Robert Adams is a designer and associate professor of architecture at University of Michigan; director of the Master of Science Design and Health program in Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning; director of University of Michigan Initiative on Disability Studies; and faculty at the Stamps School of Art & Design. Robert's research and practice connects architecture, civic infrastructure, and urbanism, to design and disability culture where diverse actors, institutions, and responsive environments coalesce. Robert's research draws out the compositional dynamics around the biopolitics of disability as a critical platform for innovation. Recent work includes: Abaton, a pod work-sphere that decompresses high-stress environments to manage cognitive labor and enhance discursive thinking; Post-Compliant Bodies, a collaborative project that develops institutional protocols that leverage the national debate around non-binary genders; and, The Asclepius Machine, an urban prototype for an extreme wheelchair accessible ramp and theatrical apparatus. Robert?s creative works have been exhibited internationally, including House 17: Migrating Shenzhen Scenes, for the 2018 Bi-City Biennial of Urbanism and Architecture ? Shenzhen. Robert is co-founder of B.A.S.E.Beijing, a design research studio in the urban village Cao Chang Di, a nexus of creative industries in China. Robert consults with disability rights organizations in Beijing, Shenzhen, and Mexico City with an emphasis on promoting the active inclusion of disability perspectives regarding the politics of space and urban innovation. Robert identifies as disabled.