Making Home With Architectural Designer, Oretola Thomas @cooperhewitt
Making Home With Architectural Designer, Oretola Thomas  @cooperhewitt
Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Designing Justice + Designing Spaces (@designingjustice) is a design, architecture, and real-estate enterprise working to end mass incarceration and advocating for restorative justice solutions through the built environment. “The Architecture of Re-Entry” proposes Mobile Refuge Rooms as a prototype for private, customizable transitional housing for people returning from carceral spaces.

Here, architect Oretola Thomas discusses the installation choices made by the DJDS team and how they serve as tools to illustrate the impact these prototypes could have on community members coming back home from incarceration.

Experience “Making Home” through August 10 at Cooper Hewitt. Tap the link in our bio to plan your visit.
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Making Home With Architectural Designer, Oretola Thomas

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