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ARCH 355 Architectural History 4 taught by Prof. Tureli offered a survey of processes that shaped cities from around the world in the past two centuries. Modules examined racial capitalism and the industrial city, empire and colonial urbanism, nation building and capital cities, divided cities and reconstruction, neoliberalism and post-industrial cities, and highlighted contemporary efforts by designers to contribute to spatial justice. Each lecture focused on the transformation of the built environment in light of urban and social theory. In Winter 2021, as part of a teaching collaboration with ARCH 251 taught by Prof. Adams, all the students were asked to write a paper on race and space and the best papers were selected for presentation on this website.

Carving through Rigid Space: Filipina Domestic Workers at Statue Square, Hong Kong

14 Sep 2021

  Figure 1: Filipina domestic workers’ gathering, view from Chater Road towards Statue Square – Visual China Group. Abstract

Cruising on the Collapsing Queer Horizon: Alvin Baltrop’s Pier Photographs

10 Sep 2021

Pushed to the edge of the city, into the dilapidated Hudson River piers, outside of “civilized” Manhattan, queer men of the 70s and 80s cruised in the rubble. The ruins of the post-industrial city...

Strike a Pose: The Importance of Black Queer Spaces in the Late 20th Century, by John Vaccaro

20 Aug 2021

Harlem’s Imperial Lodge of Elks, commonly known as Elks Lodge, is located on 129th West Street in Central Harlem, New York City. It was constructed from 1922-24 and designed by African American...

Toys build Empires. Or How Toys Act as Tools of Architectural Colonialism

12 Aug 2021

Note Throughout this reflection, I use the umbrella term “Indigenous Peoples” to refer to Native people and communities living in North America. This reflection addresses the erasure of Indigenous...

Race and Gentrification: Investigating the Racialized History of the Los Angeles Neighborhood Boyles Heights

29 Jul 2021

Figure 1: Orozco, Ernesto, Members of Defend Boyle Heights Protest in Front of Weird Wave Coffee Brewers, photograph, July 17, 2017, (Boyle Heights Beat).1

The Savoy Ballroom: Rejecting Black Exoticism Through Community-Driven Design

10 Jun 2021

In the 1930s, New York City’s Harlem neighbourhood found itself at the center of many political, cultural, and economic issues. During this post-war period known as the Depression-era, over three...

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