1. Korydon Smith, Ed.D., M.Arch. Associate Professor School of Architecture + Planning Developing the Inclusive Design Graduate Research Group: Reflections on a UD-Focused Architecture Program at a Public University

2. Design is neither an intellectual nor a material affair, but simply an integral part of the stuff of life. – Walter Gropius I see the task of architecture as the defense of the authenticity of human experience. – Juhani Pallasmaa We shape our buildings; thereafter, our buildings shape us. – Winston Churchill Recall the face of the poorest and weakest man you have seen, and ask yourself if this step you contemplate is going to be any use to him. – Mahatma Gandhi

3. Today, there are 100 million people homeless. What are you doing about it? In some countries, more than 70% of women are the victims of violence. What are you doing about it? More than 20,000 children died today. What are you doing about it? One thing is to feel bad…Another thing is to be taken by “just rage” and engage in political projects for substantive transformation of reality. – Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the City

4. In the context of universal design research and education: What are the most unique/exemplary characteristics of your institution and/or program? What are the systemic, institutional, programmatic, and student challenges do you face? What opportunities and solutions have you found most effective?

5. University at Buffalo—State University of New York

6. largest university in the SUNY system: enrollment of ~30k students (19k+ UG and 10k+ Grad) 100 UG degrees, 205 master’s degrees, and 94 doctoral and professional degrees (largest range in New England) largest percentage of international students of any public university in the US: 5,200 UG and Grad (17%) international exchange programs with 65 countries University at Buffalo—State University of New York

7. 1,100+ full-time faculty; 500+ part-time faculty SUNY 2020 and UB 2020: faculty recruitment, “Finish in 4,” etc. AAU member institution (there are 62 Association of American Universities member institutions) US News and World Report, Kiplinger, and Princeton Review: “Best Value” Division 1 Athletics (?)

8. School of Architecture + Planning  Founded in 1968  The only accredited architecture and planning school in the SUNY system  500 undergraduates  200 graduate students  5 research centers

9. Ten Degrees Offered:  BA Environmental Design  BS Architecture  Master of Urban Planning  Master of Architecture  MS in Architecture  Dual MUP + MArch  Dual MArch + MBA  Dual MArch + MFA  Dual MUP + JD  PhD in Urban and Regional Planning

10. Master of Architecture

11. Master of Science in Architecture

12. Graduate Research Groups:  Ecological Practices  Material Culture  Situated Technologies  Inclusive Design

13. Department of Architecture Graduate Research Groups Ecological Practices

14. Department of Architecture Graduate Research Groups Material Culture

15. Department of Architecture Graduate Research Groups Situated Technologies

16. Department of Architecture Graduate Research Groups Inclusive Design

17. How is your institution/department similar and different from this? How are your challenges and opportunities similar and different?

18. Inclusive Design Graduate Research Group

19. Designs that enable and empower diverse populations. What is inclusive design? Apple iPhone This includes issues of human diversity sensory perception health and safety social justice

20. diversity Spencer Tunick, Mexico City, 2007

21. diversity race and ethnicity Aaron Siskind, Harlem Document 18, 1939

22. diversity age bObles Elephant, 2009

23. diversity geography Glen Allison, Dogon Village, date unknown

24. diversity sexuality Noritoshi Hirakawa, Unión de…Interactional Casa Barragán, 2012

25. Jeongmee Yoon, Pink and Blue, 2010 diversity gender

26. diversity economics unknown, 2010 National Geographic Photo Contest

27. diversity physical ability unknown, 2010 National Geographic Photo Contest

28. diversity cognitive ability Mary Ellen Mark, Gypsy Camp, 1987

29. diversity religion unknown

30. sensory perception Stelarc, Spinning/Screaming, 2011

31. Dan Flavin, Pink out of a Corner, 1963 sensory perception sight

32. sensory perception John Cage, James Tenney preparing piano, ca1952 sound

33. Sol LeWitt, Wall Drawing #715, 1993 sensory perception touch

34. sensory perception Peter Zumthor, Therme Vals, 1993-1996 smell

35. sensory perception taste C. Butterworth, Licking the Barcelona Pavilion, 1992

36. Rebecca Horn, Finger Gloves, 1972 sensory perception kinesthesis

37. health and safety Dario Mitidieri, Savita: Children of Bombay, 1992

38. health and safety physical health People’s Daily, Sorghum Stalk Boards, 2011

39. health and safety mental health Film still from Amélie, Claudie Ossard Prod., 2001

40. health and safety public safety U.S. Embassy in Beijing, SOM, 2008

41. health and safety injury prevention unknown

42. social justice unknown

43. social justice identity development Riccardo Forte, Face to Face at the Crown Fountain

44. social justice political and social participation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Cell of a Model Prisoner, 1975

45. social justice equality Howard Schatz, Aimee Mullins, 2007

46. Faculty Edward Steinfeld Beth Tauke Ken MacKay Korydon Smith Despina Stratigakos Jordana Maisel Sue Weidemann

47. Faculty Edward Steinfeld Beth Tauke Ken MacKay Korydon Smith Despina Stratigakos Jordana Maisel Sue Weidemann American Institute of Architects Director, IDEA Center SUNY Distinguished Professor research: ergonomics + human factors

48. Edward Steinfeld Beth Tauke Ken MacKay Korydon Smith Despina Stratigakos Jordana Maisel Sue Weidemann Faculty Associate Dean, Sch. of Arch. + Planning Associate Professor of Architecture research: inclusive design + the senses

49. Edward Steinfeld Beth Tauke Ken MacKay Korydon Smith Despina Stratigakos Jordana Maisel Sue Weidemann Faculty Associate Professor of Architecture research: design + social justice

50. Edward Steinfeld Beth Tauke Ken MacKay Korydon Smith Despina Stratigakos Jordana Maisel Sue Weidemann Faculty American Institute of Architects Clinical Assoc. Professor of Architecture research: lighting and systems design

51. Edward Steinfeld Beth Tauke Ken MacKay Korydon Smith Despina Stratigakos Jordana Maisel Sue Weidemann Faculty Deputy Director, UB Gender Institute Associate Professor of Architecture research: architecture + gender

52. Edward Steinfeld Beth Tauke Ken MacKay Korydon Smith Despina Stratigakos Jordana Maisel Sue Weidemann Faculty Dir. of Outreach + Policy Studies, IDEA Ctr. Adjunct Instructor, Arch. + Planning research: human factors + urban design

53. Edward Steinfeld Beth Tauke Ken MacKay Korydon Smith Despina Stratigakos Jordana Maisel Sue Weidemann Faculty Director of Research, BOSTI Associates Senior Research Consultant, IDEA Ctr. Prof. Emeritus, UI—Urbana-Champaign Adjunct Instructor, Arch. + Planning research: environmental psychology

54. Faculty As a whole, the faculty in the Inclusive Design Research Group have: 10+ teaching awards 16 books published $20+ million in research grants 1,000+ public lectures and publications, in more than 15 countries

55. Studio: ARC 605, Arch. Design Studio 5 Technical Methods: ARC 596, Methods of Gathering Info. Intellectual Domain: ARC 558/PD 558, Design for Inclusive Environ. Cognate: HIS 576, Intro. to Disability Studies Typical Semester:

60. How is your program similar and different from this? How are your challenges and opportunities similar and different?

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