2023 Fall Lecture Series: Hansel Bauman

This presentation promotes an alternative paradigm of barrier-free architecture as aesthetic inspiration in place of code compliance. The origins of DeafSpace—the socio-spatial dynamics of how deaf people inhabit and construct space to reflect their ways of being—will be shared, and its evolution as an exemplar of inclusive design for people across the spectrum of human diversity. Case studies illustrate how user-driven design processes result in more responsive spaces while building cultural agency and belonging for those historically left behind in the making of the places in which we all live.