Patti Anahory
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Patricia Anahory (born 1969) is an American-Cape Verdean architect. In 2000, she became the first Black person and only the second woman to receive the Rotch Traveling Scholarship.[1]
Biography
[edit]Born on a ship traveling on the Atlantic Ocean en route to São Tomé and Principe, Anahory lived there for seven years before being raised in Cape Verde.[2] She moved to the United States where she studied architecture at the Boston Architectural College and earned a Master of Architecture degree from Princeton University.[3]
In 2000, she became the first Black person and only the second woman to receive the Rotch Traveling Scholarship.[1] Her research funded by the scholarship involved traveling across the African continent to study the relationship between architecture and identity.[4]
From 2009 to 2012, Anahory served as the founding director of CIDLOT, a multidisciplinary research center at the University of Cape Verde, where she introduced "decolonial approaches to broader research."[5]
In 2022, alongside Felecia Davis, she was selected as the alternate for the WOJR-Civitella Ranieri Foundation Architecture Prize.[6] Since that same year, Anahory has served on the Board of Academic Advisors at the African Futures Institute (AFI), an independent postgraduate center for architectural research in Ghana, led by Royal Gold Medal winner Lesley Lokko.[7][8] From 2022 to 2023, Anahory was a visiting professor at Columbia University.[9][10]
She has been a member of the jury for various academic, national and international awards, including the first edition of the Africa Architecture Awards in 2017[11] and the 2023 RIBA President's Dissertation Medal, alongside Samir Pandya, Belgin Turan Ozkaya, Luca Molinari, Richard Anderson and Katy Beinart.[12]
She is the co-founder of Storia na Lugar, a storytelling and counter-narrative platform[13] whose work was exhibited at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition at the 2021 Venice Biennale of Architecture.[14] She also co-curates her(e), otherwise, an experimental platform that invites African and diaspora women architects to interrogate notions of representation and belonging.[3]
Her research focuses on "interrogating narratives of belonging across geopolitical, memory, race, gender constructs, and on exploring the politics of identity from an African island perspective."[3]
She has various completed architecture projects in Cabo Verde, Ghana, and Portugal.[4]
Publications
[edit]- 2022: Panorama of Dwelling Architecture in Cabo Verde (Panorama da Arquitetura Habitacional em Cabo Verde), Edições UniCV, alongside Andreia Moassab.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "2022 Childs Memorial Lecture: Patricia Anahory". Boston Architectural College. 2022-09-14. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
- ^ Dee, Christa (2018-02-09). "Patti Anahory // cross-disciplinary contemplations about urban imaginaries". Bubblegum Club. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
- ^ a b c "her(e), otherwise". Graham Foundation. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
- ^ a b Ribeiro, Stephanie (2020-06-03). "Stephanie Ribeiro on how "Architecture Must Recognize the Debate Around Race and Gender"". ArchDaily. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
- ^ "Residency VILA SUL - Goethe-Institut Salvador-Bahia-Brazil". Goethe Institute. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
- ^ Olson, Michaela (2022-02-23). "WOJR/Civitella Ranieri 2022 and 2023 Architecture Fellows". Civitella Ranieri. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
- ^ "Ambassadors | Ammodo Architecture Awards". Ammodo Architecture Awards. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
- ^ "We are thrilled to be announcing Patti Anahory, who will be an Academic Advisor at the AFI". African Futures Institute. 2022-07-01. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
- ^ Welch, Adrian (2023-07-17). "2023 President's Medal and Awards for Research". e-architect. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
- ^ "Architecture Studio VI". Columbia GSAPP. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
- ^ Lynch, Patrick (2017-10-16). "Winners of First-Ever Africa Architecture Awards Announced". ArchDaily. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
- ^ "World's best student projects mark step change towards 'useful' architecture: 2023 RIBA President's Medals". RIBA. 2023-12-14. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
- ^ "To Enter The Sky". SamdaniArtFoudnation. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
- ^ Harrouk, Christele (2020-02-28). "La Biennale di Venezia Reveals Participants of the 17th International Architecture Exhibition". ArchDaily. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
- ^ "Panorama da Arquitetura Habitacional em Cabo Verde" [Panorama of Dwelling Architecture in Cabo Verde]. vitruvius (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-12-23.