Tashania Akemah


Tasha is a New York and Jakarta based designer and researcher. She earned her Master of Architecture from Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. Prior to her Masters degree, she holds double degrees in Architecture and Architectural history.


Tashania Akemah


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Havana : houses, apartments, schools, a movie theatre, a hotel, and ice cream

Summer 23



Type: Workshop
Status: Done
A collection of photographs investigating Havana’s modern tropical architecture. This work was done as part of GSAPP’s Summer Workshop led by Belmont Freeman. The work is showcased in a manually-bounded photobook. Titled ‘Houses, Apartments, Schools, A movie theatre, A Hotel, and Ice cream’ the work highlights modern architecture throughout Havana from before and during the Cuban revolution. Some of the architecture highlighted includes:
- Hotel Habana Libre (1958)
- Yara movie theatre (1947)
- Coppelia Ice Cream Parlor (1966)
- Solimar apartment building, Manuel Copado (1944)

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