Designing in Color (DCo) is a collective of architects and designers of culture. We work to diversify the way architecture is taught and practiced to amplify the voices of marginalized communities who face systematic oppression in design.
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Community Space for Watts
Designing in Color has been working in partnership with Primestor, HACLA, RIOS, among others, as the Community Organizing lead on the new Community Space in Watts (Los Angeles, CA).
We are working with the team to reimagine the process of organizing with communities to ensure the new community center is programmed, designed, built, and upkept with ongoing participation by local Watts residents.
Follow the link below to access the Project Website for updates on the design process and community events!
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We are working with the team to reimagine the process of organizing with communities to ensure the new community center is programmed, designed, built, and upkept with ongoing participation by local Watts residents.
Follow the link below to access the Project Website for updates on the design process and community events!
DCo facilitates design justice workshops in academic institutions, workplaces, and local communities. We also create digital curricula and design socially responsible projects - all in an effort to dismantle the systemic racism built into the practice of architecture.
“We are grateful to the Designing in Color team, who shared their time and expertise with over a hundred of our staff, engaging them in thoughtful conversation and exploration of the intersection of design and housing justice in the built environment. As a supportive housing nonprofit, Designing in Color's vision of inclusive and equitable communities is beautifully aligned with our framework and philosophy around housing justice.”
Danielle Willdkress
Brilliant Corners
Chief Program Officer
Chief Program Officer
I anxiously await each NOMA conference with the goal of scouting talent and identifying the next generation with the promise to take our ongoing struggle for equity and inclusion within the profession to the next level. I was thrilled to attend the Designing in Color workshop at the 2018 conference in Chicago, where Christopher, Opalia, and Rubin orchestrated a no-holds-barred conversation about the relevance and importance of finding value in diversity.”
Steven Lewis, FAIA, NOMAC
ZGF Architects
Principal & Harvard Loeb Fellow
Principal & Harvard Loeb Fellow
“The social revolutions that have been happening around America for the last 10 years are rooted in the racial tension people of color experience everyday. This moment is demanding honest solutions like the ones that emerge through Designing in Color. I have participated in two of their workshops and love their ability to discuss the tensions of inequality and use the tension to generate solutions for a better today.”
Kwesi Daniels
Tuskegee University & Sustenance3 LLC
Head, Department of Architecture
President & CEO
Head, Department of Architecture
President & CEO
