Hiphop Archive
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
W.E.B. DuBois Institute of African + African American Research
The Hiphop Archive, part of the W.E.B. DuBois Institute for African and African American Studies at Harvard University, is a research library that organizes and develops collections, initiates and participates in research activities, sponsors events, and acquires materials and artifacts associated with hiphop music and culture in the United States and throughout the world. Part library, archive, classroom, and conference center, the design both supports the institutes scholarly activities and takes on the performative aspects of Hiphop culture. Bold super-graphics, turn-tables, a lit DJ stage, and a linoleum dance floor are all there and used regularly. The project achieved LEED Silver certification.
