Donna Urbana is a space for real talk and radical imagining. It invites you to bring your own experiences, contradictions, and dreams. We end each episode with a collaborative “dreamweaving” session – a space to collectively envision what a more livable, pleasurable and just built environment could look like.
Come with your questions. Come with your stories.
Let’s build something better – together.
Donna Urbana #3: African Roots and Horizons
Hosted by Domenica Sandra Lang with special guest Robyne Somé
How does growing up between cultures shape the way we design, build, and belong? In the third episode of Donna Urbana, we dive into these questions with architect and creative Robyne Somé.
This talk – composed of lecture, discussion and collaborative reflection – explores her personal trajectory between Western and African cultural as well as architectural perspectives. From intimate stories to global projects, we trace how cultural duality influences professional life both inside and outside the office.
Robyne will introduce elements of smaller scale vernacular architecture in Burkina Faso and contrast them with her Western architectural education and current work at an international firm in Nairobi.
Together, we’ll ask:
– What can we learn from local traditions of building and community when it comes to city planning, community building and sustainability – and is this applicable to a contemporary context?
– What does sustainability mean across cultural contexts?
– How does identity influence design?
– How do you position yourself as a woman of color in the West, and specifically in the Architectural field?
– How can we center lived experience – especially as women and people of color – in shaping our environments?
– How does all this manifest itself today, as a western firm working in Nairobi, Kenya?
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Domenica Sandra Lang
Domenica Sandra Lang ist Stadtplanerin, Architektin und Moderatorin mit Fokus auf die Zusammenhänge von nachhaltiger persönlicher und urbaner Transformation. Sie verbindet Architektur und Stadtplanung mit einem tiefen Sinn für Sinnlichkeit, Freude und Gemeinschaft, mit dem Ziel Lust, Fülle und erotischere Ästhetik in den urbanen Raum zu integrieren. Sie widmet sich dem Zusammenspiel von naturorientierter und spiritueller Stadtentwicklung und dem Raumgeben für Inklusivität, Welcome Spaces und Queerness.
