Atypical Architectures: Designing for Inclusion

Her latest book Fashion, Disability and Co-design, published by Bloomsbury UK, offers a curated sampling of human-centered design processes inclusive of disability, and a close investigation of wearable applications in fashion. Grace has held different positions in the tech industry, academia, and entrepreneurial business. This has influenced her work to be interdisciplinary, leading her to become a founding member of the national award-winning disability nonprofit called Open Style Lab (OSL). Grace is a proud alumnus of both Parsons School of Design and RISD.

He was the founding editor of Grid magazine, and His articles have appeared in The New York Times, Forbes and Wall Street Journal on commercial real estate, architecture, and finance as well as on disability equity. He was a 2020-21 Encore Public Voices Fellow with the Op-Ed Project. He Was named a 2021 Accessibility Champion by Visions/Services for the Blind and received the 2007 Oculus Award for Excellence in Architectural Journalism from AIA NYC.

Peter is Chair of the board of directors of Empire State Employment Resources for the Blind and a founding director of Camp Possibilities International, which supports blind children and youth in Kenya (www.camppossibilitiesintl.org). He has previously served as a director of Lighthouse Guild and the Van Alen Institute. He holds an M.F.A. from Hunter College � CUNY and a B.F.A. from SUNY New Paltz.

Jennifer has practiced for over 25 years and is a New York City Mentor for minority and women-owned businesses. She is a registered architect and LEED Accredited Professional, an active member of the NYC AIA�s Social Sciences Committee, and coauthor of Inclusive Design for Structural Engineers from the UK Institution of Structural Engineers. Jennifer served for six years on the Board of Directors of the Quad Preparatory School, a school for neurodivergent learners, and was a founding Trustee of the Museum of Food and Drink. She earned her Bachelor of Arts from Yale University and her Master of Architecture from Columbia University.

She currently serves as Curatorial Assistant for contemporary architecture at The Museum of Modern Art New York (MoMA) and teaches at Syracuse University. Previous roles include Assistant Director of Exhibitions at Columbia University GSAPP and The Arthur Ross Architecture Gallery, research assistant at Performa, and lecturer at The New School Parsons and Bard College. Paula Vilaplana has developed projects for institutions such as the Shanghai Art Biennial, The Victoria and Albert Museum,The Venice Architecture Biennial, Storefront for Art and Architecture, Princeton University, Triennale Milano, and Ca2M among others. Her work has been published in the press internationally and her research has been sponsored by the Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture, Columbia University, the International Council of the Museum of Modern Art, and La Caixa Foundation among others.

Trained as an architect and a historian, his research focuses on the intersections of architecture with science, technology and media. Kotsioris holds a PhD in history and theory of architecture from Princeton University and an MArch II from Harvard University. He has taught architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, Barnard+Columbia Architecture, Princeton School of Architecture, The Cooper Union, and Harvard Graduate School of Design. He is a co-editor of Radical Pedagogies, a global history of post-WWII experiments in architectural education during the second half of the twentieth century (MIT Press, 2022).