It Still Takes a Village: Reimagining Home for a Generation in Crisis

“What if the truest architecture of home is one that invites us to choose each other?”

As a young Black woman, a designer, and a student of architecture, I’ve spent the last year of my Masters Degree program deeply immersed in a question that has haunted not only my personal life but the lives of so many people in my generation: How can architecture reconnect young adults who feel lost—surrounding them with what I call a “village”—and empower them to take control of their own environments?