Did you know… in 2019 the international code council approved amendments to the IBC code to allow multi-stall gender-neutral bathroom designs?
In the advent of this code change, join AIA San Diego and AIA New York on Thurs Aug 26th at noon (PST) / 3p (EST) in a panel featuring New York architect and activist Joel Sanders, RA, FAIA as he shares the work of his Inclusive Design consultancy, MIXdesign, and their award-winning inclusive restroom project, Stalled!
Their work highlights the need to create safe, sustainable, and inclusive public restrooms for everyone regardless of age, gender, race, religion, and disability. They address this issue through lectures and workshops, writings and interviews, design guidelines, and prototypes.
Joel Sanders,RA,FAIA
Joel Sanders is principal of his New York studio JSA/MIXdesign and professor at Yale School of Architecture. Sanders’ career has explored the complex relationship between culture and social space as a scholar pioneering the exploration of LGBTQ space, a designer of residential, museum, and academic buildings, and an activist fighting to address issues of equity and inclusion through design.
Sanders is the co-editor of STUD: Architectures of Masculinity republished by Routledge on the book's 25th anniversary, and (with Diana Balmori) Groundwork: Between Landscape and Architecture. Sanders’ work on Inclusive Design has been the topic of an article in The New York Times Magazine, “Bodies in Space: How Architecture Could Help Us Adapt to the Pandemic,” and an episode of design podcast 99 Percent Invisible.JSA/MIXdesign projects belong to the permanent collections of MoMA NYC, SFMOMA, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Carnegie Museum of Art. Sanders' work on Inclusive Restrooms, with Matilde Cassani, Ignacio G. Galán, Iván L. Munuera, is currently featured in the 2021 Venice Biennale.
Thank you to sponsors Sloan and Delco Sales for allowing both chapters to feature this important topic.
