Jade Ragoschke Email & Phone Number

Jade Ragoschke is an architect, accessibility consultant, and visionary leader at Primera. Her expertise is the result of more than half a decade of building connections between people and spaces for K-12, higher education, institutional, government, commercial, municipal, and aviation projects throughout the Chicago metropolitan area and New York City. Jade’s experience includes a wide range of architectural services— beginning from schematic design phase through to construction administration—including accessibility code reviews, egress analysis and calculations, and final inspections for new construction, room repurposing projects, and renovations.She discovered her passion in designing for people with disabilities during her thesis project when she created a cultural center for the Deaf and Blind. The center provided an opportunity for people to experience sensory-deprivation and stimulation as a way to simulate various disabilities as well as provide education about Deaf and Blind culture. She believes that focusing on the public realm of architecture will provide the most valuable improvements to the quality of space for people with disabilities.Jade’s previous involvement as the Vice President of World Deaf Architecture—a not-for-profit organization that actively provides professional opportunities for deaf/hard of hearing architects, designers, and teachers across the country and internationally—is a testament to her passion for architecture and bringing communities together. She also currently serves as an architectural critic for the New York Institute of Technology. Jade is a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) New York Civic Leadership Program cohort, which aims to explore unique ways architects can become civically minded leaders within the profession. Her long-term interest in civic architecture stems from her involvement as an instructor of parkour, a movement discipline where people traverse through the urban landscape. She believes that people of all ages should have a designated space to express creative movement and play.Previous contributions to the architectural industry include event planning for AIA New York, the annual WDA Symposium, and participating as a speaker/panelist for various professional organization events.

Listed skills include Autocad, Model Building, Architectural Drawings, Perspective Drawings, and 22 others.