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Fall 2021 Fourth-Year Architecture Studio

Mound Bayou Master Planning and Community Center Design

Dr. Chris Hunter’s fourth-year studio was challenged with addressing the needs of Mound Bayou, a town in the Mississippi Delta founded by former slaves to establish a self-sustaining community. The town thrived after the Civil War, producing high-quality cotton, providing education for the region, and offering a variety of business opportunities, including a stable banking system. During this time, Mound Bayou had a population of 8,000 citizens.

Today, Mound Bayou is a community of approximately 1,400. Efforts to revitalize the town include plans to develop Mississippi Delta tourism attractions and a training center that reflects the progressive employment opportunities that led the region’s economy during its heyday.

Student Perspective: Alysia Williams.

View photos from the studio some of the preliminary work below.

Terrance Blackmon stands and draws on master plan on desk in Giles Hall. Behind him, you can view additional work hanging. Beginning sketches of a community center for Mound Bayou, Mississippi, by Alysia Williams Beginning sketches of a community center for Mound Bayou, Mississippi, by Alysia Williams Beginning sketches of a community center for Mound Bayou, Mississippi, by Alysia Williams Beginning sketches of a community center for Mound Bayou, Mississippi, by Alysia Williams 4 elevations, stacked on top of each other computer rendering of community center building floor plans of community center perspective of community center in black and white

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