Designing Equitable Communities with June Grant
Description
June Grant is an architect, designer and researcher committed to the craft of buildings, their potential to enhance cities and develop socially responsible solutions to complex real-world problems. She is the founding Principal of blink!LAB architecture, a boutique, research-based architecture practice focused on adaptive and transformative sustainable development. June has a master’s in architecture from Yale and has studied economics and sculpture. She is the immediate-past President of the San Francisco Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects (SFNOMA), where she is committed to growing practice opportunities for under-represented groups by strengthening the role of communication. June is a community builder in every sense of the word.
In this episode, June shares:
- Her memories growing up in Jamaica and how they shaped her journey to be an architect.
- The strength and joy of intergenerational living.
- How AARP – the largest nonprofit organization dedicated to older adults – found her work and wanted to partner.
- How “granny flats” (i.e., accessory dwelling units (ADUs), in-law units) can help support diverse, sustainable, and equitable communities.
- The power of observation as critical to design and community building.
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United States
