Deanna Van Buren
Co-founder, Designing Justice + Designing Spaces
Selected Professional Associations / Awards / Fellowships
- National Board Member Architects Designers and Planners
for Social Responsibility 2012 to Present - Member Architecture Lobby 2018
- Awardee Royal Society for the Arts (RSA) Bicentenary Medal 2018
- Architectural Record Women in Architecture Activist Award 2017
- ArtPlace America Creative Placemaking Grant Awardee 2017
- AIA SF Social Impact Award and Exhibit 2016
- Rauschenberg Artist as Activist Fellow 2015
- Loeb Fellowship, Harvard University, Cambridge 2012 to 2013
- Perkins +Will Innovation Incubator Grantee 2010
Education
- Master of Architecture, Columbia University, New York, NY 1999
- Bachelor of Science, Architecture, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 1994
Selected Exhibits/Installations
- By the People: Designing a Better America, Cooper Hewitt Museum
New York, NY 2016—2017 - Gait Lyrique Digital Culture Center Paris France Joue le Jeu / Play Along 2012
- Global Lives Installation — Design Build, San Francisco, CA 2009
- Writers Corps Installation — Design Build, San Francisco, CA 2008
- 2% Women of Color in Design, Boston Architectural College Exhibition 2008
- Lazo Latino Installation — Design Build, New York, NY 1999
Selected Project List
Digital Architecture
- The Witness Video Game 2011—2016
Restorative Justice Architecture
- Restore Oakland, California 2018
- Near Westside Peacemaking Center, Syracuse, NY 2015
- Restorative Justice City Mapping and Research
— Design Lead, Oakland, CA 2013 - Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth Peacemaking Room
— Project Architect, Oakland, CA 2011
Mobile Architecture
- Women’s Mobile Refuge Center Bay Area, CA 2018 to Present
- Five Keys Mobile Classroom Bay Area, CA 2017 to Present
- The Pop-Up Resource Village Bay Area, CA 2015 to Present
Housing
- Hope re-entry Campus 2018
- Block 13 E Housing, Francisco, CA 2008
- Marycrest Prefab Workforce Housing, Denver CO 2006
Retail/Mixed Use
- Point Cook Town Center-Point Cook, Victoria, Australia 2008
- Bur Juman Gardens Mixed Use Development, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 2005
- Jin Hua Retail and Entertainment Precinct, Jin Hua, China 2005
- Discovery Point New Town Center, Sydney Australia 2004
- Poweraid, Power Station adaptive re-use, Sydney Australia 2003
- Chapel Field Norwich Mixed Use, Norwich, England 2001
Commercial
- PIXAR Headquarters, Emeryville, CA 2009 to 2010
- 1450 Owens St Life Sciences Building, San Francisco, CA 2006/07
- Pagewood Commercial, Sydney Australia 2004
Higher Education
- Haas School of Business Renovation & Addition, Berkeley, CA 2010 to 2011
- UC Irvine Telemedicine Center-Design Build Competition, Irvine, CA 2007