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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
This display is now closed at V&A South Kensington
Buildings dictate who feels welcome – this is particularly the case for disabled people. This display charted the shift in design practice from designing for, to designing with, disabled people and asked how we can achieve truly universal design.
Display highlights
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Still from Koolhaas Houselife, Ila Bêka & Louise Lemoine, 2008. Courtesy of Bêka & Partners -
Architectural model of Hogeweyk Dementia Village, Molenaar, Bol&vanDillen Architects, 2017 -
"As far as I'm concerned it's neither public nor convenient", poster for The Spastics Society, Benton and Bowles, about 1979 – 82, UK. 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 architectural plan, Don Fogg, 2017. Courtesy of 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