05/08/2026
Form of Accessibility Graduate Design Seminar at the GSD- Looking at accessibility from a formal lens; architecture form at the threshold of human ability. A truly intelligent group of students working on different barriers at Gund Hall each related to one human ability at its threshold. Miles Cornwall and Emma Sheffer single arm switch back ramp to access the mezzanine. Borler Wu, Adela Borjas and Emanuelle Cardenas barrier-free bathroom towards Piper auditorium exploring bathroom rituals, temporalities and publicness; Vicky Cao and Mishelle Abusada using air as a non visual access signal to egress on the fifth floor corridor; Adrian Yu, Howard Timlin and Alex Guo, topological tactile plates vs real time tactile surface indicators as two means of non visual navigation. Patricia Ku, Leah Lock and Kaitlin Chi Ar Tse, model of fourth and fifth trays using moving curtains to mitigate height anxiety, Rodrigo Pineros and Mathew Pena working on signs and color blindness, Miya Kutchins and Cathy Li, ground inscriptions as playgrounds, Ken Chen and George Ma using a deep plate insert in the middle of wide exit stair to create two separate light zones for macular degeneration vs photophobia, Hazel Kim Julie Yeung and Lucia Garza using Gallaudet University concept of DeafSpace and dealing with second floor corridor jog; Olivia Xu and Yi Zhu double handrail, Marianne Bojelan Papas temperature respites and Taay'lo Imani temporal accessibility.
