October 6th 2023⏐Metropolis
By: Jaxson Stone
METROPOLIS’s associate editor Jaxson Stone sits down with Magda Mostafa, autism design consultant and architecture professor at the American University in Cairo, to discuss neuro-inclusive design and her installation at the Venice Architecture Biennale.
March 2023⏐e-flux Architecture
By: Bryony Roberts and Abriannah Aiken
Feminist Spatial Practices, Part 1, Bryony Roberts and Abriannah Aiken, 2023, Magda Mostafa and ASPECTSS Design Index is part of the landscape in Bryony Roberts and Abriannah Aiken exhaustive graphical mapping of feminist spatial practices, joining global scholars in the critical discourse on Non-Conforming Bodies.She joins scholars Sara Hendron, Jos Boys, David Gissen, Mabel Wilson and other leading voices in the field.
November 30th 2023⏐Rumsans
By: Af Redaktionen
Verden er ikke indrettet til personer med neurodiverse forstyrrelser som autisme. For at udligne forskellen har arkitekt og forsker Magda Mostafa med Autism Aspectss opstillet syv designkriterier, der kan fremme arkitektur, der tilgodeser personer med autisme og samtidig bidrager til velvære blandt alle.
June 19th 2023⏐The American University in Cairo
By: The American University in Cairo
Magda Mostafa, associate professor of design in the Department of Architecture and associate at Progressive Architects, has been honored with a Friendly and Inclusive Spaces Award from the International Union of Architects (UIA) for her "Autism Friendly University Design Guide."
August 2021⏐Cities People Love
By: Cities People Love
Magda Mostafa is an Associate Professor of Design at the American University in Cairo and autism design consultant at Progressive Architects. With over 20 years’ experience, she is a global leader in autism inclusive design and the author of the evidence-based design framework ASPECTSS. We interviewed Magda to expand our understanding of the role of architecture and design in the autistic life.
October 9th 2013⏐Archdaily
By: Vanessa Quirk
In 2002, Magda Mostafa, a then-PhD student at Cairo University, was given an exciting project: to design Egypt's first educational centre for autism. The young architect set herself down to the task of researching into autism design, certain she'd soon find guidelines and accessibility codes to direct her through the process (after all, about one in every 88 children is estimated to fall into the autism spectrum).
June 30th 2023⏐Archdaily
By: Pernille Maria Bärnheim
Design for Inclusivity at the UIA World Congress of Architects 2023, Pernille Maria Bärnheim, ArchDaily, an article related to the recent ASPECTSS* work with the UIA in Copenhagen around a global conversation connecting designing for inclusivity with the UN 17 SDGs.
2023⏐Matterport
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A Case for Sensory Decolonisation: Autistic Escape, European Cultural Centre, 2023, a 360 virtual tour at the Palazzo Mora, Venice, Italy.
November 23rd 2023⏐Stuart Neilson
By: Stuart Neilson
A Case for Sensory Decolonisation: Autistic Escape, European Cultural Centre, 2023, a 360 virtual tour at the Palazzo Mora, Venice, Italy.
July 24th 2023⏐Emerald Publishing Limited
By: Emerald Publishing Limited
The impact of ASPECTS-based design intervention in autism school design: a case study, Magda Mostafa, Marlene Sotelo, Toby Honsberger, Christine Honsberger, Erin Brooker Lozott, Nate Shanok, 2023, an article published in the International Journal of Architectural Research that measures the impact of ASPECTSS*.