SQ V L is a new york-based think tank with a mission to make architecture, research, and the planning process more accessible to communities who need them the most by providing technical and engagement services.

architecture + design

design guidelines and distribution framework for inclusive restrooms at MIT in Cambridge, MA
family commons at st. jude children’s hospital in Memphis, TN
the first chase sapphire airport lounge in Hong Kong
space program planning for an autism-friendly recreation complex
a community solarium for Culebra, Puerto Rico
a multifamily housing complex powered by its own wastewater in the Bronx, NY
a library for emergency management in New York, NY
warming shelters for the TED2016 conference in Vancouver, BC

drawings

star route farm (commissioned, 2022)
ina (drawing-collage series, ongoing)
kapwa quaranzine by sari sari studio (art contributor, 2020)
sketching berlin (2013)

engagement + facilitation

staff + visitor workshops for the san diego museum of art
making the inclusive museum symposium workshop with the architectural league
workshops and focus groups with the els for autism foundation
annual team retreat for the catskills agrarian alliance
inclusive restroom workshop for washington university in st. louis
stakeholder workshops for the university of miami new cancer research center
resilient palma workshop with the world wildlife federation + center for resilient cities and landscapes
addressing pollution in the bogota river

research + writing

energy, climate, disaster
- responsibly powering the philippine islands with geothermal energy (thesis)
- heat transects for nyc housing authority developments
- the gendered chains of disaster: stories from hurricane katrina
- missing migrants in 2017
philippine islands
- covid-19 and the filipinx diaspora of care
- teaching filipinized or philippine architecture
- kaniya (podcast)
strategy + planning
- designing equitable and inclusive virtual spaces of engagement
- strategic plan for the urban dove school