Synesthetic Research & Design Lab

Directors of the Synesthetic Research & Design Lab (SR&DL), Loukia Tsafoulia and Severino Alfonso, recently presented the lab's work at the Design Intelligence: AI and Critical Futures symposium at NYIT's School of Architecture & Design.

SR&DL @ the Royal College of Art’s Battersea: Practising Eco Social Futures: The VOICE Artist Showcase

The International Neurodiversity & the Built Environment Symposium explores how design can honor diverse sensory, cognitive, and relational experiences. This year’s theme, Building Empathy, includes practitioners, researchers, artists, students, and self-advocates to rethink how environments can support dignity, agency, and belonging.

Loukia Tsafoulia and Severino Alfonso have contributed a new chapter to the recently published book, Making Design Public: Education Beyond the Studio, published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Their chapter, “Intentional Connections: Design Pedagogies for Neuroaffirming Environments,” explores new ways design education can support a wider range of human experiences.

On February 4th, Loukia Tsafoulia and Severino Alfonso Dunn presented their research and SR&DL creative work at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University in New York.

At the recent Neuroinclusive Design Roundtable, hosted by SOM’s Equity Action Committee (EAC), we presented our research and lessons learned from our work in this emerging field.