Get Lectured: UNC Charlotte, Fall '23/Spring '24

2023-09-26T14:53:00-04:00

The David R. Ravin School of Architecture at UNC Charlotte has shared its 2023/24 on-campus events programming as part of our Get Lectured series. The event cycle is one element of the school’s full-year "New South | Global South" initiative, which includes new course offerings and research projects in addition to the slate of programming that is being curated by Associate Professors Nadia Anderson, lecturer Julio Diarte, and research fellow Elena Vazquez as organized by Associate Professor Marc Manack.

Design by Point of Reference Studio/Courtesy of UNC Charlotte School of Architecture.

The school shares: “The New South meets Global South lecture series will highlight research and design practices that address the colonial injustices of the New South and the Global South and celebrate their marginalized peoples and practices. The featured presenters are working to overcome social injustice by investigating topics such as territory, housing, immigration, race, social inequity, and c...

UNC Charlotte School of Architecture names Sekou Cooke as new director of the Master of Urban Design program

2021-03-24T14:04:00-04:00

UNC Charlotte's School of Architecture welcomes Sekou Cooke to its faculty as the Director of the Master of Urban Design (MUD) program. Cooke is an acclaimed architect, educator, curator, and researcher whose work exemplifies a career in shaping design practice with social justice, sustainability, and public service through architecture and urban planning.

Before his transition as the new Director, Cooke is an assistant professor in the School of Architecture at Syracuse University. The Jamaican-born architect received his Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University and a Master of Architecture from Harvard University. His practice Sekou Cooke Studio "brings thoughtful processes and rigorous experimentation to a vast array of project types from public, non-profit, and residential works" in addition to "speculative developments locally and internationally."

As an educator and researcher, his latest work focuses on the fields of Hip-Hop Architecture. In 2018 Archinect spoke wi...

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Get Lectured: UNC Charlotte, Fall '23/Spring '24

UNC Charlotte School of Architecture names Sekou Cooke as new director of the Master of Urban Design program