Making Space
A symposium that explores the nuances of home—how we create it, what gives it meaning, and why it matters—Making Space features short presentations by leading minds on a given theme. The program’s 2025–2026 theme is “The House I Grew Up In,” and the inaugural symposium will take place in Los Angeles, on November 12.
Explore stories from voices around the U.S. about their childhood homes.
Little Wing Lee
“I want to create spaces that put people at ease,” says the interior designer. “Spaces where you can relax and take in the important moments in our lives.”The House I Grew Up InGabriel Hendifar
“Home is about the energy: the life you breathe into it,” says Apparatus’s artistic director.The House I Grew Up InEdra Soto
The artist has dedicated her practice to documenting houses in working-class communities like the one she lived in as a child.The House I Grew Up InKellie Riggs
“You got integrity, usefulness, and beauty in the most compact of gestures,” the curator and jeweler says of her childhood home.The House I Grew Up InWalter Hood
“People are not going to see the things you care about the way you see them,” the landscape designer says. “So you are responsible in the end.”The House I Grew Up InEva LeWitt
“It was just space, table,” the artist says of her father, Sol LeWitt’s, studio. “Do with it what you want.”The House I Grew Up InMark Grattan
“It’s important to sit in your home,” the designer says, “and identify things that will make you feel better in it.”The House I Grew Up InLoren Daye
“The modesty of that era felt so expansive,” says the designer of her youth. “You didn’t need a lot in it.”The House I Grew Up In
Join Us for Making Space IRL!
Our first edition of Making Space, taking place in Los Angeles and organized with the L.A. Forum for Architecture and Urban Design, will bring the theme “The House I Grew Up In” to life. Journalist Frances Anderton, artist Kenturah Davis, director Erich Joiner, designer Sam Klemick, and architects Annie Chu and Joe Dangaran will reflect on lessons learned from their childhood homes. Transcripts of their presentations will be published here soon.
Past Events
Making Space L.A.: “The House I Grew Up In”
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
6:00 PM – 8:30 PM