Academic Architecture Studio |  Fall 2021
In collaboration with Rebeca Aro

This project locates and examines areas of exclusivity inherently present in our world with an intent focus on Tompkins County, broadly, zooming in on the City of Ithaca, specifically. The landscape was examined through economic, social, physical, and public access infrastructure and compared against current practices, laws, and codes used to measure accessibility today. Biases and lack of representation of all bodies was clearly identifiable and led to the development of our new code of accessibility, which sought to dissolve any form of un-universal experience. Interventions are created on sites of utmost exclusivity and hierarchy, utilizing existing modes of mobility and accessibility present in ADA code and new terms to provide social and physical accessibility.