Donna Urbana is a space for real talk and radical imagining. It invites you to bring your own experiences, contradictions, and dreams. We end each episode with a collaborative “dreamweaving” session – a space to collectively envision what a more livable, pleasurable and just built environment could look like. Come with your questions. Come with your stories. Let’s build something better – together.
Donna Urbana #3: African Roots and Horizons
Hosted by Domenica Sandra Lang with special guest Robyne Somé
How does growing up between cultures shape the way we design, build, and belong? In the third episode of Donna Urbana, we dive into these questions with architect and creative Robyne Somé.
This talk – composed of lecture, discussion and collaborative reflection – explores her personal trajectory between Western and African cultural as well as architectural perspectives. From intimate stories to global projects, we trace how cultural duality influences professional life both inside and outside the office.
Robyne will introduce elements of smaller scale vernacular architecture in Burkina Faso and contrast them with her Western architectural education and current work at an international firm in Nairobi.
Together, we’ll ask:
– What can we learn from local traditions of building and community when it comes to city planning, community building and sustainability – and is this applicable to a contemporary context?
– What does sustainability mean across cultural contexts?
– How does identity influence design?
– How do you position yourself as a woman of color in the West, and specifically in the Architectural field?
– How can we center lived experience – especially as women and people of color – in shaping our environments?
– How does all this manifest itself today, as a western firm working in Nairobi, Kenya?
Dieses Format wurde durchgeführt von der Dozentin Domenica Sandra Lang.
Alle Käufe sind final, kein Umtausch oder Erstattung möglich.