Self-taught African Teen Wows M.I.T.

Young Kelvin Doe A.K.A DJ focus of Sierra Leone makes MIT technology look like child-play.  Kelvin shows us that ramshackle materials may be pieced together to create “low-tech” solutions to “high-tech” problems; however, the sophistication of certain sciences makes such efforts seem unattainable.  Stuff like this makes it all worth it.  Thoughts?

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#BAK TALK /// THOUGHTS ON THE WEST AFRICAN CITY LECTURE SERIES


Wednesday, October 17, 2012 6:30pm
Hilyard Robinson Auditorium
Howard Mackey Building, Howard University
On the African City
The BAK Group presents their research and design methodologies which learn from human operation and its relationship to the African City. Architectural historian Kenneth Frampton praises their ability to reimagine the iconic characters of the city as “simultaneously enemies of authority and symbols of hope in the generic struggle for economic viability in West African conurbations.”
BAK Group – Jared Culp, Ruyi Igiehon,  Kyle Spence.

 

Wednesday, October 24, 2012 6:30pm
Smart Room 150
Howard Mackey Building, Howard University
Pecha Kucha + Round Table Discussion

Distinguished faculty from the Howard University School of Architecture will join the BAK Group in presenting their past, present and future conceptions of the African city.  A round table discussion reflecting on these ideas will follow.
Angel Clarens, Victor Dzidzidenyio, William Taylor