ANDREA
SÁENZ BARELA



Unequal Inequities


Brand Identity, Exhibition Design, Marketing Collateral





On ViewOctober 2, 2024-January 17, 2025

CuratorsHouston Architecture Foundation and City of Houston
through the Houston Arts Alliance.

PhotographyCourtesy of Andy Pham

Launched by the discovery of two architecturally identical Houston homes with extraordinarily different real estate values, the exhibit explores how pivotal policy changes, architectural trends, and social movements have shaped our city’s communities.

From the impact of redlining and discriminatory housing practices to the rise of gentrification, the challenge was to develop a visual system that makes Houston’s complex history accessible. The design draws from the historic redlining map of Houston and the language found in legal documents.



Promotional graphic for social media.


Viewers can examine primary source documents to track the history of deed restrictions and redlining in Houston, Texas. 
Textboards provide an overview of each chapter of Richard Rothstein’s “Color of Law.”
Color is drawn from the original redlining map of Houston, TX in 1937.
Promotional Postcard



Interactive Section
Interviews
Houston, Texas redlining map of 1937.







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