project name: new california black college/university (cabcu)

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contributors: Collin Vermilyea, Adam Albanese

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abstract: Bodies [in] Motion tells a potential future of ‘the veil,’ mentioned thoroughly in W.E.B DuBois’ seminal work The Souls of Black Folk as the metaphysical boundary both protecting African Americans from the racial volatility of American society and hindering them from finding success and integration into it. In this future, the ‘veil’ around the library/student union of the New California Black College University (CABCU) is “pierced” by the elevated yard, allowing the building to become a primary campus conduit for societal ‘motion,’ or progress, fueled by interactions between black students and other members of the Los Angeles community.

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purpose: to explore architectural and urban planning solutions to complex programmatic and cultural prompt.

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outputs: digital model, plans, site plan, section, perspective views