JSA/MIXdesign

12/03/2020

Tune in today at 3:00pm EST to hear Joel Sanders and Seb Choe give a keynote lecture "New Opportunities in Post-Pandemic Spaces: Exploring Social Equity, Health and Well-being" as part of BUILDEX Alberta's virtual Buildings Week! Registration is free for industry professionals.

BUILDEX Alberta, the province’s largest B2B event for the holistic building community, was founded through the unification of BUILDEX Calgary and BUILDEX Edmonton.

10/29/2020

Tune in tonight at 6:30pm EST for an exciting panel discussion between Joel Sanders, Karen Braitmayer, Craig Wilkins, and Kathryn Anthony on the Social Responsibility of Architects as part of the 10th annual Archtober festival!
Register here:

The School of Continuing and Professional Studies at Pratt Institute is proud to participate in Archtober, the 10th annual month-long festival of architecture activities, programs and exhibitions taking place during the month of October, by presenting a panel discussion focused on issues of Diversit...

10/21/2020

Join us tonight at 8pm EST for a discussion on Stalled! as part of the Trans Studies Speaker Series at Mills College hosted by Susan Stryker.

Joel Sanders (professor, Yale School of Architecture, and principal, Joel Sanders Architects), Seb Choe (associate director, MixDesign) and team member Susan Stryker will be discussing the Stalled! Project, which proposes public toilet design prototypes that can accommodate a wide range of users.

09/21/2020

Tune in tomorrow (9/22) at 1:00pm EST to the Yale Mental Health Symposium! Joel Sanders will be moderating the "Architectures of Mental Health" panel with artists Hannah Hull and Christopher Payne. Register for this free online event here:

Beyond the Visible: Space, Place, and Power in Mental HealthAn annual event that supports mental health and rotates between schools at Yale University. 10—24 September 2020  This year’s J. Irwin Miller Symposium at the Yale School of Architecture is titled Beyond the Visible: Space, Place, and ...

09/18/2020

From our friends at Queens Museum:

THE QUEENS MUSEUM RECEIVES IMLS AWARD!

We're thrilled to share that the Queens Museum has been awarded a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to support a multi-year, community-led reimagining of our Central Atrium in collaboration with MIXdesign/Joel Sanders Architect and our long-time programming partner Queens Community House. This innovative project goes beyond ADA compliance to simultaneously engage all visitors, and will specifically benefit individuals who are underrepresented amongst museumgoers. We will focus on creating inclusive design and staffing solutions to allow all individuals to mix, collaborate, and learn together.

Estamos encantadxs de anunciar que el Queens Museum será beneficiario de una subvención del Institute of Museum and Library Services para sufragar una reimaginación de nuestro Atrio central, organizada por la comunidad y a lo largo de varios años, en colaboración con MIXdesign/Joel Sanders Architect y con nuestrxs colaboradorxs de programación desde hace bastante tiempo, Queens Community House. Este proyecto innovador va más allá del cumplimiento de la ley ADA y pretende captar a todos los visitantes de forma simultánea, y resultará beneficioso para las personas sin representación entre el público de los museos. La prioridad será crear diseños inclusivos y soluciones de dotación de personal para fomentar que todo el mundo interactúe, colabore y comparta su aprendizaje

09/10/2020

Join us this weekend (9/11-9/14) for "Neurodiversity: Building Community and Rethinking the Built Environment" a free 4-day online symposium hosted by Thomas Jefferson University!

Register Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/neurodiversity-building-community-and-rethinking-the-built-environment-registration-113802524414

Key Dates:
Saturday, September 12, 2020 / 12:20 - 1:10pm EST
Joel Sanders / Body Politics: Social Equity and Public Space

Monday, September 14, 2020 / 12:20 - 1:10pm EST
Seb Choe / Round Table Discussion: Future and Conclusions

Detailed event schedule along with Zoom link to follow upon registration.

08/24/2020

VICE features Stalled! in a new article on public bathrooms in the UK. Seb Choe speaks on public health, trans bathroom access, and how looking to history can help us answer questions about the future.

A brief history of our loos, from their thorny conception to the fight for trans people to use them.

08/11/2020

Join us tomorrow, Wednesday August 11 at 5pm EST!

Joel Sanders and Seb Choe will deliver a lecture for the annual AIA National Conference, "Architecture in Turbulent Times: Equity, Environment, Health, & Economy."

The one-day virtual learning event featuring many speakers will begin at 12pm EST, and grant up to 7.5 HSW & 17 LUs AIA / RIBA.

Register at the link below:

2020's most important event.

07/28/2020

Tonight at 7pm EST!

Joel Sanders and Seb Choe will present MIXdesign's response to the coronavirus pandemic, as a part of the Architectural League of New York "Current Work" lecture series.

RSVP to receive a free Zoom link to the talk:

JSA/MIXdesign founder Joel Sanders and MIXdesign associate director Seb Choe discuss their design think-tank and consultancy's response to the coronavirus pandemic.

07/27/2020

Join us tonight at 6pm EST for "The Future of Accessible Design: ADA 30 Years and Beyond," a panel discussion hosted by the AIANY. Thought leaders, theorists, and designers will address the question: What is the future of accessible design?

RSVP Here: https://calendar.aiany.org/2020/07/27/the-future-of-accessible-design-ada-30-years-and-beyond/

07/20/2020

“The most beautiful things we design are often the ones whose formal innovation is the product of a social or cultural need.”

Joel Sanders was quoted today in an article by the New York Times' architecture critic Michael Kimmelman, which celebrates the 30 year legacy of the ADA and recognizes the continued work to be done in designing accessible spaces for a broad spectrum of people.

Thirty years on, the Americans With Disabilities Act has reshaped the way designers and the public have come to think about equity, civil rights and American architecture. But it’s only a start.