{"product_id":"dark-space-architecture-representation-black-identity-9781941332139","title":"Dark Space: Architecture, Representation, Black Identity","description":"\u003ch2\u003eDark Space: Architecture, Representation, Black Identity\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection of essays by architect Mario Gooden investigates the construction of African American identity and representation through the medium of architecture. These five texts move between history, theory, and criticism to explore a discourse of critical spatial practice engaged in the constant reshaping of the African Diaspora.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eBeyond Stereotypes in Architectural Design\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfrican American cultural institutions designed and constructed in recent years often rely on cultural stereotypes, metaphors, and clichés to communicate significance, demonstrating \"Africanisms\" through form and symbolism. Dark Space challenges this approach, revealing a far richer and more complex heritage to be explored through architectural practice and theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eCritical Spatial Practice and Black Identity\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book presents a series of questions that interrogate and illuminate alternative narratives of \"African American architecture.\" Gooden's essays reveal compelling ways of translating the philosophical idea of the African Diaspora's experience into physical and conceptual space, moving beyond surface-level symbolism to deeper cultural meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eIntersection of Theory, History, and Criticism\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough rigorous academic inquiry, this work examines how architectural representation shapes and reflects Black identity in America. The five essays traverse multiple disciplines, connecting architectural theory with cultural studies, historical analysis with contemporary criticism, offering scholars and practitioners new frameworks for understanding space and identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMario Gooden is a principal of Huff + Gooden Architects and a Professor of Practice at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) of Columbia University where is also the co-Director of the Global Africa Lab (GAL). He is a 2012 National Endowment for the Arts Fellow and a MacDowell Colony Fellow.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Columbia Books on Architecture and the City","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50493258400018,"sku":"9781941332139","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_16175eb9-a7a7-475c-8e35-8a392e640be3.jpg?v=1730640598","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dark-space-architecture-representation-black-identity-9781941332139","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}