American Roundtable: Along the Lumbee River

In 2020, The Architecture League of New York awarded Group Project with a $10K grant to create a report that shares the stories of community groups, youth leaders, farmers, faith communities, and local activists who all live along the Lumbee River in southern North Carolina.

How can we see with fresh eyes the condition—the successes, failures, and opportunities—of the American landscape? How can we more deeply understand the relationship of individuals and communities to their environments, and the constraining and empowering impacts that the built environment has on daily life, and the trajectories of lives?

These are the questions asked by American Roundtable, an initiative of The Architectural League that brings together on-the-ground perspectives on the condition of American small to mid-sized communities and what they need to thrive going forward.

Event Videos

Report Launch at Architectural League

A shared reflection on personal experience, ancestral memory, and regional history and how these impact the work we do today at the University of Pennsylvania

LAND AS RESOURCE: New Models for Thriving with the Land at Kent State University

Credits

Editors: Morgan Augillard, Noran Sanford, and Joey Swerdlin
Contributing Editors: Isadora Dannin and Kailin Jones
Researchers: Jonathon Brearley, Jola Idowu, and Emily Wisseman
Photographer: Andie Rea

Contributors: Kimber Heinz, GrowingChange Youth Leaders, Tanner Capps, Davon Goodwin, Ed Hunt, Jorden Revels, Noran Sanford, Christie Poteet, Deb Gunsallus