Driving social change through material practice with Dezeen

Designer and urbanist Dominique Petit-Frère transforms liminal, disused spaces and reactivates them for communitarian exchange within intersecting valences of design and architecture. Reframing what it means for a building or object to be lost or abandoned often orients designers and communities toward a better future, but can it repair connections between people, infrastructure, and the past? Join Petit-Frère and Dezeen U.S. editor Ben Dreith in conversation about developing durable institutions that drive social awareness and connection, as they share dialogue about designing beyond science-based and market-oriented logic.

This event is open to the public and presented as part of SCADstyle 2025.