Our Mission

Designing Justice + Designing Spaces is a Bay Area-based architecture and real estate development social enterprise working to end mass incarceration by building the infrastructure that addresses its root causes: poverty, racism, unequal access to resources, and the criminal justice system itself.

Imagine a world without prisons.

We do.

Every day.

Restore Oakland exterior (Photo by Ellyce Morgan)

Here’s what we build instead…

Community Works reception area (Photo by Emily Hagopian)

We design places for care over incarceration.

Restorative Justice Headquarters circle room (Photo by Frank Oudeman)

Areas of Expertise

  • Areas of Expertise - Integrated Architecture and Real Estate Services Consulting
    Integrated Architecture and Real Estate Services Consulting
  • Concept Design Development
    Concept Design Development
  • R&D for New Building Types
    R&D for New Building Types
  • Working with and for systems-impacted people
    Working with and for systems-impacted people
  • Community-Engaged Design
    Community-Engaged Design
  • Trauma-Informed Designa
    Trauma-Informed Design
  • Designing for Restorative Justice
    Designing for Restorative Justice
Hope Reentry Campus Engagement

Our design process starts with community engagement to ignite radical imagination.

In the News

Community Works Circle (Photo by Daniel Gies)

We are continuously learning.

Restorative Justice Space
Restore Oakland Post-Occupancy Evaluation - Restorative Justice Space
Typical Courtroom Layout
Restore Oakland Post-Occupancy Evaluation - Typical Courtroom Layout