David Adjaye, noted British Architect will be in Atlanta beginning the morning on October 2, through the evening of October 3. There will be a series of events and lectures co-hosted by Georgia Tech. On Tuesday, October 2nd, 12:00 to 2:00 pm, David Adjaye, Phil Freelon and Jill Savitt will participate in a panel discussion focused on public space and social change. The roundtable will take place at the American Cancer Society, 250 Williams Street, and has been a collaboration between AIA Atlanta, NOMA Atlanta, The National Center for Civil and Human Rights, Architecture for Humanity Atlanta and is being sponsored by Integral Gude.

The roundtable will focus on the idea that more and more, the design of museums memorializing struggles for civil rights are populating our cities as our nation struggles with how to remember that history. At the same time a greater awareness of the role of design in promoting basic human and civil rights such as access to education, water, sanitation and food is percolating through the design industry. Atlanta holds the unique position of serving as a center of our country’s struggle to provide civil rights for all.
To quote from the National Center for Civil and Human Rights: Atlanta was the incubator for the American Civil Rights Movement, is one of two cities in the world to house two Nobel Peace Prizes, has built a thriving economic reputation, and hosted the nations of the world in the 1996 Olympic Games. Home to prestigious historically black colleges and universities and women’s colleges, The Carter Presidential Library and Museum and the Martin Luther King Jr. Historical Site and Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Atlanta promotes civil dialogue and global awareness. As both a destination city and travel hub, and home to a vibrant international community, Atlanta has the infrastructure to convene and host millions of visitors at a time. There is currently no place to go to learn about the history of the Civil Rights Movement, contemporary human rights movements and how they are connected. The Center will fill that void with an unforgettable, multi-sensory experience.
What: Public.Space.Social Change Roundtable
Who: David Adjaye, Phil Freelon and Jill SavittWhen: Tuesday, October 2, 2012 12:00 to 2:00 pm
- Where: American Cancer Society, 250 Williams Street, Atlanta, GA, 30303
David Adjaye will lecture solo at Georgia Tech on the following day Wednesday, October 3rd, 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm in the Architecture East Auditorium.