Trauma Informed Design at SXSW

Trauma Informed Design: Healing & Resilience

Left to right: Sarah Skoterro, Deepa Bharatkumar, Victoria Bergsagel, and Lorne McConachie.

Lorne McConachie and Deepa Bharatkumar from Bassetti, Victoria Bergsagel of Architects of Achievement and Sarah Skoterro from Thira Health recently presented the Trauma Informed Design Initiative at the 2022 SXSW EDU Conference in Austin, TX. This multidisciplinary panel offered Trauma-Informed Design (TID) patterns and processes to help school and community planners, designers, and architects design for healing and resilience.

Why this, why now? This conversation comes at an incredibly relevant time as students worldwide are experiencing any number of socially disruptive events from the pandemic to personal, familial, civic, climate, and racial unrest. Together we strive to right injustices and bring hope and healing to our students.

For more information on our TID initiative, click here.