Tokie Laotan-Brown

09/15/2022

Classes have resumed for the fall, check out cpdiafrica.org!!!

01/26/2022

Last year November, completed work on this project. Check it out https://www.facebook.com/372765633364/posts/10158612320213365/

What is the future of cultural heritage? It’s a question we’ve been asking a lot recently and to help answer it we’ve been applying some strategic foresight. Familiar with the concept? It’s all about identifying potential long-term changes and exploring their implications for the future. We even gathered a group of experts from diverse fields together and asked them to research and identify potential future trends that might impact cultural heritage, using a foresight technique known as horizon scanning. Their findings were enlightening and with their help we produced a statement of purpose, which can serve as both a vision and a call to action, encouraging the heritage sector to harness key opportunities for tackling priority challenges coming over the horizon. We’ll be exploring strategic foresight more in the coming months, so head to our website for a full rundown of this exciting project ➡ https://bit.ly/3qXIJv8

10/04/2021

05/10/2021

Join Me!!!

Please register to attend ISCARSAH's next Webinar - Authenticity & Reconstruction.

Our Nigerian colleagues - Ade Shokunbi & Tokie Laotan Brown - will be contributing to this thought-provoking theme.

Thursday, 13 May, 2021
15:00 - 17:00 CET
Details: bit.ly/iscarsah

03/24/2021

Global Studio OPEN HOUSE Webinar

Welcome to Session 2 Courses @ CPDI Africa!



At CPDI Africa, we are dedicated to using heritage as a guiding marker to translate our analysis into innovative and thought-provoking design-build projects. Most design professionals have not been exposed to African culture in their respective academic institutions and workplaces. As a result, both our continental and diasporic communities inhabit spaces that truly don’t belong to them. To demystify and address this, CPDI Africa's academic platform, The Global Studio, will teach designers how to specialize and become experts in diverse African design languages.



The Global Studio faculty invite you to come to learn about our Session 2 Course Offerings on Saturday, March 27, 2021. The virtual Open House will take place from 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm (EST)/ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm (WAT).



The Global Studio is open to any race, religion or creed, and encourages collaboration between designers, artists, engineers, planners, and development professionals. We will also introduce the Country Ambassadors Program- a bridge to connect our students with distinguished organizations across the diaspora and the ongoing international activity that contributes to Africa's contemporary voice within the larger architectural discourse.



OPEN HOUSE PROGRAM SCHEDULE:



GLOBAL STUDIO WELCOME ADDRESS

Presenting: Nmadili Okwumabua, Executive Director, CPDI Africa



EVENT DECLARATION

Chibuzo Ohaeneje Mnia, Studio Global Ambassador



SESSION 2 COURSE PRESENTATIONS

- HT1201: Theoretical Framework in Afrocentric Architecture, David Hughes, FAIA, NOMAC



- HT1202: The Evolution & Transformation of African Centered Architecture, Nmadili Okwumabua

- HT1204: The Evolution of Yoruba Traditional Architecture & Contemporary Environment, Oluwatoyin Sogbesan, Ph.D



- HT1206: Green Architecture from African Centered Perspectives, Diana Gbefwi-Guyit



- HT1208: The Architecture of Ghana from Ancestry to Independence and Beyond, Amma Asamoah



- HT1209: Transitions in the Traditional Art & Architecture of the Igbo and Bamileke, Ikechukwu Agbim, AIA



- HT1210: Anti-Developed Clinic: The Becoming of a Design Culture, Felema Yemaneberhan



- HT1211: Sustainability in African Traditional Architecture, Yakubu Aminu Dodo, Ph.D



- HT1214: Towards an African American Inspired Architecture, Christian Coles



- HT1216: Assessing Afrocentric Buildings for West African Cultural Landscapes, Tokie Laotan-Brown, Ph.D.



AFRICAN-ARCHITECTURE QUIZ

Facilitated by Aisha Aminu



QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Facilitated by Lorin Jackson & Umar Farouq Umar



CLOSING REMARKS

Chibuzo Ohaeneje Mnia Studio Global Ambassador



Whether you are a student, a design professional, or just an architecture/design enthusiast, there is a track for you at CPDI Africa. The only pre-requisite we request you bring is the acknowledgment that the catalog of African architecture deserves its own pedestal. We look forward to welcoming you to our exciting movement!

03/12/2021

Join us and take part in our webinar series and our 2 day upcoming conference

02/13/2021

join us as we discuss heritage, planning and rural landscapes

The Eventbrite link is live for participants to register – this is how we will distribute the zoom links closer to the date.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/university-of-guelphs-6th-annual-rural-romp-planning-for-rural-heritage-tickets-137501349237?keep_tld=1

02/09/2021

Working with my team, 2 day conference on Diversities and Genders.
https://www.ourworldheritage.org/diversities_and_genders/
Register to be part of this initiative and listen to heritage and non heritage practitioners

01/31/2021

Rosalind Brewer becoming CEO of Walgreens makes her only "one of 40 women running a Fortune 500 company, as well as the only Black woman—and only the third in history." Fortune

Starbucks Chief Operating Officer Rosalind Brewer will replace Stefano Pessina as CEO of Walgreens Boots Alliance, the drugstore chain confirmed Tuesday.

01/15/2021

We welcome a premium brand into our wine collection