2026 W Award! Stalled!, our design-research initiative for inclusive restroom and locker room prototypes and guidelines, has received the 2026 W Award for Research in Gender and Architecture. Stalled! reflects an ongoing collaboration between architect Joel Sanders, trans historian and theorist Susan Stryker, legal expert Terry Kogan, and public health professor John Pachankis, whose interdisciplinary work has been essential to advancing more equitable public spaces.
If you’re in London on May 21, 2026, we’d love for you to join us at the award ceremony at the Architectural Association School of Architecture!
📍: Architectural Association School of Architecture, 33 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3EE
⏰: 18:00 - 20:30 (welcome drinks from 18:00 and main event from 18:30)
To learn more about the initiative, visit stalled.online.
Ribbon-Cutting at PCC Health Technology (HT) Building ✂️✨
We’re thrilled to celebrate the completion of the renovation of @portlandcommcollege ’s HT-West Building at the Sylvania Campus, in collaboration with @woofterbolch.architecture
This project includes one of the first all-user locker rooms in the country, an exciting milestone in advancing inclusive design within higher education and institutional spaces. More documentation to come, but here’s a sneak peak!
If you’re in the area, we’d love for you to join us for light refreshments, a few remarks, and a first look at the completed spaces. We hope to see you there!
Tuesday, May 5
9:00 AM reception
9:30 AM program
10:00 AM building tour
📍 Sylvania Campus, Health Technology Building (HT West)
12000 SW 49th Ave, Portland, OR
Free parking in Lots 12 & 13
SoCal Club Health Clinic! Working with the Men’s Health Foundation in South Central Los Angeles, JSA/MIXdesign conducted an adaptive reuse project that transformed two derelict structures into a combined medical clinic and community hub for LGBTQ+ youth of color—conceived to counteract stigma around seeking medical care by embedding clinical spaces within a vibrant, welcoming environment.
To learn more, the full project is up on our website!
JSA/MIXdesign and @archleague announce the Paul Gunther Prize for Inclusive Public Space, honoring cultural leader and public realm advocate Paul W. Gunther. Launching in Fall 2027, the annual prize will award up to $20,000 to support proposals that create, improve, or preserve inclusive public space in New York City.
Donations are now open through the Architectural League, and application details will be shared in Summer 2026.
Bobst Library Pixel Veil received the Best of 20: Installation at the 2025 Interior Design Best of Year Awards -- a special honor recognizing the most impactful projects of the past 20 years.
Completed in 2012, the Pixel Veil is a security screen to prevent suicide attempts, saving lives while also preserving the architectural integrity of Philip Johnson’s iconic NYU atrium. Now more than a decade later, the project’s recognition affirms the importance of design approaches that engage safety, care, and preservation, and highlights how architecture can contribute meaningfully to addressing urgent social challenges.
Join us for the public opening of the Museum of Disability History Opens at the Viscardi Center on Tuesday, Feb 17th!
JSA/MIXdesign led the exhibition design for the Museum of Disability History at The Viscardi Center, working in close collaboration with curators Ignacio G. Galán and Jordan Whitewood-Neal and the graphic design studio MTWTF. The exhibition unfolds through fourteen thematic “portals,” framing disability history not as singular or chronological, but as a constellation of intersecting stories.
Featuring archival film, historic photographs, books, artwork, and personal effects, the museum documents the lived experiences and achievements of people with disabilities.
#MuseumOfDisabilityHistory #InclusiveDesign #ExhibitionDesign #JSAMIXdesign #viscardicenter
From 2020 to 2022, the Queens Museum worked closely with JSA/MIXdesign (@jsamixdesign ) and Queens Community House (@qchnyc ) on the design-research project "Queens Museum: Central Atrium for All". We are proud to share that the project report is now live and accessible on our website!
"Queens Museum: Central Atrium for All" is part of JSA/MIXdesign’s larger initiative MIXmuseum (founded in 2018), which works with institutional partners to create open-source recommendations and toolkits for museums to improve the public-facing areas of the visitor experience.
This report documents not only the end-product of this research, but also the story of implementing a participatory design process to generate design recommendations that can be adapted by a wide range of institutions to make their buildings more accessible and welcoming for diverse audiences.
Learn more about the project and read the full report at the 🔗 in our bio!
Image: Denise Chow, Maya Gamble, Reem Khorshid, N’Dos Onochie, Kalla Sy.
This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (@us_imls ).
#QueensMuseum #CentralAtriumForAll
JSA/MIXdesign is featured in @cooperhewitt ‘s new exhibition “Designing Peace” !
Our installation, “Stalled! @ Cooper Hewitt” features a detailed scale-model that reimagines the museum’s ground floor restrooms as an inclusive Wellness Hub, including all-gender toilet stalls, a shared hand-washing area, interfaith space, nursing room, and multimedia lounge.
“Designing Peace” is on view through September 4, 2023 - go check it out!
#jsamixdesign #joelsandersarchitect #joelsanders #design #inclusivedesign #participatorydesign #cooperhewitt #cooperhewittmuseum #designingpeace
JSA/MIXdesign, @matildecassani_ , @nachoglezgalan , @ivanlmunuera are proud to present a multi-media installation "YOUR RESTROOM IS A BATTLEGROUND" at the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale, "How Will We Live Together?" on view at the Arsenale May 22 - November 21, 2021.
"YOUR RESTROOM IS A BATTLEGROUND" shows seven dioramas that depict case study bathroom controversies taking place around the world. Viewers are invited to peer into detailed cross-sectional models representing the sites where each battle was waged while they listen to a corresponding four-minute podcast, available for listening on the project website. The sequence of models, arranged in a semi-circular structure, allows visitors to compare and contrast the interconnected political, social, health and environmental issues triggered by bathroom controversies within their broader global context.
To learn more, please visit the project website link in our bio!
Project contributors: @sebchoe , @gatti.leonardo , @van_zalez , Marco Li, @lopezcondejorge , Maria Chiara Pastore, @pablosaizdelrio , @paulavilaplane
Model by @pablosaizdelrio
Photos by @imagensubliminal
Sponsored by Elise Jaffe + Jeffrey Brown, Barnard + Columbia Architecture, Princeton Architecture, Yale Architecture, ACE Cultura
#venicebiennale
"These people are coming together like The Avengers of inclusive bathroom design."
Tune in to @99percentinvisible to hear MIXdesign team members Joel Sanders, Seb Choe, Susan Stryker, Terry Kogan, and Quemuel Arroyo in conversation with Sandy Allen and Roman Mars. Topics include the origin of the Stalled! initiative, personal stories of restroom exclusion, and the future of inclusive restroom design.
The full podcast and transcript is available for free on the 99% Invisible website. You can also listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.
Photo by Curt Smith
The @nytmag features MIXdesign!
“How Architecture Could Help Us Adapt to the Pandemic” By Kim Tingley
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MIXdesign is honored to be featured in this profile, which includes conversations with the JSA/MIX team, as well as with collaborators and longstanding supporters. You can find the article in the June 14th print edition of the Sunday New York Times, in the Magazine section. Learn more about MIX on our website.
MIXdesign's mission is to critically reimagine the status quo of the built environment and provide spaces accessible to a broad, intersectional spectrum of people across age, gender, racial/cultural identity and ability. We welcome your feedback.
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Photo illustration by Najeebah Al-Ghadban. @nalghadban
Reposted from @interiordesignmag / Thanks for posting a TBT from this fun shoot at our Capsule Loft project, recipient of an Interior Design Best of Year Award and SARA Design Award!
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#ThrowbackThursday Joel Sanders Architect’s 2017 West Village Duplex
The West Village is known for its historic redbrick and brownstone townhouses. However, at the riverfront is where industrial buildings resided. In the 1960s and ’70s, these industrial buildings were converted into makeshift lofts. One of those lofts caught the eye of a CEO who was looking for a new home—turning to Joel Sanders Architect (@joelsandersarchitect ) to update the loft from being dark and cramped into a spacious, light-filled dwelling. Sanders increased the ceiling height, updated the staircase, and utilized a palette that combines natural and ebonized white oak, complemented by mid-century and contemporary furniture by the likes of Norman Cherner and Rodolfo Dordoni.
Cover photo: Peter Aaron/OTTO
