Influenced by the creative legacy of the Black Arts Movement and ideals of pan-African and New Afrikan liberation aesthetics, the Peace Park has adopted an Afro futurist approach for the design of the building that will merge and highlight continuities between ancient African architecture from countries of the western coast of the continent and modern African American architecture typologies. Past technological or design innovations from ancient and modern west African culture are embedded within the design context. The primary roof structure and open floor plan is inspired by The Oshun Temple located in Osogbo Sacred Grove in Niger. The framing of solar progress that animates and illuminates religious symbology along the east axes of the Temple of Edfu. The porch became an American architectural form following the shotgun houses built by enslaved Africans imported from traditional homes in West Africa. It provides a place for leisure, gathering, socializing, and contributes to the life of American urban areas. These typologies are integrated by the African concept of polychronic time, which places one at the center of the experience to move with time. Light metaphorically becomes the source of knowledge and becoming. Sunlight passes through the roof onto the porch and extends into the landscape merging the African with the American and architecture with the landscape.  Light cast onto the porch to at marked intervals to commemorate historical events of African American history, Philadelphian history, and the history of the North Philly Peace Park. ​