What happens when building or renovating a space creates more than just profits? What does it look like when design and functionality come together to better a community? 

The New School is a collective of 8 women-led architecture firms, working to reimagine Detroit from the ground up, no pun intended.

The group hopes to connect like minded people and change the landscape of architecture to be more inclusive.

Laura Marie Peterson, director of 1+1+ and Laura Walker, owner and co-founder of Other Work, joined The Metro to describe how architecture can serve a community.

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