“Inclusivity in Design Across Multiple Scales”
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Equity, accessibility, and inclusion don't just happen in the building, but at a variety of scales of human experience. By looking beyond traditional paradigms and challenging what inclusion means at different scales of design, we will uncover lessons learned and implementable strategies to expand our understanding of inclusive design practices. We will explore equity, accessibility, and inclusion through a multi-disciplinary design lens including interior design, planning, and architecture.
Learning Objectives:
Attendees will be able to identify different barriers within the built environment regarding accessibility and inclusion above and beyond ADA code requirements.
Attendees will be challenged to investigate how equity, diversity and inclusion translate to built work and planning work, across multiple scales of design.
Attendees will be able to compare traditional project approaches with inclusion and equity-based approaches.
Attendees will be able to critically examine how their own design approaches apply an inclusion and equity-based approach through all phases of a project.
Korey White
Korey is driven by her zest for the built environment, bringing open-mindedness and creativity to her role as an architect and urban planner. She applies her dual master’s degrees in architecture and urban and regional planning to an interdisciplinary approach that creates impactful outcomes for her clients and the community. Korey currently works for DLR Group in the Chicago office, focused primarily on educational facility master planning for K-12 school districts.
Korey is recognized for her leadership within architecture by her recent election to the AIA Strategic Council as 2022 Moderator-elect and has been awarded the AIA Young Architects Award and the BD+C 40 under 40. She is currently enrolled at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the iMBA program. She is a Forté Fellow and will graduate with her Masters of Business Administration in Fall 2022.
AJ Sivakumar
AJ is a designer with a passion for designing K-12 learning environments. She holds two degrees in architecture from the University of Texas (BS.Arch) and the University of Cincinnati (M.Arch). She believe that research is essential in creating meaningful environments and that as research evolves, so should design. Her love for research stems from her love for learning and is thankful that it is part of her role at DLR Group.
Grace Corsi
As a GIS Data Analyst at DLR Group, Grace uses research, data, and analysis to inform design decisions and craft compelling project stories that emphasize solutions. Her multi-disciplinary perspective incorporates architecture, urban planning, GIS, public policy, and economics which has added a new layer of information gathering into the design workflow. Her reach spans all sectors, regions, and disciplines with DLR Group – K-12, Higher Education, Workplace, Mixed-Use, and Culture + Performing Arts.
Grace cares deeply about addressing issues of sustainability and human well-being. Her role allows her to not only understand and research the world’s problems, but to use this information to reshape the way we think about communities, structures, and space. This focus helps her build resiliency and improve the human experience, and is driven by creating data-informed, tangible solutions.
Amanda Collen
Amanda works as an Interior Designer at DLR Group in Denver, Colorado. Amanda graduated from the Fay Jones School of Architecture + Design at the University of Arkansas in 2018. She has worked with DLR Group for 3.5 years. She started in the DLR Group Dallas office working with people across many of the DLR Group offices on Cultural and Performing Arts projects, K-12 Education Design, and workplace. She is a recipient of DLR Group’s Personal Development Grants (PDG) in 2021 for “Accessible Design Awareness” where she hosted an interactive exhibit for the public to test out different obstacles to see for themselves if the ADA code is good enough. It truly was a passion project for her since her aunt is quadriplegic. Through Amanda’s education and professional experience thus far she has a passion for client centered design that is purposeful, functional, beautiful, and accessible. Therefore, creating spaces that have a positive impact on the community and the surrounding environment.