Research and Publications
Our research takes on two central questions: “What would housing justice look like in practice?” and “How might architects contribute?” This work addresses “housers” from a range of disciplines, who might incorporate architects’ spatial expertise, and architects interested in increasing their impacts in the realm of housing justice. Our publications, exhibitions, and case studies surface urgent questions on architecture and housing justice.
Recent and Forthcoming Publications
Bhatia, Neeraj, Ignacio G. Galan, and Karen Kubey. “Ageing Against the Machine.” In Architectures of Ageing in Place, edited by Anuradha Chatterjee. Routledge. Forthcoming, 2026.
Kubey, Karen. “An Inventory of What’s Possible - Community Housing + Action in New York.” In Dual City – Affordable Housing in London + New York, edited by Paul Karakusevic and Mike Althorpe. RIBA. Forthcoming, 2025.
Kubey, Karen. “A Report from the Intersections Research Conference, Where Architects and Scholars Explored Issues around Housing and Policy.” The Architect’s Newspaper, February 26, 2025.
Kubey, Karen. “Architecture for Housing as a Common Good, or I Would Fight Always for Beautiful Housing for All.” Interview by Andrea Dietz. Support Structures. December 11, 2024.
Kubey, Karen. “Book Review: Housing the Nation.” Places Journal, July 2024.
Kubey, Karen, ed. Housing as Intervention: Architecture towards Social Equity. AD (Architectural Design). John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2018.
Recent Exhibition
Aging Against the Machine
Co-Designer, for Reset: Towards a New Commons, Center for Architecture, New York
April 14-September 3, 2022
Aging is not a problem to be solved. The problem is the range of barriers—physical, social, financial, and cultural—that make it difficult to grow older with dignity and in community. Older people in the United States are often either isolated at home or subjected to institutionalized forms of care. Aging Against the Machine advocates for alternative housing and community development scenarios for aging that open up multiple options for care, improve physical access to the city, enhance resource sharing, and strengthen community ties.
Designed in collaboration with Neeraj Bhatia THE OPEN WORKSHOP, California College of the Arts and Ignacio G. Galan, Barnard College, Columbia University with a larger team.