Summer 2021 Round-up

September 28, 2021

Venice Biennale
Recent Publications

Recent Publications

STUD: Architectures of Masculinity : Joel Sanders’ pioneering work STUD was republished as part of the Routledge Revival Series, marking the book’s 25th anniversary. The reprint contains a new Preface which assesses STUD‘s strengths and limitations through today’s lens, and traces how Samders’ work is now informed by a more expansive and inclusive conception of the intersection of gender, human embodiment and space.

Pipe Dreams: The Urgent Global Quest to Transform the Toilet by Chelsea Wald : MIXdesign’s Associate Director, Seb Choe, was featured in Chelsea Wald’s recent book Pipe Dreams, which profiles scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs and activists worldwide who are working to make toilets accessible and healthier for all.

Facility: A Magazine about Bathrooms : An interview with Seb Choe about Stalled! was recently published in Facility Magazine.

 

Venice Biennale Press: “YOUR RESTROOM IS A BATTLEGROUND”

“YOUR RESTROOM IS A BATTLEGROUND,” a multi-media installation at the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale by JSA/MIXdesign, Matilde Cassani, Ignacio G. Galan, Ivan L. Munuera has been featured in recent press:

  • Architizer, “Architizer’s Selection: 5 Noteworthy Exhibits at the 2021 Biennale”
  • ArchDaily, “The Restroom Pavilion at the 2021 Venice Biennale Displays How Restrooms are Political Battlegrounds”
  • Domus, “Restroom Battleground: Politics Happens in the Toilet”
  • Architects Journal UK, “Venice Architecture Biennale 2021: More Framework than Built Work”
  • PIN-UP Magazine, “In Search of a New Spatial Contract at the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale”
  • Wallpaper, “Venice Architecture Biennale 2021: a year late but somehow right on time”

 

Lectures + Events

Upcoming:

  • The Cove Symposium hosted by Ennead Associates, Panel Discussion “Social Equity: Diversity, Workforce Development and Affordability,” September 28, 2021 at 1:45pm EST
  • University of Arkansas, Fay Jones School of Architecture, “Body Politics: Social Equity and Inclusive Public Space,” October 18, 2021 at 5pm EST
  • New Canaan Museum & Historical Society Modern House Day Tour + Symposium, October 23, 2021
  • Salon Suisse at the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale: Bodily Encounters, “Beyond the Binary: Fluid Spaces for a Fluid Generation” A discussion with Jos Boys and Joel Sanders, November 20, 2021

Recent:

  • AIA Utah, “Restroom Revolution!: Designing Restrooms for Everyone,” a discussion with Terry Kogan and Seb Choe, September 23, 2021
  • AIA San Diego & The Center for Architecture, “Design for All: Breaking the Barriers of Gender Neutral Design,” August 26, 2021
  • Aalto University, Keynote Lecture at the 5th International Conference on Universal Design, June 9 2021

 

Selected Press

“Queer Looks on Architecture: From Challenging Identity-Based Approaches to Spatial Thinking,” ArchDaily, June 18, 2021

“Stalled! Safe, Sustainable, Inclusive Public Restrooms for All,” ArCA Digest, June 26, 2021

“From STUD to Stalled!: Queer Space 1996 – 2016, Event Video Now Available,” The Architectural League of NY, June 28, 2021