2024-05-03T20:25:28-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150321692/segregation-by-design-using-visual-data-and-spatial-analysis-to-highlight-the-racist-legacy-of-urban-renewal Josh Niland 2022-08-29T15:12:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/bb/bb515dd7b3680b6602c72a6be016a0e6.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>What started as a self-funded project from New York-based architect Adam Paul Susaneck is gaining attention over its unique ability to paint a picture of the effects of racial segregation in the 180 American cities included in the controversial Federal Highway Act of 1956.&nbsp;</p> <p>Inspired by Richard Rothstein&rsquo;s <em>The Color of Law</em>, Susaneck launched his <a href="https://www.segregationbydesign.com/" target="_blank">Segregation by Design</a> project in early 2021 to "reveal the extent to which the American city was methodically hollowed out based on race."</p> <p>Susaneck is in league with others who have been calling on the Biden Administration to dismantle the legacy of <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150280405/researchers-call-for-dismantling-of-racist-infrastructure-to-improve-u-s-neighborhoods" target="_blank">race-based discrimination</a> laden in America&rsquo;s aging highway network and says the trifold goal of the project is to: 1. Create an "Atlas of Urban Renewal" in book form; 2. Create digital materials for local groups opposing ongoing freeway expansion; and 3. Continue to grow the followership of Segregation by Design&rsquo;s social media channels (which to date number some 132,000).</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4d/4d54c441114c8d2e58d6e84ff0d85413.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4d/4d54c441114c8d2e58d6e84ff0d85413.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Related on Archinect: <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/149999167/st-louis-segregation-and-how-history-shapes-the-urban-landscape" target="_blank">St....</a></figcaption></figure>