A tribute to an inspiring colleague, designer, teacher, catalyst, Modjeh Baratloo who taught the second semester Urban Design program at Columbia University among a myriad of professional accomplishments. At a recent symposium at Columbia to discuss her legacy and reinforce the network of Moji-fans, I presented the following testimony to her leadership style.
Event Link: Columbia University: Beyond the Studio Event
Excerpt:
“The Urban Development process is messy, and rather than just overlay artificial (and static) organizational frameworks, Moji knew that in studio and in life, you need to work with the chaos, influence it in live-time…and leverage the energy that the myriad of actors bring to the process.
It would be wonderful to design the picture perfect urban design solution—one that beautifully organizes built and natural form, whose design process is without confrontation, and the implementation seamless…..
However, this image shows the reality–the world is getting messier—faster, more connected, and even more dynamic with substantial economic, socio-cultural and climatic shifts. Yet urban development can still takes a long time, even in locations where governments are flush with cash.
As urban designers, we want to be the leaders of the development process, but we need others to carry out the work over time, so we need to adopt a leadership style that allows the vision to be implemented by others
This absolute mosaic of influences shape the climate where our work is practiced– from sacred to profane, contemporary and ancient, past politics to new cash. Everyone involved has a different sense of what might be important, speaks different ‘languages,’ and hear different things
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The Moji Method:
Embrace the messy,
Draw energy from the crowd,
Channel voices into the design process,
Allow the voices to own the future,
Make a lasting impact.
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