In the fields of urban planning, architecture, interior, and object design, we have deep roots that perpetuated multiple systems of injustice, racism, social segregation, ethnic stereotyping, contrived economic deprivation, and related narratives of environmental impediments. The Interior Architecture Department is committed to artistry, equitable human-centered design, and environmental practices on many activist fronts for justice and transparency, locally, regionally, and globally.
The Interior Architecture Department is deeply concerned about the injustice based on the categorization of people and spaces. Studio projects promote innovation and activism that address the problems in our built environment, regarding race, gender, and all the inequitable practices. In doing so, curricula topics and projects incorporate fieldwork that evokes research and interaction with the communities. Students observe real life problems and develop sensitivity to often hard-to-face critical issues. Community-driven studio projects allow for the students to establish a lens for interpretation, self-reflection, and continued self-philosophical growth. Students throughout their education at Cornish open up to inquiry, logic, defining myths and truths, questioning generalizations and stereotypes with strength, compassion, and empathy for moving us all forward.
Our artists are designing the spaces in which we exist, creating projects that solve real-world problems, and addressing the issues that our society faces today. The Department embraces the new terrain for restructuring our cities, communities, and our homes, pledges new language and action for discovering people’s diversity and profoundly pursues ways in support of Black Lives Matter.
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