Season 1 Episode 7: Architecture and ALL of it's pressures ft. Johannah Fening

1:100 Architecture Podcast

We're back with another episode here on the 1:100 podcast, the voice of creative women of colour. In today's episode, we touch on the pressures associated with architecture, how to distinguish these, where they come from and how to tackle the overall issue. We know we're late with this episode but forgive us, we're currently facing a global pandemic! Lucky for you guys, we're joined by our Ghanaian sister, Johannah! Johannah Fening is a Part 2 Architectural and Urban Designer who graduated from Oxford Brookes University in 2020 with distinction. Her final project 'Reclaim Brixton' has been nominated for the 2020 RIBA Silver Medal Award. The project responded to the negative effects of government planning of urban spaces, addressing gentrification, acculturation and assimilation of Black migrants communities from an urban to a domestic scale.
The project she produced in 2019 'My house, Our Neighbourhood' was awarded the ‘Best Urban Design Approach for Informal Settlements’ at the Brookes Design Show, also gaining national recognition, being 1 of 4 student finalists for the 2020 National Urban Design Awards.
Her passions lie with designing for BAME communities in urban and international contexts, aiming to contribute to real change through architectural activism.

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