Podcasts Culture At a Distance Walter Hood on Rethinking Monuments and Memorials in the 21st Century

Walter Hood on Rethinking Monuments and Memorials in the 21st Century

Published: Oct. 22, 2020, 4 a.m.

Walter Hood, founder and creative director of Hood Design Studio and co-author of the forthcoming book \u201cBlack Landscapes Matter,\u201d talks with us about how his new proposal for Washington, D.C.\u2019s National Mall Tidal Basin could facilitate unity, why spaces that elicit discomfort are a step toward reconciliation, and the importance of investing in people and places that society takes for granted.