Atmosphere 16 | Agency | David Gissen | The Architecture of Disability

This lecture, drawn from David Gissen’s recent book The Architecture of Disability, reimagines practices of architecture, landscape and urban design through the perspective of human impairment. Such efforts expand the agency of disabled people beyond a sole focus on gaining “access” and increased “accessibility” to the built world. Rather, an architecture of disability reconfigures ideas and experiences of incapacity and weakness as the foundation for another built environment.
Panelists:
Umid Abdullaev - (Moderator) Instructor, Interior Design Program
Ainsley Johnston - Practitioner, 5468796/Sessional Instructor, Environmental Design Program
Jason Shields - Assistant Professor, Interior Design Program