January 23rd, 2025
UPCOMING EVENT!!
Dream Week San Antonio
Revealing the Genius within A more Equitable and Enlightened Society
NOMA Central Texas will be hosting an event at Dream Week:
Mind Your Neighbor: A gamified exchange of community needs and relationship building
October 19th, 2024
Volunteer Build: NOMA Central TX + Habitat for Humanity Austin
8 NOMA volunteers attended our Fall Volunteer Build to help with the construction of affordable townhomes in the Montopolis neighborhood of Austin Texas. Thanks to Austin’s Habitat for Humanity for hosting us on October 19th from 8 AM - 4PM at 6301 Circulo De Amistad, Austin TX, 78741. We had a blast!
This event was co-hosted by COTE and NOMA Central Texas chapter. This course occurred in the format of a lecture that presented the empirical research of Dr. Todd Brown in Harlem, Manhattan, New York.
His study explored the role of environmental cues in the production of the various sociospatial imaginaries of the research participants within the context of gentrification. The built environment, at a variety of scales - from streetscapes to specific objects, is critically examined to investigate how individuals’ perceptions of space and place are influenced by particular architectures, urban design, environmental aesthetics, and other sensory elements.
The lecture engaged the concept of environmental perception through psychosocial, sociospatial, and socioracial lenses while centering on architecture and urban design as major physical components that often contribute to the (re)production of spaces that are racially and socially polarizing.
This event was free and open to the public and offered a 1.5 LU/HSW CE credit with a paid ticket.
November, 2022
Sirius, Creek Show Installation
NOMA Central TX Installation at Austin’s 2022 Waterloo Greenway Creek Show
Team: Diego Schubb, Joyce Kim, Gregory Street, Albert Condarco, Sabrina Ortiz, Oscar Yanez, Jefferson Nunez
A hypothetical structure or tunnel that connects two points separated in space and time. Similarly, this installation seeks to connect users through imagery and visual anchor points. Nested in illuminated vessels, these moments overtake the structure of the bridge through an organic form and invite user interaction. In its highest form, the goal of the intervention is to encourage users through the tunnel – providing opportunities for lingering self-reflection in the pursuit of connectivity and aesthetic enjoyment.
January 20, 2022
Dream Week San Antonio
Shaping the Future of Housing in Central Texas: Intersections of Architecture and Advocacy
This event highlighted the intersection between Architecture, Urban Design, and Advocacy in a time that has tested our resilience and approach to housing structure in San Antonio.
We want to invite the community to help us rethink how design can offer better solutions to address the shortage of affordable housing, the accessibility of housing for the housing Insecure, and the loss of neighborhoods that happens in the process. The city of San Antonio has not committed to a comprehensive policy for managing the current and future housing needs and these discussions, with community input, are essential. In bringing this conversation to the civic and civil discussions of DreamWeek San Antonio, this presentation and panel discussion brought together a multidisciplinary group of professionals and community members to discuss and challenge the existing system of how we traditionally think about affordable housing in the City.
Our future depends on us creating space for more disruptive systems and typologies that approach housing issues more comprehensively, and considers not only today’s realities but tomorrow’s challenges.
August 7th, 2024
LGBTQIA+ Alliance + NOMA Central TX Lecture Event
Creating Homeplace: A Mental Health Perspective on Preserving Space for Black Queer Communities
Celebrating Austin Pride with a lecture on the importance of designing inclusive cultural spaces from Dr. Marlon Johnson, an Austin based mental health professional and counseling professor.
