The Boston Architectural College invites you to join us for Power + Place, a virtual public lecture by Bryan C. Lee Jr on Wednesday, February 10 at 6:00PM EST.
Power + Place explores the privilege and power structures that have defined injustice in the built environment from America's inception. We will look at the history of the design justice movement and how the theory of practice continually advocates for the dismantling of power ecosystems that use architecture and design to create injustice throughout the built environment.
Like all institutions, design imposes its power through policies, procedures, and practice and is subject to its own inherited biases. The lasting permanence of our professional decisions requires us to pay particular attention to the injustices that result from our work and to seek design justice wherever possible. Architecture has the power to speak to the language of the people it serves. We as designers are at our best when we are willing to serve the people without power.
