Joel Sanders Architect

For the exhibition “Designing Peace” at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, located in New York City, MIXdesign applied Stalled! principles to reimagine Cooper Hewitt’s ground floor restrooms to create a Wellness Hub which addresses the self-care needs of the museum’s diverse visitors. It is divided into overlapping zones—Welcome, Wet, and Lounge—that generate dynamic relationships with the museum’s adjacent public spaces, a Design Studio and the Lecture Room.

The exhibition is on view through September 2023.

Location	New York, NY
Year	2022
Design/Research	JSA/MIXdesign: Joel Sanders, Marco Li, Matthew Liu, Ben Gillis, Martin Carrillo, Lee Onbargi, Seb Choe
Collaborators	Susan Stryker (gender and sexuality), Quemuel Arroyo (accessibility), Terry Kogan (law), with Yale School of Public Health (John Pachankis, Antonia Caba, Abigail Ginader)
Scale Model	Ryerson Studio