The architecture of disability : buildings, cities, and landscapes beyond access /
Gissen, David,
The architecture of disability : buildings, cities, and landscapes beyond access / David Gissen. - xviii, 194 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Impaired Monuments: Architecture, History, and the Preservation of Disability -- Of a Weaker Nature: Wilderness, Urban Landscapes, and Biocapacity -- The Urbanization of Disability -- A Form of Impairment: Empathy and Disfigurement in Architectural Aesthetics -- Disabling Environments: Human Physiology and Its Architectural Conditions -- The Construction of Disability: Another Architectural Theory of Tectonics.
"By recontextualizing the history of architecture through the discourse of disability, this book presents a unique challenge to current modes of architectural practice, theory, and education. Envisioning an architectural design that fully integrates disabled persons into its production, it advocates for looking beyond traditional notions of accessibility and shows how certain incapacities can help to positively reimagine the roots of architecture"--
9781517912505 1517912504 9781517912499 1517912490
2022039133
Architecture--Philosophy.
Disabilities--Philosophy.
Architecture--Human factors.
The architecture of disability : buildings, cities, and landscapes beyond access / David Gissen. - xviii, 194 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Impaired Monuments: Architecture, History, and the Preservation of Disability -- Of a Weaker Nature: Wilderness, Urban Landscapes, and Biocapacity -- The Urbanization of Disability -- A Form of Impairment: Empathy and Disfigurement in Architectural Aesthetics -- Disabling Environments: Human Physiology and Its Architectural Conditions -- The Construction of Disability: Another Architectural Theory of Tectonics.
"By recontextualizing the history of architecture through the discourse of disability, this book presents a unique challenge to current modes of architectural practice, theory, and education. Envisioning an architectural design that fully integrates disabled persons into its production, it advocates for looking beyond traditional notions of accessibility and shows how certain incapacities can help to positively reimagine the roots of architecture"--
9781517912505 1517912504 9781517912499 1517912490
2022039133
Architecture--Philosophy.
Disabilities--Philosophy.
Architecture--Human factors.