@vernelle shares this exciting project! Take a look! Project by Kaila Andino @kailaloveslife and Begüm Namal @begumnamal from my interdisciplinary studio with Aerospace Engineering on the Chattahoochee Brick Company site in Atlanta, Georgia. The site is one of pervasive tension. Countless atrocities were committed there through the use and exploitation of convict laborers who were worked to death to benefit company shareholders including Atlanta Mayor, James English. Teams were required to conduct deep historical research, and design a pavilion that would serve as a memorial and exhibition space for public education. The Motion(less) Pavilion by Kaila Andino and Begüm Namal (video). "The concept of The Motion(less) Pavilion comes from the idea of the idle crimes that mostly Black men were arrested for, and the movement as punishment that the laborers were forced to endure at the Chattahoochee Brick Company. After the site visit where we learned about the projects “Idle Crimes and Heavy Work” and “Moving our Stories” from Dr. Julie B. Johnson, we decided to take this concept of idle and movement and transform it from its negative connotations into a new positive meaning. Idle turns into moments of sitting and standing for education and reflection on the past and present of the site and the people, and movement turns into the actions of walking, performing, and celebrating." "The Chattahoochee Brick site is one of many sites across the South where humanity did not act humanely and honorably." - Jill Arrington. #design #architecture #chattahoocheebrickcompany #atlanta #georgia #history #slaverybyanothername #gtarch #brick #tensegrity #pavillion

Posted by Marielle P Barrow at 2022-05-12 16:45:56 UTC