A designer, educator, and theorist practicing at the intersection of culture, identity, and aesthetics, Clarke creates new languages from lost or neglected design vocabularies. His office, R A L X, critiques mainstream practices and methodologies within the discourse of architecture and design, while also speculating how one can interject omitted histories into contemporary aesthetics, forms, and functions. R A L X is currently, in collaboration with Social Construct Artists Cleo and Kayin Davis as well as architect Jack Travis, exploring how to unearth new aesthetics that are immensely specific to African American culture, experience, and identity.
Before joining the faculty at Cal Poly Pomona, Clarke held posts as a Wilson Smith III Design in Spatial Justice Fellow at the University of Oregon’s College of Design. As well as Research Fellow at Newlab under the supervision of architect and New York University Associate Professor of Practice Mitchell Joachim. Before opening his practice Clarke worked for many years at architectural firms across the globe including HOK, Terreform ONE, Gensler, and Archi-Union.
