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The Center for Family Justice provides free, confidential and bilingual crisis services to help people who are affected by domestic and sexual violence rebuild their lives. The nonprofit serves six Fairfield County towns, and recently began a $1.2-million renovation and expansion at its Bridgeport headquarters. When complete, the enhanced site will enable the center to accommodate police, prosecutors, attorneys and other social-service and community partners offer coordinated services to clients and their children under one roof.
As part of this renovation, Phillips, a designer and adjunct professor at the University of Bridgeport, and her interior design class created 11 different proposals, or “concepts,” for the center’s new waiting room specifically designated for children.
Phillips called the three-month project “a fascinating and deeply rewarding process for the entire interior design class. It was exciting and a privilege to be part of such an important project in our community.”
“This isn’t your typical waiting room,” Phillips added. “It has to be a safe, nurturing, and enriching space for some of the most vulnerable members of our communities—babies, children, and teenagers who are directly and indirectly affected by violence. They will use the room while their mothers or fathers are being assisted by the center and its partners. I’m proud of their (my students') professionalism and look forward to having them share their work with the center and its board of directors.
The four-year Bachelor of Science in Interior Design program at the Shintaro Akatsu School of Design prepares graduates with the required experience for the N.C.I.D.Q. examination and state registration. In the course of their studies, students learn about gathering design information and problem solving in a range of actual projects, from residential to commercial design. Students further develop technical skills for expressing design solutions, using traditional sketching methods, computer-aided design (Auto CAD, and 3-D simulation computer programs.
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