ibid. studio

Irene Brisson is a designer, researcher, and educator invested in the study and implementation of more equitable design processes. Her current research investigates communicative practices used in tacit and explicit design of Haitian residential architecture. Ethnographic fieldwork is focused on three significant producers of Haitian houses: general contractors/bosmason, architects, and non-governmental organizations. Considering speech, gesture, drawing, and building as inclusive categories of communication, Irene explores how they vary in complex relationships of class, education, language, race, and nationality to reproduce and challenge the status quo.