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Collective where he designed and launched the Hip-Hop Architecture Camp, a free summer intensive geared toward children and aimed at both diversifying the architectural curriculum and increasing diversity in the field. The camp guides participants through explorations of rap and hip-hop lyrics dealing with the built environment, using the shared passion to learn about design and the intersection of architecture and music. Ford is also the architect behind the design of the Bronx Hip Hop Museum, opened in 2018. In the design process of the museum, Ford used what he calls design cyphers, a format inspired by hip-hop's rap battles and dance battles which create a space for co-creation and creative collaboration. Ford used these circles to help facilitate collaboration between hip-hop artists, architecture students, and design professionals and launch the design of the project from the bottom up.
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