Architecture Consulting for Architects in Boston

Support your Boston architecture practice with sensory-aware, neuroinclusive design guidance from Highly Sensitive Design. Our consulting services help architects, designers, educators, and project teams thoughtfully address sensory, cognitive, behavioral, functional, environmental, and aesthetic needs. Bring greater confidence to projects intended to create inclusive, healthy, and functional environments for highly sensitive and neurodivergent people.

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Our Architecture Consulting Services

Specialized consulting and sensory-aware design support for architects creating inclusive environments for highly sensitive and neurodivergent users.

Sensory Environment Assessment

Evaluate physical spaces for sensory triggers and receive design recommendations that support adaptive, inclusive environments. This service helps project teams consider sensory conditions alongside functional and aesthetic goals.

Neurodivergent Design Consultation

Receive specialized guidance for accessibility, sensory considerations, and user experience optimization. Tiered consultation packages support architects, designers, educators, and project teams with different project goals and needs.

Sensory Interior Design

Develop interior environments shaped around sensory preferences, routines, regulation, and well-being. Recommendations can support more inclusive and functional spaces while respecting the intended design language.

Sensory-Aware Expertise

Design Guidance That Centers Human Needs

Highly Sensitive Design helps Boston architects integrate neuroinclusive thinking into projects without losing sight of architectural intent. Drawing on architecture, education, multidisciplinary design, and advocacy, the firm considers sensory, cognitive, behavioral, functional, environmental, and aesthetic needs. Recommendations are personalized to the people using the space, helping project teams make thoughtful decisions with greater confidence.

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The Highly Sensitive Design Difference

Why Choose Highly Sensitive Design?

Bring multidisciplinary expertise and personal commitment to projects serving diverse sensory and cognitive needs.

Multidisciplinary Insight

Architecture, education, design, psychology, therapy, toxicology, holistic medicine, and special education perspectives inform recommendations.

Neuroinclusive Focus

Specialized guidance helps Boston project teams address sensory and cognitive needs within inclusive design decisions.

Personalized Guidance

Recommendations reflect user preferences, routines, support needs, project goals, and the realities of each environment.

Practical Solutions

Receive actionable guidance that may include product selections, contractor referrals, budget guidance, design language, and social stories.

Meet the Design Leadership

Led by a licensed architect, educator, designer, and neurodivergent design advocate.

Portrait of Shell Li, AIA, Founder and CEO of Highly Sensitive Design

Shell Li, AIA

Founder & CEO

Shell Li is a licensed architect, educator, multidisciplinary designer, and founder & CEO of Highly Sensitive Design. She earned her B.A. in Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Master of Architecture from the University of Kentucky. Shell's academic career includes managing and teaching in the Syracuse University NYC Architecture Program, as well as serving as a guest architecture critic at Parsons School of Design and Pratt Institute. As a neurodivergent parent following her son's autism diagnosis, Shell became a passionate advocate and innovator in neuroinclusive design. She now leads a multidisciplinary team dedicated to creating healthy, nurturing, sensory-aware environments for highly sensitive and neurodivergent individuals throughout the New York City area, combining architectural expertise with deep personal commitment to inclusive, human-centered design.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average salary for an architect in Boston, MA?

Architect salaries in Boston vary based on licensure, experience, specialization, employer, and role. Salary information is separate from architecture consulting fees, which are shaped by project scope and requested services. Highly Sensitive Design focuses on sensory-aware and neuroinclusive design consultation for architects and project teams rather than employment or compensation benchmarking.

What does architecture consulting for architects include?

Who can benefit from neurodivergent design consultation?

What is a sensory environment assessment?

Can consultation support an existing architecture project?

Does Highly Sensitive Design work with different project environments?

Are consultation packages available for different project needs?

How does sensory-aware design support neurodivergent users?

Have More Design Questions?

Talk with Highly Sensitive Design about your project and sensory-aware consulting needs.

Start a Thoughtful Design Conversation

Share your project goals, environment, and user considerations so Highly Sensitive Design can help identify an appropriate consulting approach.

Contact Us Today

For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at (917) 275-7996. You can also send us a quick email at hi@highlysensitive.design.