QSPACE
QSPACE is a queer architecture research collective, currently based at GSAPP Incubator within NEW INC, an academic program that supports initiatives at the intersection of art, technology, and design.[1] Growing out of and in collaboration with the "Queer Students of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation" (QSAPP) group at Columbia University, QSPACE was founded by Lauren Johnson and Ryan Day in 2016 to address the relative invisibility of queer perspectives and histories in the study and design of the built environment.[2]
Speaking about their motivation for starting QSPACE during a workshop on workplace design at Hunter Douglas Architectural, Ryan Day shared:
“There was a moment in school when I had a professor turn to me and say, ‘Just write “Restroom” in a white box.’ I thought, no, if you can’t design a bathroom, you can’t design for the body, and understand that we are all different, and have different needs. So Lauren and I created QSPACE to give people and students the tools to easily have that conversation within their workplace.”[3]
Since its inception, QSPACE has served as a platform for public-facing scholarship, covering a range of projects from advocacy and curatorial works to archival and design research interventions. Additionally, the organization serves as a conversation space and mentorship resource for and by queer people within the architecture profession.[4]
Current Projects[edit]
Current projects of QSPACE include:
- Gender-inclusive bathroom design,[5][6][7][8][9][10]
- LGBTQ homelessness and housing,[11] and
- An archive of queer histories in architecture.[12][13]
References[edit]
- ↑ "New INC: The First Museum-Led Incubator for Art, Design, and Technology". Middlebury College: Center for Careers and Internships. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
- ↑ "Building the Resistance". The Eye Columbia Daily Spectator.
- ↑ "Designing for Those "Left Out of the Equation": MIXdesign + QSPACE Founders on "Sketching Equitable Workplaces"". Hunter Douglas Architectural.
- ↑ "Designing for Those "Left Out of the Equation": MIXdesign + QSPACE Founders on "Sketching Equitable Workplaces"". Hunter Douglas Architectural.
- ↑ "These Independent Groups Are Blending Research, Activism, and Critical Thought in Architecture". Metropolis Magazine.
- ↑ "Decoding Gender Discrimination in Design with QSPACE". Archinect. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
- ↑ "Coded Plumbing". QSPACE. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
- ↑ Preciado, Paul B. (September–October 2017). "Trashgender: Urinate/Defecate, Masculine/Feminine". The Funambulist: Politics of Space and Bodies. 13: 15.CS1 maint: Date format (link)
- ↑ "Neither His Nor Hers: Architects are working to make all-inclusive bathrooms the new norm". Architectural Digest.
- ↑ "Noncompliant Bodies, Accommodating Space". Urban Omnibus.
- ↑ "SANCTUARY". QSPACE. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
- ↑ "Queer Architecture Archive". QSPACE. Retrieved 2018-10-13.
- ↑ "These Independent Groups Are Blending Research, Activism, and Critical Thought in Architecture". Metropolis Magazine.
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