging architects and designers of color in different stages of their career. This introductory Town Hall will influence and lay the groundwork for the following sessions, which will address a series of racial issues and discuss systemic solutions that we can all incorporate into our lives and practice.

Moderator:

Gregory O. Minott AIA
Managing Principal, DREAM Collaborative LLC
2020 Vice-President/President Elect, BSA

Host:

Natasha Espada AIA
founder and Principal, STUDIO ENÉE
2020 President, BSA

Speakers:

Susan C. Blomquist AIA, LEED AP
Associate Principal, Payette

Calvin Boyd II
M.Arch I Candidate, Harvard University Graduate School of Design

Perla Durandis
Designer, ICON Architecture

M. David Lee FAIA
President and Managing Partner, Stull and Lee Incorporated, Architects

Killion Mokwete, RIBA
Architect/Urban Designer at ADAPTIV