DSGW was honored with the SEED Network Indigenous – Social Environmental and Economic Design (I-SEED) Award for the MLCV Ventura Urban Housing Project. This award reflects our commitment to honoring Indigenous heritage, environmental stewardship, and economic resilience through thoughtful architecture and design.
Located on Franklin Avenue’s American Indian Cultural Corridor, the MLCV Ventura Urban Housing Project is one of several tribally owned apartment buildings that serves tribal members and their families. This project—from start to finish—is an exemplary model that works to assert Indigenous sovereignty within the urban framework. From the building’s initial conception to the planning and design and through construction, the project was entirely Native-led. When these projects are in the care of Native people, there is greater room to assert Indigenous values and knowledge from the very start. This facility, among several others along the corridor, mark the first step toward collective Indigenous sovereignty, where the stewardship of the land returns to Indigenous people. The MLCV Ventura Project helps pave the way for Indigenous people to live in a socially, economically and environmentally healthy community that is soon to be fully grounded in cultural heritage as the Franklin corridor continues to grow with more Indigenous presence
Learn more about this project and watch the video HERE.