#deafspace

Historically, I used to think of buildings as really separate entities. They're objects, right? that we, in many cases, for architects, they're sort of fetish objects where we're obsessing about what these things are shaped like or look like. The DeafSpace wisdom really brings forth this idea that buildings are really not separate from us, they're a manifestation of us. If you think about it in those terms, the importance of how a building supports your daily experience -- for example, something as simple as how the light's coming through these windows right now, completely changes the dynamic or mood of this space, and the kind of conversation we can have and the clarity of which we are thinking within this space is influenced by this cask around us.

How Architecture Changes For The Deaf | AQUILA

Now 10 years old, DeafSpace is an architectural approach that springs from the particular ways Deaf people perceive and inhabit space. It has grown from small workshops—in which participants expressed Deaf sensibilities that were well-known but had never been codified—into the key set of principles shaping new buildings and renovation projects on Gallaudet’s campus, helmed by a cross-disciplinary research institute. The principles have relevance beyond campus.