The SEN Architecture Platform
Health! Comfort! Create the Built Environment!
The SEN Architecture Platform serves as a dedicated space for exploring how the built environment impacts health, comfort, and wellbeing, particularly for individuals with special educational needs (SEN). Rooted in interdisciplinary research from institutions like UCL’s Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources, the platform promotes awareness, dialogue, and innovation in architectural practices that prioritize inclusivity. It highlights the importance of designing environments that support physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing, especially in educational settings. By bridging academic insight with real-world application, the platform equips architects, educators, and policymakers with the tools to create responsive spaces that enhance the quality of life for diverse users. Ultimately, the SEN Architecture Platform contributes to CESC’s broader mission of fostering educational excellence through sustainable, thoughtful, and equitable design. It champions environments where every learner can thrive physically, cognitively, and emotionally, regardless of their abilities.
Services
Across the Caribbean, physical spaces still pose real barriers for individuals with disabilities. At CESC, we believe accessibility is not optional, it’s essential. Our SEN Site Audit & Compliance Certification Service supports schools, businesses, government offices, and nonprofits in evaluating how well their buildings serve persons of all abilities. Through detailed assessments and practical recommendations, we help you meet accessibility standards and take real steps toward creating inclusive, welcoming environments.
Department Chair
Ms. Renée Reynolds, MSc BArch
Renée Reynolds, MSc BArch is a visionary architectural designer and environmental engineer with a passion for sustainable, inclusive design. A Summa Cum Laude graduate of the New York Institute of Technology, she also holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Design & Engineering from University College London.
Renée brings a dynamic blend of academic excellence and practical expertise to the SEN Architecture Platform at CESC. Her professional journey includes serving as a design consultant to Guyanese built-environment developers, where she championed the integration of sustainable practices in urban development. With a strong foundation in both historical preservation and luxury residential architecture, she brings a unique sensitivity to context, culture, and environmental impact.
Currently, her work focuses on addressing Guyana’s housing deficit through the development of innovative, deployable prefabricated housing models—solutions that merge resilience, affordability, and design integrity. As the leader of the SEN Architecture Platform, Renée is committed to advancing inclusive architectural strategies that prioritize human wellbeing and environmental responsibility.
Project 1 - 2025
The Caring Community—Guyana Campus
The Care Project – Guyana Campus is a collaborative initiative between the Guyana Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (GUYC) and the Charlotte Education Services Consortium (CESC), LLC. Together, we aim to establish a holistic “Community of Care” that provides a safe, inclusive, and empowering environment for persons with disabilities (PWDs) across Guyana.
Rooted in faith and service, the project brings together a dedicated team of professionals including Dr. Brigette Hinds (President of CESC), Ms. Renée Reynolds (Architect), Ms. Yvette DeMendonca (Manager), Mrs. Olive Alonzo (Director, APM) and Mr. Cecil Jacques (Public Health Director), who are committed to designing and launching a space where PWDs are recognized as authentic members of society.
Left to Right -Dr. Brigette Hinds (President), Ms. Renée Reynolds (Architect), Ms. Yvette DeMendonca (Manager), Mrs. Olive Alonzo (Director, APM) and Mr. Cecil Jacques (Public Health Director)
While GUYC will guide administrative oversight and appoint key personnel, CESC will lead the creative and strategic execution—from master planning and branding to digital outreach. The Care Project celebrates possibilities globally, with a focus on transforming lives through education, health, and meaningful work opportunities.
Location
Project 2 - 2025
CUC - USC THE 100 YEARS BUILD
The University of the Southern Caribbean (USC) is the academic home of over 3,500 students, who join the campus family from all over the world. USC is a haven for the pursuit of excellence in its curricular and extra-curricular programs. Worship and sports, friendships, marriages, and career launches are direct activities of this institution.
The Charlotte Education Services Consortium, LLC (CESC) is organized with friends, colleagues, and fellow Seventh-day Adventists to provide skilled, relevant support to projects by persons and organizations worldwide. CESC joins the vision of USC for the creation of an accessible campus, welcoming of everyone, including the underserved sector of society — persons with disabilities (PWDs).
CESC seeks to facilitate a collaboration between USC and the Andrews University School of Architecture and Urban Design, to design, develop, and deliver for approval, a master site plan for the USC campus, located in Maracas Valley, Trinidad, and fondly known as "Miracle Valley."
Rooted in faith and service, the project brings together a dedicated team of professionals, including Dr. Colwick Wilson ( President of the University of the Southern Caribbean), Dr. Brigette Hinds (President), Ms. Renée Reynolds (Architect), Dr. Moises Enrique Bernal Ponce (Chair of the Andrews University School of Architecture and Urban Design), and Zayda Steinke (Assistant Professor at the School of Architecture and Urban Design, Andrews University) who are committed to designing and launching a space where PWDs are recognized as authentic members of society.
Left to Right - Dr. Colwick Wilson ( President of the University of the Southern Caribbean), Dr. Brigette Hinds (President), Ms. Renée Reynolds (Architect), Dr. Moises Enrique Bernal Ponce (Chair of the Andrews University - School of Architecture and Urban Design) and Zayda Steinke (Assistant Professor at the School of Architecture and Urban Design, Andrews University).
Whereas the USC will retain the approval role in the administration of The 100 Years Build, CESC will manage the collaboration of the project, and AUSAUD will design the site, its buildings, causeways, and spaces. Beautification and landscaping will be managed by USC.
