Presentation by Rod Henmi , FAIA and NOMA, with contributions by
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Presentation by Rod Henmi , FAIA and NOMA, with contributions by
Presentation by Rod Henmi , FAIA and NOMA, with contributions by Shelley Davis and Abel Romero ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA IDENTITY “What it all comes down to is that we are the sum of our efforts to change who we are. Identity is no museum piece sitting stockstill in a display case, but rather the endlessly astonishing synthesis of the contradictions of everyday life.” Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan writer ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA •Born in Fresno, left detention camps for St. Louis •Graduated from Washington Univ. in St. Louis The Flying Saucer, St. Louis Henmi house, St. Louis Mansion House apartments, St. Louis ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA MINORITY DEMOGRAPHICS ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA ARCHITECTS DEMOGRAPHICS ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA RACIAL DEMOGRAPHICS OF ARCHITECTS ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA RACIAL DEMOGRAPHICS OF U.S. ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA RACIAL DEMOGRAPHICS OF U.S. ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA RACIAL DEMOGRAPHICS OF U.S. ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA • 400 years of slavery and discrimination • Violence (lynchings, riots, terrorism), blatant discrimination in schools, buses, work • Notable history of racism in California towards Asian Americans and Latinos (lynchings 10x, riots, land ownership, English-only statutes, exclusion from schools) • U.S. anti-minority immigration policies • 1,000,000 Mexican Americans (including 60% U.S. citizens) deported during depression • 110,000 Japanese Americans (80,000 U.S. citizens) put into detention camps during World War II. ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA PLANTATION HOMES “Master had a skilled [slave] blacksmith and slave carpenters and workers in wood who could turn their hands to most anything…slaves made the brick for and built Master McGee’s mansion near Memphis” – Louis Hughes (slave) Destrehan plantation built in 1787 St. Charles parish, Louisiana Robin de Logny contracted with freed slave, Charles Pacquet Gippy Plantation, S.C. ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA PLANTATION HOMES MELROSE MANSION 1796 MELROSE, LA BY LOUIS METOYER (1770-1832) ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA MOSES MCKISSACK (1790-1865) • Sold into slavery to William McKissack of North Carolina • Became a master builder • Started Mckissack construction legacy GABRIEL MOSES MCKISSACK II (1840-1922) RIPPAVILLA PLANTATION, SPRINGHILL TN ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA GABRIEL MOSES MCKISSACK III (1879-1952) CALVIN LUNSFORD MCKISSACK (1890-1968) • Started a construction business in 1905 • Gabriel and Calvin became two of the first licensed black architects in TN in 1922 • 1st African American owned architecture firm in U.S. • Moses was appointed to the White House Conference on Housing Problems CARNEGIE LIBRARY AT FISK UNIVERSITY, TN 99th Pursuit Squadron Air Base, Tuskegee AL ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA • Family from Spain, born in New Orleans • Considered first Latino architect and first Latino AIA member, 1889 • Architect of many prominent late 19th/early 20th c. bldgs in New Orleans • FAIA 1889. Hotel Monteleone, New Orleans National Bank, New Orleans Hotel de Soto, New Orleans ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA ROBERT TAYLOR (1868-1942) •First African American graduate in architecture at MIT, 1892. •Acknowledged as first formally trained African American architect •Architect for Tuskegee Institute and started school BUILDINGS ON TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE CAMPUS ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA •Born in Cuba •Graduated from MIT 1897 •AIA member 1903-1938 •Active in New York, Washington, D.C. and Cuba ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA JULIAN ABELE (1881-1950) Chief designer at office of Horace Trumbauer • First African American graduate in architecture at Penn,1902 • Trumbauer sponsored his travels through Europe and supported him throughout career. Importance of patronage. Philadelphia Museum of Art Widener Memorial Library, Harvard Duke University west campus ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA Aka THOMAS ROCKWISE •First known Asian American to join the AIA (1921) •Born in Japan •Graduated from Syracuse Studio of Burton Holmes, New York City, 1920 ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA •Born in Japan •Joined the AIA (1927) •Attended UC Berkeley and MIT •Designed the tallest building in the world Starrett-Lehigh Building, New York, 1931 Associate architect w/ Cory and Cory 40 Wall Street, Bank of Manhattan, New York, 1930 Associate architect w/ H. Craig Severance ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA PAUL R. WILLIAMS (1894-1980) • Grew up in Los Angeles, attended USC •1st licensed African American Architect west of the Mississippi in 1921 •1st African American member of the AIA in 1923 •1st African American Fellow of the AIA (1957) •Completed more than 2000 Houses GUARDIAN ANGEL CATHEDRAL, LAS VEGAS, NV 1963 STRUCTURAL FRAMING IS BEING REUSED FOR A NEW RESTAURANT IN 2013. THEME BUILDING AT LOS ANGELES INTERNTL. AIRPORT 1961 ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA •Born in Los Angeles •First Chinese American graduate of USC Architectural School in 1936 •Worked for Paul Williams after World War II •Inspired by Williams’ community commitment to work with Chinese commun. Kong Chow Benevolent Assoc., Los Angeles Chinese United Methodist Church, Los Angeles ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA HILYARD ROBINSON (1899-1986) •MA in architecture from Columbia University •Professor at Howard University •Designed the Tuskegee Airfield for the Tuskegee Airmen LANGSTON TERRACE, 1935, Washington, D.C. ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA •Born in Seattle •Moved to New York in 1930’s, then to Detroit •Chief of design at Smith, Hinchman, Grylls, 1945 •Started own firm 1949 •World Trade Center tallest building in the world Lambert Airport, St. Louis “The World Trade Center is a living symbol of man’s dedication to world peace…a representation of man’s belief in humanity, his need for individual dignity, his beliefs in the cooperation of men, and through cooperation, his ability to find greatness…” Minoru Yamasaki, 1973 Dharan International Airport, Saudia Arabia ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA BEVERLY LORAINE GREENE (1915-1957) • Probably the first African American Woman Architect December 28, 1942, • Bachelor of Science degree in architectural engineering from the University of Illinois in 1936. • Master's of Science degree in city planning and housing 1937. • Master of Architecture Degree from Columbia University 1945 • Worked with renowned architects Edward Durrell Stone and Marcel Breuer UNESCO United Nations, Paris 1958 w/ Marcel Breuer’s Firm ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA •Born in China •Moved to U.S. 1935, went to Penn, graduated from MIT •Director of architecture at Webb & Knapp, real estate developers, 1948 •1st Chinese American AIA member 1944 •Became citizen 1954; Founded I.M. Pei and Partners in 1955 •Pritzker prize, 1983, 1st and only Asian American recipient Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong National Gallery of Art, East Wing, Washington, D.C. ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA •Avoided internment by attending Washington Univ. in St. Louis, 1942 •Worked with Yamasaki •Founded HOK in 1955 with two partners. Largest US-based architectural/engineering firm in world, 1600 staff in 24 offices. King Khaled Intl Airport, Saudi Arabia Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles Priory Chapel, St. Louis ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA “I felt with Gyo that here was a man who’d listen. Some of the architects whom we had interviewed we found that they were more interested in our listening to them. But with Gyo I felt that he was interested in listening to us. That made a very big difference indeed.” Abbott Luke Rigby, Priory Chapel “The difference in our meeting with Gyo was first, that he listened. And he was really the first person who sat there and listened to what we wanted. And then he asked the right questions, which was more about what we wanted the building to feel like and what we wanted the atmosphere to be like and what we wanted people to feel like when they walked out of the building.” Bill Wrigley, Chairman, Wrigley Company ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA “By 1966, the African American architect emerged from the spare bedroom, converted garage or corner of his living room. Many of these architects had spent years working for large firms as draftspersons, drawing details but never allowed to meet with clients. The African-American architect was an invisible person with no friends in high places.” – Harry Overstreet, AIA, NOMA “It was the 60’s, a very heady time in terms of African American empowerment. There was slowly starting to be interest, maybe curiosity to have people of color involved in the profession. We benefited from that. Then affirmative action came along and that was very important. But affirmative action only addressed the 10% of construction that is public and usually only 10% of that 10%. So we were often dealing with 1% of the total pie.” -- David Lee, FAIA, NOMA ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA J. MAX BOND, FAIA, NOMA (1935-2009 ) DAVIS BRODY BOND, New York BOLGATANGA REGIONAL LIBRARY, Ghana • Graduated from Harvard despite racism (cross burning) • Worked in France, Ghana, New York • Head of Architects Renewal Committee of Harlem, 1970 • Chair of architecture at Columbia, 1980 – 1984 • Dean of City College Arch., 1985- 1992 MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. CENTER, Atlanta, GA ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA J. MAX BOND, FAIA, NOMA (1935-2009 ) DUICEF BUILDING, DILLARD UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS, LA ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA DONALD STULL (1937 - ) DAVID LEE (c. 1945 - ) Stull and Lee, Boston RENAISSANCE PARK GARAGE Northeastern University Cincinnati planning study DONALD STULL • Graduated from Ohio State and Harvard • Founded Stull Associates 1966 DAVID LEE • Graduated from U of I and Harvard •Joined Donald Stull in 1969 • Became Stull and Lee 1980 JOHN O’BRYANT AFRICAN AMERICAN INSTITUTE, Northeastern University BOSTON POLICE HEADQUARTERS ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA • Successfully sued Clemson to be first African American student in 1963 • First black mayor of Charlotte • Nearly elected to U.S. Senate UNC Charlotte Center City Building FAST Multimodal Center, Fayetteville Joe & Joan Martin Center, Charlotte ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA •Born in Seoul, Korea •Worked with Jose Luis Sert •1st architect to win Ho-am prize, Korea’s Nobel prize 10 Akron St., Harvard Intl Village, Northeast Univ., Boston ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA Logan Center for the Arts, Univ. of Illinois-Chicago • Undergraduate degree in art, March from UCLA • Born in Ithaca, New York • Chinese American Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA QuickTime™ and a decompressor are needed to see this picture. CURT MOODY (c.1950 - ) Moody Nolan, Inc. Columbus, OH • 170 employees and 6 offices. Largest African American owned firm • Projects exceed several billion dollars in construction over the last 38 years. • Won more than 145 design citations, including 23 from AIA and 26 from NOMA, more awards than any other minority architectural firm in the United States. • Awarded the AIA Gold Medal Firm of the Year Award in 2006. ITHACA UNIVERSITY ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA MOODY NOLAN, INC. CURTIS J. MOODY, FAIA, NOMA CINCINNATI CHILDR EN’S HOSPITAL ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA •President of Langdon Wilson •Joined Langdon Wilson in 1977 •Interiors and planning •East Indian American New Aqaba Military Hospital Cedar Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA PHIL FREELON (1952 - ) The Freelon Group Charlotte, NC • Native of Philadelphia • Graduated from NCSU and MIT • Loeb fellow DURHAM STATION TRANSPORTATION CENTER Durham, North Carolina DURHAM STATION TRANSPORTATION CENTER Durham, North Carolina MUSEUM OF AFRICAN DIASPORA, San Francisco, CA ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA PHIL FREELON The Freelon Group Charlotte, NC CENTER FOR CIVIL & HUMAN RIGHTS, ATLANTA ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA FREELON ADJAYE BOND SMITH GROUP NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE, Washington, D.C. ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA • Born in Peru • Graduated from Ricardo Palma Univ. in Peru • Moved to U.S. in 1983 w/o English speaking skills • Joined Neighboring Concepts as principal in 2003 Revolution Sports Academy, Charlotte Johnson C. Smith Univ. Bookstore, Charlotte ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA Tochiki urges striving individuals in the architecture field about the need to inspire one another “not only as architects, but as true contributors and shapers of the new U.S.A.” “Young Latino architects should see themselves as agents of change capable and responsible for healthier communities.” ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA •Two of three partners at wHY Architecture, Los Angeles and New York •Yo born in Sendai, Japan, educated at UCLA •Kulapat born in Bangkok, Thailand Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA •Won VVM design competition as a graduate student, 1981 •Born in Athens, Ohio •Chinese American “If we can’t face death, then we’ll never overcome it. So as opposed to pretending it never happened, you have to look it straight in the eye. Then you can turn around and walk back out into the light.” Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial, Washington, D.C. ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA Federal Courthouse, Miami Riggio-Lynch Chapel, Haley Farm, TN Langston Hughes Library, Haley Farm, TN ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA MICHAEL MARSHALL (c. 1960 - ) PAOLA MOYA (1980 - ) Marshall Moya Design, Washington, D.C. MARSHALL: • Masters degree from Yale • Recipient of Graham Foundation grant • Founded firm in 1989 Howard Theater renovation, Washington, DC MOYA: •Born in Columbia, moved to U.S. at 18 • Thesis project won NOMA visionary design award • Principal in 2009 ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA MICHAEL MARSHALL (c. 1960 - ) PAOLA MOYA (1980 - ) Marshall Moya Design, Washington, D.C. CHUCK BROWN MUSIC PAVILLION, ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA • CEO of Munoz & Company, largest minority-owned archl firm in Texas • Not an architect • Son of labor organizer, as child marched with Cesar Chavez Ed Couch Else Fine Arts Center, Ed Couch, Texas Science Learning Center, University of Texas, Dallas ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA Mestizo Regionalism Mission Branch Library, San Antonio ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA "there is a time for activism, no question about it," he states. "There is a time for protest and a time for diplomacy, and there's a time for access. It's really important for the Latino community of the United States to have the ability to do it all." “…a very good salesperson.” New Chairperson of DNC fundraising committee ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA • Masters in Design studies from Harvard • Rome prize winner Studies of the border between San Diego and Tijuana ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA • Born in Cuba, raised in Miami •Worked for Richard Meier • Founded firm in 1997 Alchemist Sky, Miami Indian Creek house, Miami ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA • Born in Cuba, family fled with rise of Castro • Raised in Puerto Rico, lived in Israel • 1st Latino president of Philadelphia AIA • Founded PZS Architects in 1992 Trujillo Educational Center Charter School, Philadelphia ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA MARIO GOODEN (c. 1965 - ) Huff + Gooden, Charleston New York, NYfrom Clemson and Columbia University • Graduated • Worked with Zaha Hadid and Steven Holl • Professor at Yale SULLIVAN ISLAND RESIDENCE, South Carolina ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA •Principal at Min Day •Adjunct Professor at CCA NYU Classrooms and offices, New York Claremont Univ. Consortium, Claremont, CA ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA Lake Okoboji house, Iowa Reflecting Wall, Lincoln L Residence, Omaha Pocket Gems, San Francisco ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA • Native Tucsonans, founded firm in 1999 • Barch degrees from Univ. of Arizona • Mexican Americans Garcia House, Tucson Downing house, Tucson ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA • Born in Chile • Graduated from UC Berkeley and SciArch • Worked for Matias Klotz • Sells prefabricated home kit called LV series • Prices start at $39,500 Examples of LV homes ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA RACIAL DEMOGRAPHICS OF ARCHITECTS ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA COLLEGE DEMOGRAPHICS ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA IDENTITY “What it all comes down to is that we are the sum of our efforts to change who we are. Identity is no museum piece sitting stockstill in a display case, but rather the endlessly astonishing synthesis of the contradictions of everyday life.” Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan writer ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA “Growing up, I thought I was white. It didn’t occur to me that I wasn’t white. Growing up, I think I was very naïve about fitting in…I studied like crazy. I was a Class A nerd.” “I never once asked the veterans ‘what was it like in the war?’ Because from my point of view, you stay reserved. You don’t pry into other people’s business…It’s very hard for me to ask people, unless they offer it.” ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA “I’m a walking identity crisis,” Zacharjasz says, laughing. “Jews are always surprised to know I’m Latino and Latinos are always surprised to know I’m Jewish.” He takes pride in both his cultural heritages and uses the best of each to educate and illuminate. “I always wanted to help out the Latino community. I think it’s important to be a (Jewish) community leader, but it’s also a great way for people to understand what the Jewish community is all about. I’m constantly going back and forth. It’s great. I’m sort of a conduit.” ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA "Both of my parents are from Afghanistan. The minute I came into my house, I was living in a different set of rules, a different context. And the minute I left my house, I was living in the real world. Having to consider both cultures at the same time, all the time. For instance, we couldn’t socialize with a lot of Americans. My parents were really into keeping our heritage alive, our culture alive. There are more differences than similarities, in my parents' minds. “ ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA “My children are far more accommodating than I am. I remembered when Emmitt Till was killed. I marched in Selma with Dr. King. I was there when a lot of stuff was happening and there are things that happened that I won’t forget. I’ll try and work around them but I won’t forget. I don’t accept the fact that this stuff is gone. We still have to work harder to get less but I’m willing to do that.” -- David Lee, FAIA, NOMA ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA • TALENT • HARD WORK • PERSISTENCE • MENTORS/SUPPORTERS • INSPIRATION • LUCK ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA ROD HENMI, FAIA & NOMA