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,” installed on the 3rd floor of “Making Home—Smithsonian Design Triennial,” proposes Mobile Refuge Rooms as a prototype for private, customizable transitional housing for people returning from carceral spaces.
Here, studio director Shelley Davis Roberts reflects on DJDS’s pre-installation ideation process, learning through iteration, and what distinguishes something as good design.
Experience “Making Home” through August 10 at Cooper Hewitt. Tap the link in our bio to plan your visit.
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,” installed on the 3rd floor of “Making Home—Smithsonian Design Triennial,” proposes Mobile Refuge Rooms as a prototype for private, customizable transitional housing for people returning from carceral spaces.
Here, studio director Shelley Davis Roberts reflects on DJDS’s pre-installation ideation process, learning through iteration, and what distinguishes something as good design.
Experience “Making Home” through August 10 at Cooper Hewitt. Tap the link in our bio to plan your visit.
