Shaw Contract to Host Hip Hop Architecture Camp Next Week

Atlanta, GA, July 12, 2024-Next week, Shaw Contract will partner with The Hip Hop Architecture Camp to share the foundations of architecture, urban planning and design with Atlanta, Georgia youth. From July 15-18, students at the Shaw Contract Atlanta showroom will use Hip Hop as the inspiration for designing places that better their community.

Architect Michael Ford, of BrandNu Design Studio, founded the Hip Hop Architecture Camp in 2016. Since then, Ford, along with partnering community activists, musical artists and industry professionals, has introduced nearly 3,000 youth around the country to the concept of urban planning, placemaking and architecture through an immersive week-long experience. Campers are empowered to visualize better communities through the exploration of Hip Hop music, physical and digital modeling and creative expression. 

The architecture and design (A&D) industry is greatly under-represented by Black Americans. Though Black Americans represent nearly 13% of the labor force, only 4.9% of designers are Black, and just 2% of architects are Black. 

Shaw Contract first partnered with Ford in 2023 on the co-designed Mike Ford + Shaw Contract rug collection. 

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