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Record Nr.

UNINA9910839300203321

Autore

Gissen David

Titolo

The architecture of disability : buildings, cities, and landscapes beyond access / / David Gissen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis : , : University of Minnesota Press, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

9781452968551

9781517912505

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 194  pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

720.87

Soggetti

Architecture - Philosophy

Architecture - Human factors

Disabilities - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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"--