# Emmanuel Pratt

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{{short description|American Urban Designer (born 1995)}}
'''Emmanuel Pratt''' is an American Urban Designer.<ref name = MAC>{{Cite web |url=https://www.macfound.org/fellows/1047/ |title=Emmanuel Pratt  |website=MacArthur Foundation |access-date=2019-09-28}}</ref>  In 2009 he co-founded  the Sweet Water Foundation, which practices "Regenerative Neighborhood Development"  on the [South Side](/source/South_Side%2C_Chicago) of [Chicago](/source/Chicago).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sweetwaterfoundation.com/our-practice |title=Our Practice |website=Sweet Water Foundation |language=en-US |access-date=2019-09-28}}</ref>  The foundation is centered around bringing inter-generational members of the community together for education and to work on [urban agriculture](/source/urban_agriculture) and reclaiming abandoned properties and transforming them into productive landscapes.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.macfound.org/grantees/10359/ |title=Sweetwater Foundation - MacArthur Foundation |website=www.macfound.org |access-date=2019-09-28}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Pratt was born in Virginia and graduated in 1995 from [Maggie L. Walker Governor's School](/source/Maggie_L._Walker_Governor's_School) in Richmond, Virginia.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mlwgsfoundation.org/2019/01/alumni-news-round-week-december-15-2018/ |title=Alumni News Round-Up: Week of December 15, 2018 |date=2019-01-22 |website=Governor's School Foundation |language=en |access-date=2019-09-28}}</ref> In 1999, he graduated with a Bachelors of Architecture from [Cornell University](/source/Cornell_University), and he received a Masters of Science in architecture and urban design from [Columbia University](/source/Columbia_University) in 2003.<ref name = MAC/>  From 2016 to 2017, Pratt was a Loeb Fellow at [Harvard University Graduate School of Design](/source/Harvard_University_Graduate_School_of_Design).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/2019/09/emmanuel-pratt-lf-17-awarded-macarthur-genius-grant/ |title=Emmanuel Pratt (LF '17) awarded MacArthur 'Genius' Grant -  |last=Dagenais |first=Travis |website=Harvard Graduate School of Design |date=26 September 2019 |access-date=2019-09-29}}</ref>

From 2011 to 2018, Pratt was director of the [aquaponics](/source/aquaponics) program at [Chicago State University](/source/Chicago_State_University). He was the Charles Moore Visiting Professor at the [Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning](/source/Taubman_College_of_Architecture_and_Urban_Planning) at the University of Michigan, and is a visiting lecturer in Environmental and Urban Studies at the [University of Chicago](/source/University_of_Chicago).<ref name = MAC/>

In 2019, Pratt was invited to participate in the third [Chicago Architecture Biennial](/source/Chicago_Architecture_Biennial),<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://chicagoarchitecturebiennial.org/current/contributors/emmanuel_pratt |title=Emmanuel Pratt « Contributors « Chicago Architecture Biennial |website=chicagoarchitecturebiennial.org |language=en |access-date=2019-09-29}}</ref> where his entry ''Reroot + Redux'' explored the connections between architecture and the [Great Migration](/source/Great_Migration_(African_American)).<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.ft.com/content/f25c5990-c8d1-11e9-af46-b09e8bfe60c0 |title=Chicago Biennial: the undeniable power of architecture |last=Roux  |first=Caroline |date=August 29, 2019 |work=Financial Times |access-date=2019-09-28 |language=en-GB}}</ref> Pratt was also named a [MacArthur Fellow](/source/MacArthur_Fellow).<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Keane |first=Katherine |date=September 26, 2019 |title=Urban Designer Emmanuel Pratt Named 2019 MacArthur Fellow |url=https://www.architectmagazine.com/awards/urban-designer-emmanuel-pratt-named-2019-macarthur-fellow_o |magazine=Architect}}</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{Cite journal |last=Kim |first=Janette |date=May 24, 2018 |title=Harvesting Change: An interview with Sweet Water Foundation's Emmanuel Pratt How funding shapes work. How work shapes funding. |url=http://www.arpajournal.net/harvesting-change/ |format=digital |journal=ARPA Journal |language=en-US |issue=5}}

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