RICARDO J. MILLHOUSE, PHD
SAY IT LOUD - ARIZONA Exhibitor
Arizona Based Designer
Who or what inspires you professionally?
The people I work with to produce design solutions inspires me professionally.
RICARDO J. MILLHOUSE, PHD
Bio:
Ricardo (he, they) teaches urban design and interior architecture in The Design School at Arizona State University. Ricardo’s research interests include design justice, qualitative research methods, interiority, and sensation. Ricardo's current book project, Interiorities, explores spatial marginalization, economic deprivation, anti-Blackness, and sensation across Brooklyn, New York post-Stonewall to understand how and to what extent Black queer placemaking occurs across gentrifying Brooklyn.
How did you first learn about architecture and when did you decide that built environment profession was an area of interest for you?
I first learned about architecture while in graduate school at Syracuse University. I first decided that the built environment was for me in my second year of my undergraduate career.
What do you do?
I teach environmental design and interior architecture in The Design School at Arizona State University. Also, I am writing my book project that explores the impacts of urbanization on Black queer public culture across Brooklyn, New York.
What excites you in the work you do?
Collaboration excites me in the work that I do. Working across disciplines and communities both excites me in the process, product, and beyond.
Who or what inspires you professionally?
The people I work with to produce design solutions inspires me professionally.
What is your proudest professional accomplishment or achievement?
My proudest professional accomplishment was completing the transit oriented development and business assistance project with the City of Phoenix.
Featured Project Name:
HOUSING + MOBILITY + CONNECTIVITY
Featured Project Location:
Phoenix, AZ + Detroit, MI
Featured Project Completion Date:
April 2023
Role in Featured Project:
Professor, Design Researcher
Featured Project Description:
The project legacies of redlining, the automobile, and public infrastructure policies. Using mapping and collage, I explore and demonstrate the relationship between federal acts including the interstate highway act and the airport and intermodal transportation act and past and current patterns of spatial marginalization. First, the project demonstrates the displacement of Latinx residents in Phoenix, Arizona. Then, the project demonstrates how black residents were displaced in Detroit, MI.
