This Wednesday, April 21st, Maryam will be joined by Finbar Barry Flood, Nebahat Avcıoğlu, and Azra Akšamija, to discuss the “"ARCHITECTURES OF CO-EXISTENCE: BUILDING PLURALISM".

While the politics of building typology is not new, Muslim communities are often challenged by many political issues when it comes to establishing the basic building typologies within the fabric of American cities. Such issues include gerrymandering, redlining and socio-economic pressures. The architectural programming of these building typologies can resolve many of these issues through the building of architecture and urbanism. The agency of the architect in this process and their impact within social processes that are inherently political, especially in designing and building the public domain. — Maryam Eskandari