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Patrick Rhodes Offered 07-08 Sojourner Truth Position

The Sojourner Truth position for 2007-2008 has been offered to Patrick Rhodes. Patrick has informally accepted the position for Winter Semester 2008, an appointment split between URP and Architecture.

He is the founder and Executive Director of Project Locus, a nonprofit corporation dedicated to addressing critical problems in underserved communities through architecture, planning, and urban design. He has worked in communities across the country including Los Angeles, Boston and Baltimore and has worked with design professionals, students and academic institutions across the country. After Hurricane Katrina, Patrick began working through Project Locus in New Orleans to aid in the rebuilding process. During the summer of 2006 with 35 student volunteers, he designed and built the House of Dance and Feathers Mardi Gras Indian Museum and Community Center in the Lower Ninth Ward. He holds the Master's of Architecture from Southern California Institute of Architecture.

Pending formal acceptance of the position, he will teach an architecture studio and a course in URP entitled: Recovering Detroit: A Comparative Understanding of Center Cities and its Application in Rebuilding Communities.

6/21/2007  Permanent link to this post.

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