Architecture, especially regarding race and gender, is not limited to the creation of physical space but includes the destruction of these spaces as well.
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Architecture, especially regarding race and gender, is not limited to the creation of physical space but includes the destruction of these spaces as well.
In the 1930s, New York City’s Harlem neighbourhood found itself at the center of many political, cultural, and economic issues.
Loss is an integral affect for decolonization. Loss reminds us of alternative records that exceed what an institution can name and claim of a people, culture, and community.
I turn the corner on Rue Saint-François Xavier after the Notre-Dame Basilica on Place d’Armes. It’s a cold Friday night in Old Montreal. I keep walking towards the river.
When the McEwen School of Architecture (MSoA) opened its doors in 2013, I recall a respected Indigenous architect wondering out loud if it was appropriate to share sacred teachings with mostly non-Indigenous architecture students.
In August 2020 the statue of John A. Macdonald, Canada's first Prime Minister, was toppled from its place within an elaborate, eighteen-metre-tall structure, erected in Montreal's Dominion Square (now Place du Canada) in 1895.