Temple University – Center for Anti-Racism Research
Ian Smith Design Group design for Temple University’s Center for Anti-Racism Research in Philadelphia enhances collaboration and education in the Africology Department, fostering community and dialogue.
After the murder of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and the following global demonstrations for Black Lives Matter, Temple University announced the establishment of the Center for Anti-Racism Research to promote anti-racism efforts and collaboration across the university. The Center also supports the Department of Africology and African American Studies.
Selected in partnership with Pride Enterprises, this was an interior alteration and exterior addition to two existing hall buildings at Temple University for the Department of Africology’s proposed Center for Anti-racism Research.
Work includes renovation of existing offices and a new lounge within Gladfelter Hall’s Africology Department, and enlargement of the existing building footprint of Anderson Hall for the proposed Africology Resource Center along with a new Engineering Robotics Lab and Liberal Arts classroom space.
Design: Ian Smith Design Group
Contractor: Pride Enterprises
Photography: Todd Mason
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