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Without Walls: Disability and Innovation in Building Design
Presented by the V&A+RIBA Architecture Partnership in collaboration with Accentuate. Produced for History of Place, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund
Buildings dictate who feels welcome – this is particularly the case for disabled people. This display charts the shift in design practice from designing for, to designing with, disabled people and asks how we can achieve truly universal design.
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Still from Koolhaas Houselife, Ila Bêka & Louise Lemoine, 2008. © Bêka & Partners
Architectural model of Hogeweyk Dementia Village, DVA Dementia Village Advisors and Architects, 2017. © Molenaar, Bol&vanDillen Architects
"As far as I'm concerned it's neither public nor convenient", poster for The Spastics Society, Benton and Bowles, about 1979 – 82. Museum no. E.976-2002. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Plan view of church and Chaplain's house, St Saviour's Church, Sir Edward Maufe, 1924. RIBA Collections
Maggie Davis in her kitchen at Grove Road, Andra Nelki, about 1982 – 83. RIBA Collections
Chris Downey reading a braille and printed architectural plan, Don Fogg, 2017. © Don Fogg
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Without Walls: Disability and Innovation in Building Design
Background image: Chris Downey reading a braille and printed architectural plan, Don Fogg, 2017. © Don Fogg