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Doing Disability Differently: An alternative handbook on architecture, dis/ability and designing for everyday life
This ground-breaking book aims to take a new and innovative view on how disability and architecture might be connected. Rather than putting disability at the end of the design process, centred mainly on compliance, it sees disability – and ability – as creative starting points for the whole design process. It asks the intriguing can working from dis/ability actually generate an alternative kind of architectural avant-garde? To do this, Doing Disability Differently : Ultimately, this book suggests that re-addressing architecture and disability involves nothing less than re-thinking how to design for the everyday occupation of space more generally.
- GenresDisability
220 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2014
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January 1, 2020
My first book in 2020 for personal studies enrichment. I have a particular interest in disability studies as complementary to my civic advocacy degree and minor in women and gender studies. That’s where I come in for this book, as a means to supplement my education where my university doesn’t offer such.
I am disabled myself, and I found many passages that were beautifully resonating for me. This book did offer new insights for me as of course, disabilities vary on a large spectrum.
The first half of the book was more for me as the second half was full of more architectural jargon, which is expected for the book this is. I found this book by happenstance, walking through my library and was intrigued. This is especially so when I’m researching how to support small businesses locally to offer a better experience for disabled patrons after a not so great experience locally. This was a good start.
I recommend this to architects, students, those with disabilities and those studying disabilities. I think it should be required reading for those in any architectural or design studies. This offers a means that is well written for those who may benefit early from a new perspective.
I highly recommend and this set 2020 studying on a high note. It will be difficult to compete with this book.
I am disabled myself, and I found many passages that were beautifully resonating for me. This book did offer new insights for me as of course, disabilities vary on a large spectrum.
The first half of the book was more for me as the second half was full of more architectural jargon, which is expected for the book this is. I found this book by happenstance, walking through my library and was intrigued. This is especially so when I’m researching how to support small businesses locally to offer a better experience for disabled patrons after a not so great experience locally. This was a good start.
I recommend this to architects, students, those with disabilities and those studying disabilities. I think it should be required reading for those in any architectural or design studies. This offers a means that is well written for those who may benefit early from a new perspective.
I highly recommend and this set 2020 studying on a high note. It will be difficult to compete with this book.
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