Emanuel Admassu is an artist, architect, and educator. Along with Jen Wood, he is a founding partner of the art and architecture practice AD—WO. He is an Assistant Professor at Columbia GSAPP and a founding board member of the Black Reconstruction Collective. His design, teaching, and research practices operate at the intersection of design theory, spatial justice, and contemporary African art. The work meditates on the international constellation of Afrodiasporic spaces. Admassu’s edited publication Where is Africa? Vol.1 was published in Spring 2024.