Lafayette Cruise
Lafayette’s practice intersects urban planning and futurism to explore the question: how can we expand our collective imagination of who belongs in our future communities and how we facilitate belonging in the present. He is a member of the Guild of Future Architects, has taught at the University of the Arts London and is currently a lecturer at the Rhode Island School of Design. Emerging from an early career in urban governance and his masters thesis. His practice is rooted in collaborating to create and hold space for radical public and policy imagination. That has manifested as speculative salons for racialized urban planners and artists, co-creating a worldbuilding methodology, writing short fiction, constructing speculative worlds for other media projects, and teaching. Regardless the context, Lafayette brings a sense of awe and wonder for people, nature, and the imaginative possibilities of how we can exist together.