Napkin to N.Y.C.E.: The Story of the Nashville Youth Campus for Empowerment

• Monday, July 20 | 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM
  North Coast A, 4th Floor

The Nashville Youth Campus for Empowerment recasts justice architecture as a source of healing within a community. By consolidating courts, youth pretrial facilities, housing, a respite center, and family services into a single, integrated site, NYCE embodies a commitment to trauma-informed living, working, and judicial environments. Both the facility’s normative design and the co-location of services streamline access to vital resources and foster a community-centered approach that addresses the root causes of justice involvement. All in all, NYCE serves as a model for how architecture can transform the justice system into a source of support, empowerment, and equity.

Our panel includes Davidson County Juvenile Court Judge Hon. Sheila Calloway; Executive Director of CASA Nashville Julieanna Huddle; DLR Group Principal and Interiors Leader José Jordan-Joachim; and DLR Group Principal and Architect Mike Lindsey. DLR Group Principal and Senior Architect Todd Orr will serve as moderator for the panel, centering the discussion on what justice architecture can and should mean for the communities that justice architects work within.