CUDC Spring Lecture Series - Marlon Davis

18 February 2022 from noon-1pm

Virtual lecture - Zoom link

Marlon Davis will be presenting a lecture on buildings and spaces that have been erased from the history of Black American experience. He will share some 3D visualizations that explore creative paths for research and propose reclamations of these spaces renewing art, architecture and design’s relation to social justice, BIPOC communities, and history. The site of erasure he will examine is Osage Avenue in Philadelphia (1985) to retell this story. He will also discuss his work with Black Architects and Designers Guild and his work at DE-YAN to discuss how he uses 3D tools to reinvent his practice.

Rowhouses burn after local officials dropped a bomb on the MOVE house, home of a black liberation group, in Philadelphia on May 13, 1985. (Image Source: AP)

Marlon Davis is a creative, innovative thinker who tries to push the boundaries of design into new directions. He is a designer who uses his artistic ability to solve complex design problems in Architecture Landscape Architecture, Graphic Design, and Industrial Design. Marlon uses his creativity and scientific skills to think about the outside world and create meaningful spaces for people to live.