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AWARDS
2018 Architect’s Newspaper Best of Design Awards
2018 AIA Film Challenge, Finalist
2018 AIA Innovation Awards, Honorable Mention
COMMITTEES
American Restroom Association, Board of Directors, 2020
GRANTS
SPECIAL THANKS TO THE ARCHITECTURAL LEAGUE OF NEW YORK FOR ACTING AS OUR FISCAL SPONSOR SINCE 2016.
Stalled! Online is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
New York State Council on the Arts, Independent Projects Grant, August 2018
BW Bastian Foundation Grant, May 2018
AIA Arthur W. Brunner Grant for Architectural Research, April 2018
Yale Anonymous Alumni Grant, March 2018
Yale WGSS FLAGS Award, March 2017
Yale/Hewlett-Packard Blended Reality Research Grant, November 2016
New York State Council on the Arts, Independent Projects Grant, October 2016
LECTURES
Symposia
“Breaking the Code: Designing for Non-Conforming Bodies,” University of Waterloo, Arriscraft Speaker Series, Online Event, October 20, 2020.
“The Culture War Over Public Restrooms,” University of Utah, U to You Park City Lecture Series, Park City, Utah, June 12, 2019.
“Simposio de Espacio (Público) y Género.” FADA-PUCE. Quito, Ecuador. November 27, 2019.
“Ability and Inclusion Symposium.” Yale Center for Collaborative Arts & Media. New Haven, CT. November 11, 2019.
“What makes a place? A Public Discourse.” Hong Kong Arts Centre. Hong Kong. August 8,2019.
“Unmetionables Symposium". Woodbury University, WUHO. Los Angeles, California. April 6, 2019.
"Stalled! London.” UCL Bartlett School of Architecture. London. March 9, 2019.
“Appropriate(d) Interiors.” Pratt Institute. Brooklyn, NY. February 2, 2019.
“The Sexological Floorplan.” UC Davis. Davis, CA. April 25, 2018.
“Noncompliant Bodies: Social Equity and Public Space.” Yale University. New Haven, CT. April 6, 2018.
“Stalled! Symposium.” University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI. February 8, 2018.
“Alternative Futures: Questioning Design Standards"
Ryerson University. Toronto, Canada. October 21, 2019.
Marywood University. Scranton, PA. October 02, 2019.
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. San Francisco, CA. September 20, 2019. Van Alen Institute. New York. July 16, 2019.
ETH Hönggerberg. Zurich, Switzerland. May 23, 2019.
Aalto University. Helsinki, Finland. March 14, 2019.
“Body Politics: Social Equity and Public Restrooms”
HEAD Geneve. Geneva, Switzerland. December 10, 2018.
Barnard College. New York, NY. October 17, 2018.
TU Delft. Delft, Netherlands. September 26, 2018.
2018 AIA Conference on Architecture. June 21, 2018. [Stalled! Online Launch]
Vassar College. Poughkeepsie, NY. May 7, 2018.
University of Utah. Salt Lake City, UT. April 12, 2018.
Pratt Institute. New York, NY. April 10, 2018.
“Non-Compliant Bodies: Social Equity and Public Space”
University of Virginia. Charlottesville, VA. March 19, 2018.
Center for Architecture. New York, NY. May 23, 2017.
Columbia University, GSAPP with QSAPP. New York, NY. March 23, 2017.
University of Pennsylvania, PennDesign. Philadelphia, PA. March 15, 2017.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Cambridge, MA. October 3, 2017.
New York University. New York, NY. September 27 2017.
New York School of Interior Design. New York, NY. February 22, 2017.
Pratt Institute. New York, NY. November 7, 2016.
“Trans-form: Designing Identities 1996-2016”
Contemporary Architecture Discourse Colloquium: Gender and Space, Yale School of Architecture, New Haven, CT. February 24, 2016
WORKSHOPS
Washington University in St. Louis. June 10, 2020.
Austin Design Week. November 5, 2019.
Yale University. October 26, 2018
Tufts University. October 19, 2018
Center for Architecture. June 18, 2018.
University of Utah. April 12, 2018.
Vassar College. May 7, 2018.
University of Michigan. February 8, 2018.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. October 4, 2017.
Society for College and University Planning. July 10, 2017.
Ennead Architects. May 19, 2017.
Princeton University. May 9, 2017.
Gallaudet University. May 2, 2017
Florida International University. April 28, 2017.
University of Houston. April 7, 2017.
University of Pennsylvania. August 24, 2016.
ESSAYS
Sanders, Joel. “La evolución de los baños: Lecciones históricas para aspirar a un futuro con espacios seguros e inclusivos.” Trans. Belén Maiztegui. Plataforma Arquitectura. July 12, 2020.
Sanders, Joel. “From the Architect: Stalled! Design Activism for Public Bathrooms.” Brick & Wonder. New York: September 12, 2018.
Sanders, Joel. “Noncompliant Bodies, Accommodating Space.” Urban Omnibus. March 29, 2018.
Sanders, Joel. “Stalled!: Transforming Public Restrooms.” Footprint: Delft Architecture Theory Journal. Issue 21. Delft: December 23, 2017.
Sanders, Joel. “From Stud to Stalled! Architecture in Transition.” Log Journal. Issue 41. Anyone Corporation. New York: November 15, 2017.
Sanders, Joel and Susan Stryker. “Could the Restroom Become Public Space?”
Metropolis Magazine. New York: April 18, 2017.
Sanders, Joel and Susan Stryker. “Stalled: Gender-Neutral Public Restrooms.”
South Atlantic Quarterly 115:4. Durham: Duke University Press, October 2016.
Joel Sanders and Sonny Oram. “From Stud to Stalled.” Posture Magazine. Issue 3. Winter Mendelson.
New York: Wayward Wild, 2016. 52-61
Sanders, Joel and Susan Stryker. “Everyone Poops. No One Should Be Stigmatized or Criminalized When They Answer Nature’s Call.” LA Times. April 30, 2016.
PRESS
Demetriou, Luca. “How Public Toilets Became a Peculiarly British Battleground.” VICE. August 18, 2020.
Zarzycki, Lili. "Interview with Joel Sanders." The Architectural Review. March 19,2020.
Bernal, Natasha. "The Curse of the Phantom Pooer Shows Why Gender Neutral Toilet Designs Aren't Working." Wired!. March 2, 2020.
Manjoo, Farhad.“America’s Public Restrooms Are Kind of Great Now.” The New York Times. New York: December 11, 2019.
Eisenstein, Taylor. “All-Inclusive Restroom Design Leverages Public Health Perspective.” Yale News: October 25,2019.
Meyer, Denise. “YSPH Student Bring Public Health Perspective to Design of All-Gender/ All-Inclusive Public Restrooms.” Yale School of Public Health News: October 9, 2019.
Kissick, Dean. “Spaces of Desire.” Apartamento Magazine. Volume 23. New York: Spring/ Summer 2019, p 277-285.
Penny, Janelle. “All-Gender Restrooms Now Comply with Code.” Buildings: April 02, 2019.
“International Plumbing Code changes facilitate all-gender restrooms.” Architect’s Newspaper. New York: March 27, 2019.
Luckel, Madeleine. “Architects and Designers Just Helped Win a Major Victory for All-Gender Public Restrooms.” Architectural Digest PRO. New York: March 18, 2019.
Pinkser, Joe. “The Long Lines for Women’s Bathrooms Could be Eliminated. Why Haven’t They Been?” The Atlantic. New York: January 23, 2019.
Krichels, Jennifer. “The Architecture of Gender.” AIANY Oculus Magazine. New York: Winter 2018.
Orson, Diane and Joel Sanders. “The Transgender Bathroom Debate and a New Vision for Inclusive Public Spaces.” CT Public Radio. Connecticut: November 12, 2018.
Ocampo, Josh. “All-Gender Access and Floor-to-Ceiling Walls: The World’s Most Inclusive Bathroom is Here.” Mic. New York: October 26, 2018.
Hong, Sukjong. “Project Tackling Gender-Restricted Bathroom Access Wins AIA Innovation Award.” The Architect’s Newspaper. New York: October 23, 2018.
Hay, Mark. “Public Bathrooms Are Terrible. What Will It Take to Fix Them?” The Outline. October 9, 2018.
Georges, Nicole J. and Chris Vargas. “Episode #124 – Susan Stryker! Talking Trans History, Words & More.” Audio podcast. Sagittarian Matters. August 10, 2018.
Zellers, Zoe and Jake Frisbie. “Designing for Those “Left Out of the Equation”: MIXdesign + QSPACE Founders on “Sketching Equitable Workplaces.” Hunter Douglas Architectural. August 2, 2018. http://blog.hunterdouglasarchitectural.com/designing-for-those-left-out-of-the-equation-mixdesign-qspace-founders-on-sketching-equitable-workplaces/
Sisson, Patrick. “How bathroom design can be a bridge to more accessible architecture.” Curbed NY. New York: July 31, 2018.
Yar, Sanam. “This Consultancy Firm Wants to Make Equitable Design the New Normal.” Metropolis Magazine. New York: July 27, 2018.
Sow, Aminatou and Ann Friedman. “Pooptacular.” Audio podcast. Call Your Girlfriend. Call Your Girlfriend LLC, July 13, 2018.
Mase, Roi. “Has This Team Finally Found a Fair Solution to Trans People Being Discriminated Against in Public Restrooms?” Metrosource. New York: July 2, 2018.
Howarth, Dan. “Stalled! initiative provides open-source prototypes for inclusive public restrooms.” Dezeen. New York: June 21, 2018.
Metropolis Editors. “VIDEO: Why Gender-Neutral Bathrooms Matter.”
Metropolis Magazine. New York: May 22, 2018.
Kwun, Aileen. “How Design Could Save the Gendered Bathroom Debate.”
Architectural Digest. New York: February 20, 2018.
Rigg, Sarah. “Inspired by transgender bathroom debate, U-M holds conference on inclusive design.”
Second Wave Media. Ann Arbor, February 14, 2018.
Spula, Ian. “An Unexpected Ally of Gender-Neutral Restrooms: Building Codes.”
Architect Magazine. New York: September 30 2017.
Weiss, Allie. “Stalled! Proposal Offers Gender-Neutral Restroom Solution.”
Interior Design Magazine. New York: May 6, 2017.
Saffron, Inga. “Reinventing the Restroom to End the Transgender Bathroom Debate.”
The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia: March 22, 2017. w
Brey, Jared. “Joel Sanders on Non-Compliant Bodies.”
PennDesign News. Philadelphia: March 21, 2017.
Bava, Alessandro. “Joel Sanders on the Past and Future of Gender Issues in Architecture.”
The Architect’s Newspaper. New York: October 14, 2016.