Event type:

In person

Date & time:

11 Jun 2020, 12:00 – 13:00

VIRTUAL EVENT: Doing dis/ability differently in architectural and built environment practices

In this webinar, Dr Jos Boys discusses whose bodies matter in current architectural discourses and practices, and how starting from dis/ability challenges design norms.

Building floor plan. Image: JESHOOTS.com via Pexels
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VIRTUAL EVENT: Doing dis/ability differently in architectural and built environment practices

11 Jun 2020, 12:00 – 13:00

Dr Jos Boys

Course Director for the MSc in Learning Environments at The Bartlett UCL and Co-director of The DisOrdinary Architecture Project

Dr Jos Boys research focuses on creative and inclusive educational spaces both within and beyond the academy. She is author of 'Doing Disability Differently: an alternative handbook on architecture, dis/ability, and designing for everyday life' (Routledge 2014) and editor of 'Disability, Space, Architecture: A Reader' (Routledge 2017).

The DisOrdinary Architecture Project mission is to promote activity that develops and captures models of new practice for the built environment, led by the creativity and experiences of disabled and Deaf artists.

Further information

Ticketing

Pre-booking essential

Cost

Free

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Organiser

Andrea Gauthier

andrea.gauthier@ucl.ac.uk