Tangible Remnants Nakita Reed // Gābl Media

This week's episode features a conversation with Baltimore architect, Melanie Ray, of Hord Coplan Macht. We cover her journey into the profession, the impact NOMA has had on her career and various tips for students pursuing architecture.
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Bmore NOMATangible Remnants on InstagramTangible Remnants WebsiteLinkedTr.ee for resourcesGabl Media NetworkSarah Gilberg's Music
Bio: Melanie Ray
Melanie is a licensed architect and Associate in the Affordable Housing studio at Hord Coplan Macht in Baltimore, MD. Since graduating from Penn State’s architecture program in 2015, she has worked on various market-rate and affordable mixed-use housing projects, as well as community development projects in Baltimore city and beyond. She is the 424th living black woman licensed in the US to practice architecture and seeks to be an active mentor to promote the goal of doubling the number of licensed black architects by 2030. She currently serves as the President of Bmore NOMA, the Baltimore Chapter of NOMA, the Northeast University Liaison for NOMA National, and on the Board of Directors for AIA Baltimore. In addition to her work at HCM, Melanie is a regular volunteer for pro bono design projects through such organizations as Habitat for Humanity and The Neighborhood Design Center, the latter of which she received the Volunteer of the Year Award in June 2020 and also currently serves on the board of directors. Melanie is a certified Fitwel Ambassador and LEED Green Associate.
 
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This week's episode is a refresh of Episode 13 with Monica Rhodes from 2021. We talk about her journey to the profession and all of the amazing work she's done in the profession.
 Links:
Monica Rhodes websiteShownotes from original Episode 13 publishingNakita Reed's Ask Me AnythingTangible Remnants on InstagramTangible Remnants WebsiteLinkedTr.ee for resourcesGabl Media NetworkSarah Gilberg's Music
Bio: Over the course of her career, Monica Rhodes, has helped raise and manage over $150 million, directed preservation activities in 46 states and completed projects in over 100 national parks. She developed the first national program centered on diversifying the preservation industry and led efforts to reinstitute substantial programs in the nation to preserve national parks that tell stories related to African American, LatinX and Women’s history. Her undergraduate degree is in History (University of Tulsa) and Masters degrees are in African – American Studies (Temple University) and Historic Preservation (University of Pennsylvania). She joined Harvard University as a Loeb Fellow and just wrapped up six months in Italy at the American Academy in Rome.
 
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This week's episode features a conversation with the super insightful Indu Chakravarthy. We go around the world in this episode as she discusses her upbringing, education, and work experiences. It's a fun conversation that might make you want to start traveling again!
Building Spotlight: Academic Block of the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore by Balkrishna Vithaldas (B.V. ) Doshi - winner of the 2018 Pritzker Architecture Prize
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Indu's Linktr.eeTangible Remnants on InstagramTangible Remnants WebsiteLinkedTr.ee for resourcesGabl Media NetworkSarah Gilberg's Music
Bio: Indu Chakravarthy
Characterized by an earnest desire to understand and attempt just about everything, Indu is a “creative generalist” in the best sense of the phrase: with hands-on experience with a wide range of arts and processes, she is passionate about seeking joy and beauty in the world. This pursuit has helped cultivate her perspective that there are many ways of being and a multitude of right answers. Her experiences push her to be more judicious and responsible in her use of resources, and to communicate with more empathy. Sustainability is of paramount importance in her work - fueled by decaf, bad puns and bollywood, she uses her various multi-hyphenate oxymoronic "ways of being" (global-local-multicultural-recycli-crafting, peer-sharing-community-loving-technology-testing, architect-urbanist-preservationist) to chase the pipe dream of a human scaled, equitable, joyful, playful, wonderful multi modal transit-oriented, urban, zero-net-carbon built environment. 
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This week's episode is a refreshed replay of Episode 6 with Architect, Rasheda Tripp & Developer, Morgan C.B. Miles. They were the only other two black women in my graduating architecture class at UVA and have been dear friends of mine for almost 20 years. 
This episode was originally recorded in 2020 and we talked about our careers, what brought us to architecture and how we navigate white, male spaces as black women.
Enjoy the replay!
Quote:
"The function, the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being." - Toni Morrison
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Tangible Remnants on InstagramTangible Remnants on FacebookThe Wharf
Bios:
Rasheda Tripp
Rasheda Tripp received her BS in Architecture in 2006 from the University of Virginia. She earned her M. Architecture degree in 2012 from Washington University in St Louis.
Rasheda is currently a Project Architect for GuernseyTingle in Williamsburg Va. She’s been with the firm since 2013 and has continued to work remotely from Charlottesville since 2017. Her project types range from retail, multi-family residential and government facilities at all levels.
Rasheda is passionate about designing affordable and equitable housing. She frequently stops to admire the ceilings and doors of spaces. She’s mother to 2 boys and a wife to a husband who no longer judges her for stopping to look at random building details.
Morgan C.B. Miles 
Morgan C.B. Miles, LEED AP is an award-winning, senior-level real estate professional with a background in architecture from the University of Virginia and an MBA in real estate and finance from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. With experience in acquisitions, development, and commercial lending, Morgan has executed and/or was responsible for over $1 billion of development projects and financing deals along the U.S. east coast.
She has a proven track record working on multi-billion-dollar, complex mixed-use waterfront developments including District Wharf (The Wharf) and Water Street Tampa -- achieving project budget and schedule goals while upholding quality standards. Morgan has development and project management expertise working on hotels, condominiums, multi-family residential apartments, office, industrial, retail, and senior living.
Morgan is a designated lecturer, presenter, guest of honor, and panelist for numerous speaking engagements and passionate about opportunities to represent the BIPOC community at these academic and industry events. She is also a trusted advisor, mentor, and coach to many rising leaders and students in architecture, real estate, business, and finance.
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This episode is an edited recording from the February 2023 Live Show at the Octagon Museum featuring a conversation with Sarah Shoenfeld and Derek Musgrove. The focus of the discussion was on the work we've been doing to elevate 20th century Civil Rights sites and Black Power sites within Washington, DC.
Links:
Black Power Sites in Washington, DC - website Derek mentioned20th Century Civil Rights Sites in DC - website Sarah mentionedChocolate City by Derek Musgrove & Chris Myers AschArchitects Foundation YouTube ChannelDC Legacy ProjectPrologue DCQuinn EvansTangible Remnants on InstagramTangible Remnants WebsiteLinkedTr.ee for resourcesGabl Media NetworkSarah Gilberg's Music
Bios:
Sarah Shoenfeld is an independent scholar and public historian in Washington DC. Her work has addressed the history and evolution of DC neighborhoods; the city’s racialized housing landscape and planning regime; the intersection of race and historic preservation; and the history of organizing for civil rights, Black power, and Black governance. She co-founded the digital public history project Mapping Segregation in Washington DC, which documents the historic extent of racially restricted housing in the District along with other mechanisms of segregation and displacement. She is also on the leadership team of the DC Legacy Project, which is working to secure the future public use of five historically landmarked public housing buildings for cultural and educational activities at Barry Farm, in Southeast DC.
 
George Derek Musgrove, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He earned his Ph.D. from New York University and is a current DC resident with his wife and two sons.  He is the author of:
 Rumor, Repression, and Racial Politics: How the Harassment of Black Elected Officials Shaped Post-Civil Rights America (U. of Georgia, 2012), as well as the co-author, with Chris Myers Asch, of Chocolate City, A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation’s Capital (UNC, 2017),
In addition to being an author he also created a web-based map called “Black Power in Washington, D.C" which highlights Black Power activism in the nation’s capital. 
His work has appeared in the Washington Post, National Public Radio, the New York Times and The Root. He is currently working on a book project tentatively titled “We must take to the streets again”: The Black...

This is a shorter episode than usual and features 2023 upcoming events and happenings
 Links:
Tickets for 2/15/23 live showDerek's book - Chocolate City: A history of Race and DemocracyAndrew's book - A Better Life for Their Children: Julius Rosenwald, Booker T. Washington, and the 4,978 schools that changed AmericaVideo of Andrew's Rosenwald School presentationTangible Remnants on InstagramTangible Remnants WebsiteLinkedTr.ee for resourcesGabl Media NetworkSarah Gilberg's Music
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