2024-11-21T12:30:17-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150384065/four-design-teams-shortlisted-for-former-kkk-site-reclamation-project-in-texas Josh Niland 2023-10-11T17:51:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/8a/8a699f17ae95112ac959642fdcff39f3.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>A four-finalist shortlist for <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1998165/transform-1012-n-main-street" target="_blank">Transform 1012 N. Main Street</a>&rsquo;s adaptive reuse and racial equity project has been announced as part of a multiphase selection process that will eventually deliver the new <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150310652/former-kkk-auditorium-to-be-reborn-as-a-cultural-arts-center-in-forth-worth" target="_blank">Fred Rouse Center for Arts and Community Healing</a> to Fort Worth, Texas.</p> <p>The chance at redesigning what was once the Ku Klux Klan Klavern No. 101 Auditorium will fall on a proposal that best expresses and reflects the group&rsquo;s reclamatory mission while &ldquo;[prioritizing] community, equity, and collective healing in the design of the space&rdquo; above all other considerations of site and material.</p> <p>&ldquo;The exceptional quality of the submissions prompted us to expand the initially envisioned shortlist from three to four teams and to extend our selection deadline for a few days,&rdquo; Ben Crawford, the Chair of Transform 1012&rsquo;s Design Architect Selection Committee, added. &ldquo;We are thrilled to welcome these architects to Fort Worth to see how they could be a partner in reimagining the processes for enacting th...</p>