Designing for Abolition

We are in a time of fast and intense change amidst failing systems that will need to be dismantled and simultaneously reimagined. This lecture will explore our responsibility as world builders in addressing one of these failing systems — Mass Incarceration. It will show the work of past and current efforts at architecture and real estate development firm Designing Justice Designing Spaces, and others, to support the dismantling of mass incarceration and the creation of an ecosystem of care that could replace it. It will elevate the role of the artist, designer, architect, and creative in addressing whole systems change and explore new initiatives for discussion and exploration in partnership with the Pratt community.