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Designing Justice + Designing Spaces - Oakland

Architects spaces to end mass incarceration

Overview

Designing Justice + Designing Spaces in Oakland designs and plans justice-related facilities with a social-justice lens to reduce mass incarceration. Their process involves studying site needs, engaging community and system stakeholders, and producing architectural plans, programming, and workflows that shape how facilities operate and how people experience them. They differ from others by explicitly aiming to reduce incarceration and center humane, people-focused design, combining advocacy with architectural work. Their goal is to transform justice-system architecture to lessen reliance on incarceration and support community-based solutions.

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ConsultingSocial ImpactDesignReal Estate

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2016

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Nov 7th, 2024
Designer Discusses Art For Social Change In Talk At Rocky Mountain College Of Art + Design

LAKEWOOD, Colo., Nov. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- co-founder and executive director of Designing Justice + Designing Spaces, Deanna Van Buren, will speak at Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design (RMCAD) during the college's Visiting Artist, Scholar, + Designer (VASD) Program at 5:30 p.m. MT on Tuesday, November 12, 2024. Van Buren is a multi-faceted designer whose artist talk "Making Space for Peace" will address her experience utilizing various mediums to spark conversation and spur change for racial equity and criminal justice reform. Van Buren's diverse portfolio includes public art, film, and video games. As a leading voice in the ongoing conversation regarding restorative justice and community-informed placemaking, Van Buren has been profiled by The New York Times and given a TEDWomen talk on the subject, which has been viewed more than one million times

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