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URL:https://ssa.ccny.cuny.edu/events/spring-2024-sciame-lecture-series-mag
 da-mostafa/
SUMMARY:Spring 2024 Sciame Lecture Series: Magda Mostafa
DESCRIPTION:This lecture will be in person and is part of the Spring 2024 S
 ciame Lecture Series\, titled "Access and Beyond: Architecture and Disabil
 ity."\n\nMagda Mostafa is Principal of StudioTM and Professor of Design at
  the American University in Cairo. As an architect focusing on autism\, sh
 e is the author of the ASPECTSS Design Index\, the world’s first researc
 h-based design framework for autism. ASPECTSS was awarded the UIA Triennia
 l Research Award in 2014 and Mostafa is the only laureate to be presented 
 this award twice\, awarded again in 2023. Through her consulting\, ASPECTS
 S has been used in architectures for autism and neurodiversity across 5 co
 ntinents. Her work was also exhibited at the 2021 and 2023 Venice Architec
 ture Biennales. She collaborates globally with practices such as Mimar\; A
 b Rogers\; Altus\; VMA\; SFS\; and JSA/MIXdesign where she is Autism Desig
 n Lead. Information about her work can be found at her website www.autism.
 archi.\n\n"Spectrum Space: Sensory Decolonization\, Sensory Curation and t
 he Autistic Imaginary": Social justice\, accessibility\, and spatial parit
 y have always found intersections\, albeit challenging ones- in our social
  discourse. Notions such as Human-Centered Design have recently emerged as
  the practical mechanism through which designers may negotiate the nuance 
 of such intersection. Inherited social constructs however continue to colo
 r our view\, defaulting to a normative definition of the “Human” at th
 e center of “Human-Centered Design”- one that assumes a 6 ft tall\, am
 bulatory\, white\, English-speaking\, seeing\, hearing\, verbal\, neurotyp
 ical\, ci-gendered\, straight male occupying this crucial center point. Th
 e reality of our human fabric contrasts dramatically from this definition.
 \n\nThis talk aims to expand this definition- specifically through the len
 s of autism and neurodiversity and discuss the challenges of Sensory Colon
 isation of our cities and spaces through this lens. It presents the constr
 uct of Spectrum Space\, a proposition of senso-socio-spatial gradients bor
 n from work with the Autism ASPECTSS Design Index for over two decades. Pu
 blished in 2014\, and expanded in 2021\, ASPECTSS is the world’s first r
 esearch-based design framework for autism.\n\nThe talk traces the trajecto
 ry of ASPECTSS from its motivation in 2002\, to its inception in 2014 and 
 its continued application in curatorial\, scholarly and design practices. 
 Told through a series of encounters with the autistic experience the talk 
 will present autism as expert\, author and curator of design experiences a
 s translated into architectures of learning\, living\, community and care.
 \n\nSuggested Reading: Mostafa\, M.\, (2021) "Building for a Differently A
 bled World" pp. 64-71\, in Architecture for All\, IQD\, December 2021\, Mi
 lan\, Italy. \n\n"Access and Beyond: Architecture and Disability" answers
  the call for disability justice in our time. Architects\, designers\, and
  scholars\, inspired by critical disability studies\, make up the distingu
 ished roster of speakers who situate disability\, ability\, and access in 
 pointed\, specific critiques of design\, culture\, and power. This series 
 invites practitioners to probe assumptions embedded in universal design\, 
 to center belonging in design practice\, to critique technology in relatio
 n to inclusion\, and to apprehend the rich contribution of difference in t
 he sensorial experiences of places.\n\nAll lectures are free\, open to the
  public\, and held in the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture 
 Sciame Auditorium. Live captioning and ASL interpretation will be availabl
 e upon request. For access requests or questions\, please contact ssadean@
 ccny.cuny.edu. \n\nSee https://www.ccny.cuny.edu/return-campus for curren
 t requirements for in-person visitors.\n\nThis lecture series is made poss
 ible by the Spitzer Architecture Fund and the generous support of Frank Sc
 iame ’74\, CEO of Sciame Construction.
CATEGORIES:Events,Lectures,Sciame Lectures
LOCATION:Sciame Auditorium (Room 107)\, 141 Convent Avenue\, New York\, NY\
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