Architectural Digest recently covered the story of three indigenous women currently enrolled in three different architecture programs at Yale University's School of Architecture. Charelle Brown, Anjelica Gallegos, and Summer Sutton have made history at Yale. Not only are all three women currently enrolled in three academic programs but through their resilience and initiative to represent indigenous people in architecture. Underrepresented groups are using their stories, their struggles, and their own perspectives to change and rewrite the future of the built environment.
Brown, currently a senior at Yale, was inspired by her adobe village home on the Kewa Pueblo near Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her family traditions propelled her to pursue an architectural degree, striving to accomplish her goal and attend the Ivy League school. Brown shared with Architectural Digest, "I was obsessed. [...] I was doing anything I could to get into spaces people like me haven't been in." The built environment is changing but so is the social narrative.
Other than Tamara Eagle Bull, who was the first Native American woman to be a licensed architect in the United States, all three women have pursued their passions in creating a more inclusive space for indigenous people and their involvement in academia and practice. Gallegos is completing her graduate degree at Yale while Sutton is completing her PhD. All three women feel a responsibility not only to each other but to their people and the community.
For years architecture, has been considered a "boys club." Some can argue it still is. However, the continued efforts of pioneering female architects and architects of color have worked towards making a positive contribution and change to the profession. In this social and political climate, continued efforts from women like Brown, Gallegos, and Sutton will not only impact the profession but the future of how architecture will be taught, designed, and experienced.
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Charelle Brown, Anjelica Gallegos, and Summer Sutton have mad history at Yale.
Oh, it's made history. For a second I thought you were writing for those young kidz, tryin' to make your article more dope, u no wat i'm sayin', bruh?
The Master's nod to the Indian culture.
Looks a lot like the 'Master's nod' to Jewish culture, too.
https://patch.com/pennsylvania...
I wonder why FLW became a Muslim?
Three Magnificent Native Americans and just after we have lost The Voice Referendum in Australia. You have made an old man so proud, make me even prouder to go on in life,expounding on what you have been taught at Yale, to make the world a more beautiful and more functional, more special place using the benefits of your heritage and culture. I'll be looking out for it.
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