BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:654@live-spitzer-arch.pantheonsite.io DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240404T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240404T190000 DTSTAMP:20240329T145850Z URL:https://live-spitzer-arch.pantheonsite.io/events/spring-2024-sciame-le cture-series-caroline-ho-22-luisa-janssen-harger-brown-20-toar-sadia-17/ SUMMARY:Spring 2024 Sciame Lecture Series: Caroline Ho '22\, Luísa Janssen Harger Brown '20\, Toar Sadia '17 DESCRIPTION:This lecture will be in person and is part of the Spring 2024 S ciame Lecture Series\, titled "Access and Beyond: Architecture and Disabil ity."\n\nCaroline Ho  '22 (pictured left) is a Masters of Architecture 2 candidate at Yale University. Currently\, she is conducting research for h er thesis project titled Re: Reasonable Modification Request\; a body of w ork aimed to investigate accessibility and inclusion within the NYC MTA sy stem and the relationships between accommodation and social attitudes towa rds disability. She graduated from the Spitzer School of Architecture with her B. Arch in 2022. While at Spitzer she was one of the inaugural member s of the JEDI committee serving as the undergraduate student representativ e. Here she worked closely with a cohort of other students\, faculty\, and staff to address issues of diversity and inclusion at the Spitzer School of Architecture.\n\nLuísa Janssen Harger Brown  '20 (pictured center) is an NYC-based Accessibility Consultant at Code Consultants\, Inc (CCI)\, s pecializing in accessibility compliance and solutions for architectural pr ojects across the United States. She is certified as an Accessibility Insp ector/Plans Examiner by the International Code Council\, a member of the A ccessibility Technical Committee for the development of the next NYC Build ing Code\, and a licensed Architect and Urban Planner in her home country\ , Brazil. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Architecture and Urban Pla nning from UFSC\, Brazil (2018)\, pursued a study-abroad year in Architect ural Technology at The University of Westminster in London (2014-2015)\, a nd completed her Master's in Architecture at the Spitzer School in 2020.\n \nToar Sadia  '17 (pictured right) is a senior inclusive design consultan t in Buro Happold and a lecturer on “Designing Inclusive Places” in th e Bartlett School of Environment\, Energy and Resources in University Coll ege London (UCL). She is a registered architect in the USA\, a certified a rchitect in Israel\, and a WELL AP\, with an MSc in Health\, Wellbeing and Sustainable Buildings from UCL. Her master’s dissertation research expl ored the design preferences of neurodivergent populations for quiet spaces and contributed to the Quiet and Restorative Spaces chapter of the Britis h Standards Institution publication PAS 6463: Design for the Mind – Neur odiversity and the Built Environment - Guide.\n\n"Facets of Inclusive Desi gn":\n\nCH: Fast growing and densely populated metropolitan cities like Ne w York heavily rely on their intricate transportation network in order to mobilize the city’s 8.4 million residents. Yet what of the 930\,000 resi dents living with disabilities who face barriers participating in the subw ay system? By re-evaluating our spatial\, social and sensory relationships within these spaces of transition\, our transportation hubs can become so experientially vibrant. A new intuition about our spaces can be achieved through learning from the bodies navigating the city via unanticipated mea ns. A reimagining of access to New York’s metro system means to focus th e conversation on the intimate stories of people who feel barred from subw ay stations as part of their daily lives and to explore the significance o f mobile autonomy. Through interviews and visualization techniques the con sequences of exclusion are surfaced. Unexpected\, bizarre adjacencies are revealed when solutions for one group of people can work for others.\n\nLJ HB: Codes and standards encompass both scoping and technical requirements for accessible elements. Compliance with these regulations is not merely a legal obligation but a fundamental instrument for achieving universal and inclusive design. This obligation is mandated by federal law\, state regu lations\, and city building codes. However\, designers play a pivotal role in elevating accessibility beyond a mandatory checklist\, ensuring that a ccessibility is a thoughtful and integral aspect of the design process. Fo r example:\n\n Integrated Design Criterion: Accessibility should be a cor e design criterion\, seamlessly integrated from the project's inception.\n Comprehensive Implementation: Detailed consideration of accessibility th roughout all design stages is paramount. This ensures that conceptual idea ls transition into practical implementations\, accounting for spatial and structural constraints.\n Tailored Solutions: Designers should tailor acc essibility solutions to the specific needs of the target users and program requirements\, going beyond code compliance when necessary.\n\nTS: Quiet spaces warrant rigorous design consideration as they offer a sensitive res torative environment to the experience of sensory overload. Neurodivergent populations provide valuable perspectives on how to design for sensory ne eds\, considering their susceptibility to sensory overload.\n\nResearch wa s conducted via an online survey administered globally to neurodivergent p opulations to elicit their design preferences for quiet spaces\, and semi- structured interviews to enrich the study with professional perspectives. 312 survey responses and six interviews were analyzed to draw inferences.\ n\nThere was consensus on sound and lighting as the most important design considerations for quiet spaces\, on education as the most critical place to implement them\, and on nature as a favorable guiding principle in thei r design. However\, there was a diversity of perspectives\, often contradi ctory\, regarding most design preferences. Many of these preferences are c orrelated with the frequency at which the person experiences sensory overl oad and thus people’s sensory profile may be an underlying mechanism whi ch guides design preferences.\n\nIn light of these findings\, it is recomm ended to design quiet spaces as neutral environments for the most sensitiv e users\, with optional stimulating design features for the least sensitiv e\, while ensuring that the experience of one does not compromise the expe rience of the other. Moreover\, variety\, flexibility\, and control emerge d as critical themes for facilitating inclusive design and empowering user s by providing them with autonomy over their environment.\n\nSuggested Rea dings: “The Arsenal of Exclusion &\; Inclusion”\, Interboro. Univer sal Design: Creating Inclusive Environments by Edward Steinfeld\, Jordana Maisel. Exploring the Design Preferences of Neurodivergent Populations for Quiet Spaces by Toar Sadia.\n\n"Access and Beyond: Architecture and Disab ility" answers the call for disability justice in our time. Architects\, d esigners\, and scholars\, inspired by critical disability studies\, make u p the distinguished roster of speakers who situate disability\, ability\, and access in pointed\, specific critiques of design\, culture\, and power . This series invites practitioners to probe assumptions embedded in unive rsal design\, to center belonging in design practice\, to critique technol ogy in relation to inclusion\, and to apprehend the rich contribution of d ifference in the sensorial experiences of places.\n\nAll lectures are free \, open to the public\, and held in the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture Sciame Auditorium. Live captioning and ASL interpretation wi ll be available upon request. For access requests or questions\, please co ntact ssadean@ccny.cuny.edu. \n\nSee https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/return-cam pus for current requirements for in-person visitors.\n\nThis lecture serie s is made possible by the Spitzer Architecture Fund and the generous suppo rt of Frank Sciame ’74\, CEO of Sciame Construction. CATEGORIES:Events,Lectures,Sciame Lectures LOCATION:Sciame Auditorium (Room 107)\, 141 Convent Avenue\, New York\, NY\ , 10031\, United States GEO:40.8177595;-73.95047339999996 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=141 Convent Avenue\, New Yo rk\, NY\, 10031\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Sciame Auditori um (Room 107):geo:40.8177595,-73.95047339999996 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR