2024-05-01T18:54:42-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150320455/the-bronx-s-universal-hip-hop-museum-gets-a-2024-opening-date Josh Niland 2022-08-15T19:35:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/af/af829c43190e7a79f3e9e591cad8c5cc.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>An opening date has been set for <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/149938824/s9-architecture" target="_blank">S9 Architecture</a>&rsquo;s Universal Hip Hop Museum (UHHM) project in the South Bronx.</p> <p>Located on the site claiming to be the birthplace of hip hop, the new $80 million museum, which is part of a larger $349 million mixed-use residential development called <a href="https://www1.nyc.gov/site/hpd/news/025-21/mayor-de-blasio-l-m-development-partners-type-projects-break-ground-bronx-point-the#/0" target="_blank">Bronx Point</a>, will open sometime in 2024. According to <em><a href="https://hyperallergic.com/752540/museum-in-the-birthplace-of-hip-hop-gets-5-5m-from-nyc/" target="_blank">Hyperallergic</a></em>, the museum is being developed by Bronx native Rocky Bucano alongside <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/310378/microsoft" target="_blank">Microsoft</a> and <a href="https://archinect.com/mitarchitecture" target="_blank">MIT</a>&nbsp;professor D. Fox Harrell to create an immersive and &ldquo;technologically advanced interactive museum experience.&rdquo;</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f2/f231b7b756560cb9e76cb4967e1aafd4.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f2/f231b7b756560cb9e76cb4967e1aafd4.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>May 2022 construction photo of the Bronx Point development. Image courtesy the Universal Hip Hop Museum via Facebook</figcaption></figure><p>Phase One of the Bronx Point development is expected to be completed by the end of next year. In total, the 22-story building will include over 1,000 residential units (around 540 of which are considered affordable), the museum (the exhibition spaces of which are designed by <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/13470813/ralph-appelbaum-associates" target="_blank">Ralph Appelbaum Associates</a>&nbsp;with the&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/930564/michael-ford" target="_blank">Hip Hop Architect, Mic...</a></p> https://archinect.com/news/article/150290444/the-hip-hop-architect-surprises-detroit-high-school-senior-with-10-000-scholarship Nathaniel Bahadursingh 2021-12-07T18:13:00-05:00 >2021-12-08T14:10:11-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/90/90e3361913923b0c1d4bcea9af72a141.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/930564/michael-ford" target="_blank">Hip Hop Architect Michael Ford</a> has surprised a high school senior student in Detroit with a $10,000 scholarship from The Hip Hop Architecture Camp to study architecture.</p> <p>Sarah Shaw-Nichols is a student at Ford&rsquo;s former school Cass Technical High School. The scholarship was awarded through Ford's initiative that aims to introduce underrepresented youth to architecture, urban planning, creative placemaking, and economic development through the lens of hip hop culture.&nbsp;</p> <p>The funding for the scholarship came from Herman Miller, which has <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150245783/herman-miller-teams-up-with-hip-hop-architect-michael-ford" target="_blank">recently collaborated with Ford</a> on a variety of projects, such as the <em>Conversations for Change </em>program and a custom Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman piece.<br></p> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CXLy_awLOzW/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank"> View this post on Instagram </a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CXLy_awLOzW/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Michael Ford (@thehiphoparchitect)</a><br>