Designing Inclusive Classrooms Where All Students Thrive

Early collaboration between teachers, administrators, and designers creates inclusive learning environments that support every student. Former special education coordinator and current middle school assistant principal, Alyssa Marshall discusses the factors driving this new vision for the classroom and pinpoints specific design strategies that benefit those with sensory processing disorders and create positive learning environments for all.

Mindful Design + Mindful People = Neuroinclusive Workplaces

In this edited and condensed excerpt from an HKS article, we examined HKS’s workplace research on Creating a Brain Healthy Workplace with a neurodiversity lens to expand its applicability and equitability.

How HKS Singapore Built Its Brain-Healthy Office

HKS has built a fresh, state-of-the-art workplace in Singapore's buzzing central business district that's a unique adaptive reuse of a 1920s-era building. Rooted in the firm’s BrainHealthy Workplace program, the interior balances aesthetics and well-being, nurturing employees’ professional, personal, and mental health at every turn.

Designing Divergence: Janie Hungerford’s Unique Journey

Designer Janie Hungerford proves that a neurodiversity diagnosis does not define what you can do. The interior design firm founder shares with us how she began her firm and how she’s helping herself, her team, and other neurodiverse individuals lead fulfilling lives.

Classroom Design Changes Boost Student Comfort and Choice

Lately, updates in technology and flexible spaces have entered the classroom. Sarah Knize of Ratcliff Architects shares strategies for designing for neurodiversity at the Charles Armstrong School, a primary school serving students with dyslexia.

Why Neurodiverse Designs Benefit Us All

Commercial interiors are evolving with inclusivity at the core. Strategies that support neurodiverse needs often boost focus and comfort for everyone. Two HLW designers go on record to discuss how and why these methods work.